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We wanted to come up with something creative, so we based our idea of Miley Cyrus’s hit song: party in the U.S.A…literally. The song is in every public place you walk into, there is no escaping it. We used poster board, paint, and sketched the U.S.- Then made confetti, party hats and used glowsticks to … Read more
A trip to the local thrift store fueled my sister and I’s costumes last year. It all started when I found the matching purple smocks! I just knew we had to do SOMETHING with them! The LUNCH LADIES costume was born! These costumes were cheap, required NO sewing and won multiple costume contests. We were … Read more
My 6-year old son came up with his own costume idea this year: Superhero “Freeze Flame”. He sketched his idea on paper and then I did my best to recreate it as his costume. “Freeze Flame” is made up of half fire and half ice and so, after much humming and harring over the right … Read more
Every party needs a hero, and one that helps with packaging valuable items…even better! For those tricky situations where you are in party mode but still have packaging to take care of…enter Bubble Wrap Man! This Bubble Wrap Man Costume is made entirely from high-grade bubble wrap and clear packaging tape, the costume comes complete … Read more
I love to make our Halloween costumes a family theme. One year I decided that I was to be a prison guard trying to keep track of my jailbirds. So I got a police toy set from dollar tree and found a blue button-up shirt from a thrift store. I put on some tight black … Read more
My daughter needed something easy yet ‘cool’ for her school costume parade. She wanted to do something really ‘girly’ and so the spa girl costume was born! We bought face paints and mixed them up until the proper shade of green for her face. We bought a turban from a local beauty supply chain. She … Read more
What started as a simple idea of a “Our Town” costume for my 2 year old son in 2002 soon became too big to fit on him. I began with collecting business cards from the local merchants and cutting up the phone book and taking out packaging for logos. I drafted the 2 main streets … Read more
It always seems to snow here on Halloween. Here in Colorado, we have to think of keeping warm while looking Halloween cool. This year my 7 year old wanted to make sure he would be nice and warm while trick or treating and hopefully help others think about warmer days. What a better way than … Read more
So I’ve been sitting around all day smokin’ blunts trying to figure out what I want to be for Halloween and it’s been a real stumper. I’ve been cruising around Google trying to find some ideas but no one has any original ideas anymore. So me and my buddies light up another one and then … Read more
This costume was made for my granddaughter Harley for one of her beauty pageants. She is three years old and love to go around saluting so we decided to make her a salior and she would be able to wear her outfit for halloween. To make it look just right we did in fact purchase … Read more
I speak French so excuse my English! Since 4 years, Ive decided to make the Homemade Bistro Table Costume for my girls. When we go on the street, everyone is looking at us and it feels great! The table is made with carton and it is very light. It cost me 5$ only and it … Read more
My five year old son wanted to be an army tank and marine for Halloween, so that’s where my idea started for this Homemade Army Tank Costume. I used a toy army tank of his to model the costume after. 1. Bottom part of the Tank: The bottom part of the tank is a box … Read more