Last year my husband and I were inspired by Tim Burton’s version of the musical Sweeney Todd Demon Barber, but the ready-to-wear costumes for Sweeney were very expensive and the costumes for Mrs. Lovett were nonexistent. So we made our own Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Costumes. Mrs. Lovett: I sewed the skirt using a … Read more
After shopping for costumes, I realized that all the costumes were starting to look the same. I wanted to do something different year, so I decided to make my boys a box of crayons. I got boxes big enough to comfortably fit on their shoulders. Thanks to hobby lobby I was able to find most … Read more
This is an illusion. The head and upper torso of the fisherman is fake, his legs are my legs. I am the mermaid.
I came up with this idea while shopping in a thrift store for Halloween. I found this dress and for $2 I just had to do something with it. I bought the dress and used double sided (sticky back) Velcro to along with a needle and thread to fasten a whole bunch of small dolls … Read more
To make this costume I purchased a grey, long sleeved t-shirt, a winter hat, and some felt. I made the calendar date with black and white felt. I used fabric paint to write “Tuesday” on the red strip and glued it on the date page. I cut snowflakes out of glittery white fabric. I glued … Read more
Every year my sorority has a Halloween themed meeting the Monday before Halloween. Your “family” all dresses in theme together. My family and I all visited a huge thrift store the week before where we found the jogging suits and glittery visors. We all stuffed the suits in various areas, had a deck of playing … Read more
Food costumes are great! Materials needed for this sandwich costume: 2-inch-thick white upholstery foam (sold at fabric stores) cut into two 24-inch by 30-inch pieces and one 12-inch circle, scissors or bread knife (for cutting the foam), brown and green acrylic paints, paintbrush, 12-inch by 18-inch sheets of craft foam: 4 pink, 1 green, 2 … Read more
This is a homemade Lady Gaga bubble costume from her first tour in 2009! The “bubbles” are made out of plastic balls that people usually put stuff into and use as an ornament for a Christmas tree. I basically raided every craft store in my area for the different sized plastic ornament balls and spent … Read more
My sister and I decided to go as two cupcake for Halloween this year. We made the brown (no sew) tutus. We then bought wigs and corsets. Cut felt to be sprinkles on the pink icing wigs. And made and “whip cream and cherry” headband.
My name is Mike and I have a 4 year old boy who every year gets a home made Halloween costume. When he was two I made him a Thomas the tank engine costume from foam, a cardboard box and duct tape and I added a small set of battery powered speakers that played the … Read more
I was 7 months pregnant, and had a grand idea for a unique Halloween costume. I decided to paint my belly as a watermelon. Then I found some vines and sprayed hot pink streaks in my hair. Everyone thought it was a shirt until they touched it! It took a little bit of time to … Read more
I was hugely pregnant for Halloween 2009 so I wore an evening gown, tiara, and a sash that said “Mrs. Da Pill”. Everyone thought this Pregnancy Costume was pretty funny and original. I even won a costume contest that night with it!