Zombie Fairy Queen and Minions Costume

zombie fairy queen

The fairy queen gets turned into a zombie and because she was a magical being she was able to retain a little of her fairy power but it turned dark. Her fairy dust no longer sparkly but gray can turn anyone it touches into a zombie fairy. She turned her closest friends and faithful companion … Read more

Dr. Seuss Costume

Things 1 and 2 Costume

My idea for the Thing 1 and Thing 2 costume came from the book Cat in the Hat, which I read every night to our boys at the time. It was fairly simple to do. We got red sweat suits from our local Goody’s Store and white felt and stick on felt lettering from Michaels. … Read more

Cool Pinocchio Costume

Homemade Pinocchio Costume

I got the idea for this Pinocchio costume from the one that appears on this site – this is the one… The total was about 60 dollars.

Homemade Cartoon Costumes

My cousin made these Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird costumes for my kids to wear this year. They are a little retro, which is why I just love them! My six year old thought it was great that no one knew who he was when he was wearing the head piece. The costumes are made … Read more

Homemade Snow White and Evil Tin Man Costumes

My niece and I.

My neice Victoria was Snow White. Her costume was store bought. But, Grandma cut her hair and did her make-up so she would look like snow white. My costume was hand made. I took a promotional box from work and painted it silver. My hat was actually a medical strainer that I painted silver. I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Ms. Pacman Chasing Blue Ghost Costumes

Homemade Ms. Pacman Chasing Blue Ghost Costumes

These costumes were created for an “80’s icons” theme party that we were invited to. My fiancée suggested PacMan, but since, technically, that was the 70s, we did Ms PacMan. I was the “blue” ghost that she’s about to gobble up. Seeing just the ghost, people didn’t get it, but, once they saw her, it … Read more

Coolest Gift Box Homemade Costume

The Perfect Gift Box Costume

This year I decided to make my childrens costumes. My youngest daughter, Katie, age 4, was pretty much a surprise to us. We weren’t expecting to have anymore children, but are so lucky to have had her. She is our perfect little present. This year for Halloween, that is exactly what she is. Her gift … Read more

Static Cling Costume

WE simply took black sweats and glued all kinds of old laundry room stuff including lint to them.We then sprayed his hair and put lint in it and then colored his face so easy and very cute

Homemade Chimp Eastwood Halloween Costume Idea

Our daughter decided that she wanted to be something off the wall this year! So what else, but a monkey cowboy. We like to call her “The Chimp with No Name” or “Chimp Eastwood.” The costume base started out with a few store bought items that we incorporated into creating the “base layer” of the … Read more

Cool Loofah Costume

For Halloween 2010 I wanted to go as something not everyone was going to be. so I actually got my idea from this site!! I thought the loofa was very cute and it really was easy to make once you get the hang of it. My friend got her idea from here too and went … Read more

Homemade Indian Costume

Indian 1

I made this costume a few years ago, just for a photoshoot and a documentation. I used some textiles, I needled them. And alsa there is a long textil. For the jewelery I used pearls and braids and I went to the shop. I painted the face and the hands and made the hair indian-ish.