Halloween is my favorite time of the year and I love getting creative and making my own costumes. This year, I was pregnant with my first child and due on October 28, so I wasn’t sure if I would spend Halloween in the hospital or not. My daughter, Cadence, arrived a few days early, on … Read more
My daughter and her friend bought zebra pajamas at the store. Then they found out that our church was having a costume contest, but only one person could win, so they decided to make a Noah’s Ark with themselves inside. We took cardboard boxes and shaped them like an ark. We used a little box … Read more
These Bunny in Magician Hat costumes were completely handmade. The bunny outfits were made from white fleece and only 1/2 to waist where the hat rim was. We glued cardboard to the fleece to make it flat for the bottom of the bunny feet. We then glued pink felt cut in shape of paw bottoms, … Read more
My cat’s who are named “Boots” and “Socks” love to play and sleep in their cat condo ever since I brought it home to them from Walmart. They feel safe and protected when they are inside. Upon looking at the weather for Halloween the Monday prior, I noticed that it had a high chance of … Read more
I used tulle to make a long dress and attached it to an elastic band. The instructions how to do this are easy and found on YouTube. I then wrapped teal ribbon around the top of the dress in order to hide the elastic. I attached some peacock feathers to a hair bow and hot … Read more
We wanted to dress our horses up for Halloween and had a couple individual costume ideas floating around, but one day I was browsing facebook and a friend had taken a “What should you be for halloween?” quiz, out of boredom I took it too and my result was “Mario Kart” with a photo of … Read more
Every year we compete in a fun little local Halloween Horse Show, the prizes are just ribbons but everyone really gets into it and it is an absolute blast! This year we went the extra mile and got a HUGE reaction from our costume! Everyone laughed, Ooooo’ed and awed and just had plain fun! Sometimes … Read more
I’m crazy about Halloween! I love it all, but top priority for me is always the costume. This year, I did a funny group costume and couldn’t be happier with the results! The idea came to me in August, I’ve been recruiting and crafting since! The idea was simple–hunter’s trophy wall of animal heads–but the … Read more
My seven year old son loves frogs. He raised frogs from tadpoles this summer and he has been fascinated with them ever since. I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would create a frog costume. Believe it or not, I do have any frog costume creation experience. During college, I was a … Read more
We decided to make our yearling into a Giant Poodle and Our Shar Pei Puppy into a Clumsy Clown. Luna’s Costume was bought off Ebay but we made the poodle costume and this is how we did it. 10yds of Polyester Stretch Poodle Faux Fabric in Black. One Polyester ball. Cardboard. Glue. Pink Ribbon 5yds. Black … Read more
This is the first costume I have ever made. I have 2 little ones. A 7 month old boy, and a 4 year old girl. My girl wanted to be Nigel from the movie Rio for Halloween. I knew in order to really represent Nigel in all his glorious madness I would have to make … Read more
Every year our horse club has a Halloween contest where horse and rider can dress up. It is the Mid Rivers Saddle Club and all the shows are held at the National Equestrian Center in Lake St Louis Missouri. We have done this now for the 3 years we have shown horses and have been … Read more