This homemade Towelie costume was a hit! I first started out with 3 yards of blue fabric (there were leftovers). Next i got towelish looking white stripes at the craft store, 2 on bottom and 2 on top. Black and white felt was then used for the eyes and mouth. I cut out the mouth … Read more
My Nieces and nephews wanted to be the birds from the movie Rio this year. In the movie, the main characters dress up as Macaws for a carnival in Brazil. I had 3 boys and two girls to make the Rio Birds Group Costume for. Instead of making them all blue, I decided to make … Read more
his Homemade Flying House Costume from Up takes approximately six hours to complete from start to finish so please leave yourself enough time. Materials Needed for the Flying House Costume What you’ll need: * Large piece of Cardboard (I used a White Science Project display board that was $5 at Michael’s – highly recommended since … Read more
I loved this Homemade Comic Book Wonder Woman Costume. Every piece of it was handmade (other than the wig, tights, and boots). For WW’s top, I drew and cut out the shape of the eagle from yellow felt and sewed it onto a red tube top. For the shorts, I purchased a pair of men’s … Read more
I made this entire Wonder Woman Costume by hand except for my bra, my skirt, and my boots. I used my bra, which was purchased at Torrid, to attach the silk for the top which I hand painted. The skirt was purchased at a second hand store. It is actually a bathing suit bottom, which … Read more
These Homemade Astro Boy and Trashcan Costumes were the first year we decided to actually make our own Halloween costumes. When we saw that there was a new movie about Astro Boy (a Japanese cartoon icon) coming out the week right before Halloween, we decided that it would be perfect for us to go with … Read more
The actual house took about a week to make. I made it from a cardboard box with the intention of actually floating it with balloons. As I got into it, it got way more detailed, and much heavier. Eventually I realized that I would either need hundreds of balloons, or another way to suspend the … Read more
I have always been looking for the best redhead costumes since I am a redhead. I have been Princess Fiona, Raggedy Ann, Ginger Spice, Poison Ivy, Dorothy, and Pebbles in the past. This past year I wanted to buy a Ms.Frizzle costume but there weren’t any available. I knew I wanted fun jewelry and shoes … Read more
This is a Homemade Up Group Costume for the movie Up! I love this movie and knew it would make an awesome costume! I made the house by getting a huge box and cutting and taping it to make the roof. Then I added the front part of the house by just taping on another … Read more
So many little girls want to be Olivia that I just had to go ahead and make one. This Olivia the Pig Costume is a three piece costume. I started off making the headband ears. I purchased the headband. Then, got out the pink felt and cut out and sewed the ear shapes together. Three … Read more
I feel it is such a privilege to have the talent to make a child feel so unique and special on costume related occasions…Halloween especially! Four years ago when my little girl was only 3 years old she really wanted to be a princess for Halloween. I am not a huge fan of the wigs … Read more
This year my son wanted to be Iron Giant. I only found one example of a Homemade Iron Giant Costume online, and that one was made of Styrofoam, so we had to come up with something else. I decided to use card board boxes. At first I thought I would cut separate pieces for the … Read more