Meet the Flintstones and the Rubbles! We made our Flinstones and Rubbles Halloween costumes out of felt and dress from Goodwill. While making them, we really had no clue what we were doing. We just looked costumes up on line and started cutting away. My friend and I had never used a sewing machine prior … Read more
Here we have a modern updated Sparkly version of Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, Bam-Bam and Dino from the Flintstones Family. My oldest daughter Kayla was having some Fruity Pebbles for breakfast one day recently and said, “Mom, Kaylei (our middle daughter) looks just like Pebbles and I look just like a girl version of Bam-Bam! We … Read more
I always enjoy making my son’s costumes and each year I strive to top the last. He has previously been a bat, a ninja, a spider, and even the $5000 wedge from Wheel of Fortune. This year my husband suggested I go for a Flintstones theme since our son and my brother’s daughter are about … Read more
My daughter, Heidi, has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair. One thing she really loves to do is dress up at Halloween time. She goes to a dance for disabled people, a church Halloween party, family parties and she dresses up for work. For 2 years I thought about making her a Little Mermaid … Read more
My friend Alex and I wanted to be dressed as Ariel and Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid, but then I realized that Prince Eric’s would not have been very recognizable, and honestly, he lacked some personality. So my sister came up with the idea of Sebastian the crab; indeed, it would probably come out … Read more
My 3-year old daughter, egged on by Dora the Explorer, wanted a Homemade Mermaid Girl Costume. Apart from the obvious problem of making a tail that a little girl can run & climb in, I also didn’t want her to be going outside the house in a top that looked like a bra. For the … Read more
For this Little Mermaid Costume you will need blue training bra or bathing suit top, two iron on sea shell patches (or make your own), about two yards shimmer blue fabric, one yard different fabric to contrast fins, thin batting to make fins “poofy” and realistic one zipper for back. Make the fin trunk like … Read more
I dressed up as Shera when I was little. One Halloween, a long long long time ago, my brother and I dressed up as He-man and Shera (it was perfect since they were brother and sister in the show). I remember it so well because of how sad my costume was. I had a white … Read more
For “Boo” I wanted to make her in the Homemade Boo from Monster’s Inc. Costume that she wears when they sneak her into the factory. We purchased purple fabric but it was not shiny so we got a shiny purple netting to go over top. We found a clear shower mat with circles on it … Read more
I get a phone call from an old friend and he says we need a Mystique costume in under 5 hours and we have latex paint and some clay. I replied “bring her over and we will give it a shot. Having never worked with latex I was excited at the opportunity. It also helped … Read more
I decided I wanted to do something different this year…make a costume. I didn’t want just anything I can buy at the store so I started researching online. I wanted to go ALL OUT! I then found Mystique and I couldn’t get the idea out of my head! I knew however which way I would … Read more
I wanted to go as Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas but definitely didn’t want to go as superstore big hot mask Jack. I found a tight striped suit which I made some alterations to make a good fit. The shirt was a regular long sleeve button down with the collars pinned up. I purchased … Read more