We created costumes for 4 of the disney princesses. Belle, Cinderella, Pocahontas, and Aurora all came back from the dead on Oct. 31st 2009. We bought old dresses from goodwill and made them into copy cat costumes from the movies. We then spent plenty of time getting our make up ready for this event. Hope … Read more

Jack frost is a recycled 70’s white John Travolta costume with homemade added touches. I used craft foam and cut icicles which hung on shoulders, pocket, sleeves and collar. Added icy branches to collar, sprayed entire jacket with craft snow. Use white hair color to spike up hair with touch of blue, white clown powder … Read more

Every year I make a new Disney costume. Two years ago it was Maleficent, last year it was Princess Aurora, this year the Homemade Evil Queen from Snow White Costume. I love the reaction from people when I wear it to the various Halloween parties. I try to make the costume as authentic as possible … Read more

I decided to make my boys Dr. Evil and Mini Me Costumes because even though they are 3 yrs apart in age they look so much alike and everyone always asks if they are twins!! Which is hilarious to us because they are not the same height, so we always joke that our little one … Read more

I have always loved the story ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and with the movie just out it seemed like the perfect costume for our 17 month old son Sampson. We have not seen the film yet so I went mostly off of the book. This is how I made the Homemade Max King of … Read more

This is Phoenix in a Homemade Can of Krylon Spray Paint Costume. We worked very hard to make this with household items and construction paper and markers. It’s a family thing we all work together to make it happen but it’s great cause her father is always the mastermind of the invention. It’s cost effective … Read more

I did this costume 3 years ago for the WOW – world of wearable arts awards in New Zealand. At that time I was still a student of a Fashion design course, and was eligible for student category. And this costume indeed won me the second price for tertiary education section. The inspiration came from … Read more

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

For Halloween we went as a pirate family. Our costumes were semi-homemade. The pirate ship our infant son rode in was our pride and joy and took hours to make. It was such a hit we had people stopping us while we were trick or treating to look at it. They commented on all the … Read more

This is a homemade baby nerd costume. The idea for the costume came to me one morning while thinking of what my son could be for Halloween. I didnt want one of the few costumes that are available for babies. The costume is loosely based on the Steve Urkel character. Items used were pants,a plaid … Read more