The head of the Jack Skellington costume is made from papier mache over an old crash helmet. Underneath, the plastic visor has been removed and was replaced with thin cereal box card, out of which I cut eyes and a mouth hole. I added rolled up cardboard to the sides of the helmet to get … Read more
My husband and I decided to dress in Homemade Sally and Jack Skellington Costumes. Jack’s mask was the most intricate part of the costume. My husband blew up a punching bag and applied multiple layers of paper mache, also using this process to form the eyes and the nose. This process took about two weeks. … Read more
My 2010 costume is a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I knew from the start I would need more height because I am only 5’7″ so I purchased some sports stilts. From there, I used pipe insulation (similar to pool noodles) to build the basic structure of the arms and legs. The arms and legs were … Read more
The round heads started as a very round balloon, were paper mached and then covered in felt. Lock and Shock are simply taped cardboard with nose and ears masking taped on and then covered in felt. The round heads are particularly hard to cover in felt so I pinned down the felt before I hot … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted to be oogy boogy from Nightmare before Christmas. We racked our brain and came up with this homemade Oogy Boogy costume!!!
When you think of the word villain, only one word comes to mind…Shredder! I decided to go as Master Shredder for Halloween this year. This homemade Master Shredder Halloween costume took about 3 weeks to make, and lost a lot of sleep doing so. The costume had several things for it. The helmet was made … Read more
When I asked the youngest nephew what he wanted to be for Halloween, there was no hesitation, a Homemade Snoopy Costume. At this point, I realized I was being overly brave to give him an open ended choice. For the body, I cheated a little and bought a pattern for a jumper, but altered it … Read more
Two of my friends and I do a local Halloween contest on a dinner / party cruise boat every year. Each year make our costumes and 2011 is our sixth year. So far we have one first place award and this year we earned our second, second place award. We decided on the Homemade Peanuts … Read more
My kids always come up with the craziest costume ideas, and I CANNOT SEW! This Bellossom from Pokemon costume proved to be quite easy. I made the tutu and hairbands myself, and added them to a green leotard and green tights. If you compare to a Bellossom Pokemon card, you will agree that the costume … Read more
We went with a Popeye Costume this year to honor my son’s Great Grandpa (his nickname in the Navy was Popeye). Of course those costumes are impossible to find for a toddler and look super fake. I started with a black tshirt and blue sweats from Walmart (had to buy long sleeve and cut the … Read more
In case you’ve never heard, Popeye is an iconic cartoon sailor popularized in American culture from 1919 until present day. The usual setup saw Popeye on a wacky adventure with his friends, which usually ended up in a sea-themed conflict resulting in Popeye finding himself in trouble. Popeye is no ordinary sailor, he gets stronger … Read more
I have always loved Rainbow Brite. I grew up watching the cartoons and had all the toys! I finally grew my hair out long enough to wear it in a long pony tail and was excited to make my own Rainbow Brite Homemade Halloween Costume, since most of the “Rainbow Brite” costumes in the stores … Read more