I have always dressed up with my daughter and this was no different. She was Ariel and so I had to be Ursula. I found this site after Halloween so I can’t send pictures of HOW I made this Homemade Ursula and Ariel Couple Costume but can walk you thru it. 1. I am a … Read more
The top includes shells made from an iridescent quilted fabric attached to a metallic jersey. The tail is made from a wide variety of fabrics including shantung silk, taffeta, and sequins on jersey. Two slits between the front and back portion of the tail allow for maximum mobility. The best part of this mermaid costume … Read more
I have searched online for a cool realistic looking Mermaid Woman’s Costume for years and after finding nothing FOR YEARS I decided I would go ahead and make one! I used a lot of shiny blues, greens, yellows and any ocean colors I could find. I used parts of old dresses that I got from … Read more
I grew up watching these classic Saturday morning cartoons while I played with my He-man and She-Ra action figures! When I discovered that these costumes weren’t sold in any stores, I was excited because I knew we wouldn’t likely run into anyone else wearing the same costumes. I made my She-Ra head piece out of … Read more
For Halloween 2008, our sons chose “Monsters, Inc.” as their theme. Our younger son (age 2-1/2) had a Mike Wazowski Costume. We live in Phoenix and didn’t want his costume to be too heavy or cumbersome (in case the night was warm). Due to the amount of batting I used, it did end up being … Read more
For Mike, I used paper mache to make the body and green fleece to make the shoe covers. I cut a Styrofoam ball in half and glued that to the front of the body about half way through the paper mache process. I then painted the costume with acrylic paint. I Used wire from inside … Read more
This Mystique from X Men Costume was done with blue body paint, a sponge, a scale stencil and black body paint. I wore an American Apparel tube bra and some blue cotton underwear and literally sponge-painted my entire body blue, and then powdered it with some shimmery teal powder. All products are from sillyfarm.com, and … Read more
I decided to make my children the Sally and Jack Skellington costumes from a nightmare before Christmas for last Halloween. To make the Jack costume, I bought some black trousers, waistcoat and t-shirt as I could not find a jacket suitable at a reasonable price. I painted the white stripes on using fabric paint and … Read more
My sons and I are totally in love with The Nightmare Before Christmas! So when it came to choose a Halloween costume there wasn’t any other choice who they were going to be, Rivals “Jack Skelington” aka Homemade Jack the Pumpkin King and Oogie Boogie Costumes. We went to a bunch of Halloween costume stores … Read more
For the first time ever, my 10 year old son was excited about dressing up for Halloween. He’s a big Jack Skellington fan and was set on dressing up in a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I happen to work for the “Big Mouse” but couldn’t find one decent costume for kids his age. They were … Read more
This year my friends and I decided on being Lock, Shock, and Barrel from Tim Burton’s ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. Always been an advocate for creating my own costumes, opposed to store bought… spent the better part of two and a half weeks making them, and I feel they came out pretty successful.
I have a 4 year old who has wanted to be Jack since last year, after watching “The Nightmare before Christmas”. I looked EVERYWHERE for a costume to buy one. I could not find one!! They are all for ADULTS. SO we had to make our own homemade Jack Skellington child costume. I came here … Read more