My costume is a re-creation of Lady GaGa’s infamous Meat Dress that she wore on the 2010 VMA’s. I clearly couldn’t use real meat because people would be slightly angry at me and I don’t have enough money to cover myself in beef. So I decided to create my own GaGa costume with a slightly … Read more
I got this homemade Lego Pirate Halloween costume idea online and just added details that my 6yr old insisted on. Such as the peg leg, hook hand and parrot on the shoulder. He wanted it to look just like the Lego pirate toy. I started by cutting circles out of 2″ foam insulation for the … Read more
I loved the idea of being a “Bun in the Oven” for my Halloween costume, but, being only 16 weeks along, I didn’t have a very big “bun” yet. Still, I wanted to do something fun since I hadn’t been pregnant during Halloween for my first child! So I grabbed my favorite apron, printed off … Read more
I am 8 months pregnant and wanted to incorporate my belly into a costume. I am the headless horseman with my painted belly as the pumpkin head. Hope you like my Homemade Headless Horseman Pregnant Costume!
This Head on Platter Halloween costume was easy, inexpensive and so much fun to put together. The only guidance I had from my 8 yr old son was that he wanted “something scary.” I had a lot of old cardboard boxes in my garage that I was trying to get rid of, which sparked the … Read more
For school we get prizes for having a great creative costume, also we get bigger prizes and acknowledgment when you are in groups so I thought of Thing One and Thing Two from Cat in the Hat. At first my friend thought it would be hard but it actually is not once you find the … Read more
For this costume, everything was homemade. His muscles were made out of pantyhose stuffed with batting, and sewn to create the muscle definition. His black leather pants were and old pair of pants that I duck-taped to give it that leather look. The arm was made out of foam that I put together and painted. … Read more
We dressed up for Halloween, Toy Story theme, and my daughter decided she wanted to dress up as Slinky. To make it work, use a ball for the body of the wrap with new paper and glue, and head using two balloons, is practically all paper Mache, use a thin hose, body spiral, a lot … Read more
I made this costume a few years ago, just for a photoshoot and a documentation. I used lot of white textiles, I needled them. For the jewelery I used pearls, braids and christmas decoration. I made the staff with glasses.
Pretty woman Costume. We’ll start from head to toe. Hat – already had a velvet newsboy cap. Wig – $20 from a cheap wig store Makeup – subtle, except for red lips. Necklaces – cord from craft store for 2 necklaces (one with a key on it, the other with a generic pendant), and two … Read more
My home made costume that took 3 months to make. The character called “Tank” is from a video game called Left 4 Dead.
This Mother Nature Costume is made with a green polo neck shirt, green leggings and a green circle skirt we bought from the Thrift store. Lengths of green sheer fabric were sewn over the skirt for a textured effect. Flowers, birds, leaves, butterflies and ivy were bought from the Dollar store and added, with a … Read more