First off, Thank you Jeremy Andrew (Costume 17) for the inspiration of making a Homemade Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume. As he mentioned in his tutorial, this is a very long and tedious process, so be forewarned. And, unlike him, I took a slightly cheaper route. I also asked a co-worker, who happens to … Read more
These are our Jack Skellington and Sally Ragdoll Homemade Costumes. The Jack costume 100% homemade! I bought the Sally dress, and the wig. I used make up and some acrylic paint to make my face color (lots of mixing to get it right)and used black eyeliner for the stitches, I even painted my hands where … Read more
My mom and I took the Ninja Turtle pattern 5143 Butterwick which is hard to find and we modified it to make our Ninja Turtles costumes. We chose not to make a big ninja turtle head, we used masks only and we made the turtle shell three dimensional by stuffing section of shell with fiberfill … Read more
This is a picture of my college roommates and I each dressed up in a homemade Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles costume, with Master Splinter, April O’Neil, Casey Jones, and the Professor from TMNT Secret of the Ooze. We made our entire costumes. The undershell is made out of dyed tanks tops and underwear. We wore … Read more
Our bank participated in a Christmas Parade in our city. The theme for the parade was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is our best photo from the day and includes, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty, Freida, Lucy and Snoopy, Pigpen and Sally Brown. We blew up balloons, covered them with plastic wrap and then covered them … Read more
After putting this build off for a number of years I finally made this Charlie brown costume. Very simple and cheap! First off I found a large enough box. After cutting it into shape I glued the flaps to the peaks. Don’t be shy with the glue. I cut a hole for me to stand … Read more
Prepare for trouble, and make it double. Arguably the greatest villains on a TV show, we decided they needed to be honored and remembered on the greatest of holidays. We did this Team Rocket Couple Costume with two girls, but it could definitely be even better with a guy and a girl! This costume was … Read more
Each year I look for costume ideas that aren’t the latest trend or fashion. I like for my son to have a unique costume and this year was no different when I decided that he would have a Popeye Halloween costume. As I searched the internet for ideas I came across this site and based … Read more
My homemade Rainbow Brite Adult costume was pretty simple to make as I don’t sew. The hardest part was finding the right blue dress. I searched a lot of second hand stores, Marshalls and TJ Maxx. I think I finally found it at a TJ Maxx on clearance. I used an iron seam to get … Read more
I got the inspiration for this Homemade Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume from this site where I checked out other homemade Rainbow Brite costumes. I found a royal blue dress at K-mart. It was a little more conservative with the turtleneck but that was fine since I wore it to my office. I bought my supplies … Read more
For the clothing of the Homemade Scooby Doo Character Costumes we went round second hand stores to find things that could be suitable. But Velmas skirt was initially floor length! So we took that up, and then found some bright stockings at a department store and voila!
We decided on the Homemade Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc Gang Costume for our Halloween costumes this year. A month and a half of scouring Good Will and The Salvation Army produced most of the clothing for the costumes. Velma dyed a white sweater and knee socks orange so they would match. A brown … Read more