I made these Popeye and Olive Oyl couple costumes, using the Popeye movie with Shelley Duvall and Robin Williams as my inspiration. I thought the more old school they looked, the more interesting the costume. My favorite part of the costume were the shoes on Olive Oyl. I felt they were key to making the … Read more
I made my own Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume. I drew Rainbow Brite on paper to get an idea of the design. I then picked out all the fabric. I know its not exactly like Rainbow Brite but i wanted something a little more sexy. I chose to be Rainbow Brite because I have loved this … Read more
I love Rainbow Brite as I suspect most 25-30 something girls do because she was a great cartoon when we were younger, so I decided to be her for Halloween 2010. I decided to make the Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume myself because none of the costumes I found online were good enough and I really … Read more
My five year old daughter had her heart set on being Shaggy for Halloween. For fear of her being mistaken for a bearded lady, my husband and I decided to jump on board and create a family Homemade Scooby Gang Halloween Costume. Scooby doo fans include people of all ages so everyone could recognize us. … Read more
My sons absolutely adore Scoobydoo costumes. I had been tooling around with the idea of making a racecar costume for my youngest son. I randomly thought of Fred and the Mystery Machine and went with it. In the end my eldest liked the costume mystery box soo much he gave his Sportacus costume to his … Read more
I made the clothes of the Shrek and Fiona costumes myself. The red hair is a wig and the ears, with and without, the crown is bought from a costume shop named Butterick’s. We also bought the green skincolor that was waterbased. It came right off in the shower with a little scrubbing.
This Simpson Halloween costumes was the product of unemployment. Weeks before Halloween I began strategizing and paper mache-ing the head pieces. Marge’s head piece was a bristol board tube, and then shaped with bulges of newspaper, and then papier mached, and then painted. Homer’s head was made from combining the skull part of a Pirate … Read more
Girls gotta be SEXSY on Halloween. It’s a rule. I think it might be the eleventh commandment that was just written on the other side of Moses’ tablet or something. And truly, what is sexier than the epic romance between Mr. Burns and Smithers? It’s really the Romeo and Juliet of our time. Here’s how … Read more
I was so tired of finding nothing but trampy costumes for women. I wanted something cute and creative. So I created this Smurfette costume for our Halloween party last year. I was a huge fan of the Smurfs growing up and thought this would be fun to create. I made the hat out of fleece. … Read more
Our homemade Papa Smurf Costume consists of a long-sleeved blue shirt and blue gloves, cotton balls attached to his face to create a beard, red jogging pants and a blue tail made from yarn. His hat is cut out and sewn into a little curved point, just like the Smurfs wear!
I really enjoy making my children’s costumes. After seeing my kids watch The Smurfs a million times, I knew exactly what they would be for Halloween. Smurfette: I used an old summer white dress, cut out a flower from felt and placed a blue circle in the middle. (taken from a leftover piece of Brainy’s … Read more
I started this Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume with a cardboard box that fitted my 2 ½ year old son. I cut out arm and neck holes. Then I opened the box and used it as a template and cut ½’ foam to match each side. I laid out all the foam pieces and cut … Read more