I built a fireplace with a mantle out of foam core and covered it with brick contact paper. The Homemade Deer over a Fireplace Costume was affixed to me using 2 straps/belts that crisscrossed in the back and attached to the foam core above and below the mantle. On the mantle itself, I created a … Read more
This is my son Max (3 yrs) as Franklin , Noggin’s TV character that originates from the popular children’s books. To create the turtle shell I blew up a balloon and covered half of it with papier-mache found at the craft store. Once it hardened I popped the balloon and had a hollow shell. I … Read more
I love to make my children’s costumes every year. I look forward to Halloween just to make their costumes. I decided on a lamb costume for my two year old because it was going to be so fast and simple because I was making my six year old a shark costume that was going to … Read more
I dressed my son up in a parrot costume and I went as a pirate! I got the idea off of this website. I loved the little chicken costume but I didn’t want him to be a chicken. I wanted to dress up as something that went along with him. This is how I made … Read more
My 7 year old daughter always wants to be some kind of a stinkin’ princess for Halloween, so I was on a quest to find something else she would like. My mother gave me some make-up and it was colored after the peacock, it was so pretty, I showed my daughter and then she became … Read more
I made this homemade flamingo costume for my daughter when she was 3. We have done homemade animal costumes for all of her Halloweens and have been on a bird theme for the past three years (see parrot section for her 4 year old costume.) I started with a leotard and added 63 feet of … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a chicken for Halloween this year. Considering I do not sew, I put the entire homemade chicken Halloween costume together with many safety pins, hot glue and a little hand-stitching. Below are the steps I used to complete this coolest homemade chicken Halloween costume: Start with a plain white sweatshirt … Read more
I was invited last minute to my best friend’s sister’s Halloween party and needed a quick costume idea that was small and easy to pack in a bag so I could take it on a train. I didn’t have enough money to buy a costume. I searched the house for things I could use and … Read more
Every Halloween my husband makes his own costume and they are always fantastic, I have always purchased mine… this year I decided to make my own too and I had SO MUCH FUN! I decided to be a Homemade Peacock Costume! I started by sourcing out some real peacock feathers (we found a local farm … Read more
For halloween my friends and I wanted to go as a group and needed an idea fast! I’ve always wanted to be a peacock so we came up with the idea to all be birds. Our theme was, “Birds of a feather, flock together,” once we had that settled it was off to buy hundreds … Read more
Kaw! Kaw! Fly away home birdie! This costume features a mother bird and her babies in a tree. Materials: -Swimming pool ring -raffia -ivy -brown paper -blue shirt -stuffed animal birds -feathers blue and white (for mask) -Blue feather boa -Cardboard -blue shiny material The nest was simple to make. I just took a swimming … Read more
We dressed her up as a puppy by using a black sweatshirt and adding patches of faux fur, white and brown. We added faux fur ears as well and then the rest in black (shoes & pants). We got a box and covered it with brown paper after poking holes into it that will hold … Read more