My boyfriend and I loved this movie, and I thought it would be a great costume for Halloween. So I got started on my Homemade Disney Pixar’s Up Costume with a few cardboard boxes, some acrylic paint, a little clay and glue, and here’s the final product! It took about 15 hours total. The house … Read more
When my children wanted to be Last Airbenders Aang and Katara from that popular TV cartoon show, I looked online for homemade Last Airbender costumes. I nearly fell off my chair when the lowest price I found was $59! So I Googled images of the characters to see if maybe I could make the costumes … Read more
This year I decided to dress up as my favorite Disney movie. The movie has a special meaning to me as it was the first movie I watched in my new house with my boyfriend (which we moved into last Halloween). Since it was the house the characters moved into and grew old in, it … Read more
My nine year old daughter wanted a Homemade Lumpy Space Princess Costume (LSP) from Adventure Time, and this was not a costume that we could purchase. We found a basic purple shirt and leggings at Target to use as the base of the costume – cost was around $10. Next we went to the fabric … Read more
I chose to be the 80s cartoon rocker “Jem” of Jem and the Holograms for Halloween. It was a fun costume and really stood out in a crowd. For the dress – I took a hot pink blazer that was many sizes too big for me. It was long enough on me to work because … Read more
There’s actually a history behind the concept of this Beauty and the Beast costume… my wife’s favorite movie is Disney’s masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast”, and I took her to see it in the theater when it first came out (she was 14 — which was quite a few years before we were married). She … Read more
My 6-year old son came up with his own costume idea this year: Superhero “Freeze Flame”. He sketched his idea on paper and then I did my best to recreate it as his costume. “Freeze Flame” is made up of half fire and half ice and so, after much humming and harring over the right … Read more
It took just four days to pull it all together. I was very impressed with myself. I made all three Halloween costume designs including wigs, outfits, shoes, and guitar and keyboard! Total Spent: $150
I made up this original super hero costume in one day. I went to Dick’s Sporting Good Store and bought the whole thing but the cape and the S on the front of my shirt. I got the cape and S from Hobby Lobby Store. I got the lone ranger mask from a Halloween store. … Read more
We live in Tennessee and around Halloween it gets pretty cold so the Dora costume at the store wouldn’t do. My 3 year old little girl LOVES Dora and it was the only thing she wanted to be. I picked up a pink sweatshirt and orange sweatpants at Wal-Mart used the white shoes she already … Read more
A friend introduced me to spawn years ago. I took an immediate liking to the character so I decided to make him come to life for me and all spawn fans by making a spawn costume. I spent weeks drawing sketches to get the right image drafts on spike sizes, lights for the eyes, cape … Read more
I created this Homemade Cruella DeVille costume in 2008. I LOVE Halloween and always start early, I wanted to be something scary and recognizable. So I started at Value Village and found a black satin sweetheart neckline dress, I bought it thinking I knew I would use it for something. Finally my Granny came up … Read more