Somehow I needed to take my 9 and 6-year-old daughters trick or treating AND help with their school parties, but what to do? I had a 3-month-old son, and we live in a very hilly area. I knew that a stroller on Halloween would not be easy, or warm enough on a chilly October night. … Read more
I made this lion costume for my oldest son (pictured with the blue eyes) for his first Halloween in 2004. His “love” was (and still is) a lion so I thought it’d be fun to make his costume a lion as well. I used a pattern, tan fleece and five 5-1/2 yards of ribbon. (Yes … Read more
I received this idea from a Martha Stewart magazine a few years ago. Chicken costumes are adorable and very easy to make. First you need to find a white onesie in your child’s size. Next purchase two white feather boas from a craft store. The directions said to hot glue the feathers on to the … Read more
I’ve wanted to try and create a peacock costume for some time now. A friend mentioned the idea a few years back but neither of us could find a costume that did the beauty of the peacock justice. There were lots of plastic tails or little hats, but I could never find something that had … Read more
I made this homemade bird costume for my daughter when she was 2 years old. I started with a pair of yellow sweat pants and a yellow zip jacket. I cut out a white oval for the belly to add some contrast and make it look more “costumey”. I found a yellow and white boa … Read more
Every year I begin my search at a thrift store searching for one “inspirational piece” to create my costume — a hat, a dress, a wig — anything that will get the gears in my mind cranking. This year I found a black and gold leotard that reminded me of one of my old jazz … Read more
This Coolest Giraffe Costume is very easy! Ears and ossicones came on a headband I bought from eBay for about a fiver, just clipped my hair over the band to make it look like they were coming out of my head. Fabric was an effort, couldn’t find any giraffe print so just painted onto gold … Read more
We decided to come up with a cheap, home-made costume with supplies we already had around the house. It was easy to cut out felt leaves for my husband’s part–a eucalyptus tree– which he created by taping cut-out felt leaves to his brown shirt and hat using heavy-duty, double-sided picture mounting tape. My koala costume … Read more
I wanted to have a large, grey bum for Halloween so my husband and I created this elephant costume for the big night. It started with a fat suit from a Big Bertha costume, then a large, grey homemade dress with pink paw pads and a tail with the fuzzy black tip. The head was … Read more
My 7 year old daughter LOVES stuffed animals and I thought it would be a great idea to have her dress as a kitty and try to find her pets a good home!This cool homemade kitty costume was very cheap to make and got rave reviews everywhere we went!
We have a dog and my eight year old girl is a big dog lover and she really wanted a dogs costume this year. We surfed the internet and decided “Puppies for sale” would be a great theme. We saw lots of great ideas on your site and those were our inspiration to the costume. … Read more
I really wanted this adorable lion costume for my sons first Halloween. However there was absolutely no way I was paying $100 for it. I looked at the costume for weeks before I decided to just go for it and make my own homemade lion costume. I bought fleece and fake fur fabrics from the … Read more