My son has had the nickname Bamm Bamm since he was born. Both my husband and I are not very big so when my son was born almost nine pounds and remained in the 95% of his age it didn’t take long for him to acquire his nickname. With his adventurous attitude and blond hair … Read more
This Homemade Flintstones Group Costume idea started one warm spring evening while with friends we started talking about the Flintstones. Everyone said how much my husband Fred looks like Fred Flintstone. SOOOOOOOOOOOO we made plans for the following October. I began searching for costumes and after looking at prices for 5 costumes I decide I … Read more
I bought a wig and some purple body paint for hair and face. I bought a dress from the Goodwill store for the base and a purple long sleeve so I din’t have to paint my arms. I bought black and purple material and sewed them together. I fliped them inside out so the pretty … Read more
This Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume was my costume a few years ago. I made it by buying a mermaid style wedding dress and it in half to just use the skirt. I spray painted the white dress with 4 colors of blue and green. I cut hundreds of tiny “scales” out of colorful and shiny … Read more
I decided to be a mermaid this year, I love making my costumes. This one took me a lot longer than any others I have made but it turned out exactly how I imagined. Here is step by step the best I can tell you how I made it. A lot was trial and error … Read more
I made this Homemade He Man Toddler Costume for my 14 month old. I wanted to make something unique and my first thought was He-Man. I used felt and canvas material to make it. Total costume included chest plate, wrist guards, boot covers, diaper cover, sword scabbard and a plastic sword. It took less then … Read more
For Halloween 2008, our sons chose “Monsters, Inc.” for their costumes. Our older son (age 5) had a Sully from Monsters, Inc. Costume. We live in Phoenix so we were a little nervous about making a furry costume (could be VERY uncomfortable for him if the night was warm) so I chose a light-weight fleece … Read more
Every time our daughter wore her hair in pigtails, people mentioned she looked just like Boo from Monster’s Inc, so this year was the perfect opportunity for her to be Boo for Halloween! I looked online for patterns or ideas, but only a few came up and I wasn’t into improvising. So off to the … Read more
This year I went in a Homemade Mystique Costume. I started off by purchasing a blue unitard from an online discount dance supply store. After making sure it fits nicely – after all I was going for a bare skin look – I proceeded to paint it. I used watercolor (the kind that comes in … Read more
I originally wasn’t even going to make a Halloween costume but then a few of my friends ended up having their birthday’s over the Halloween weekend and they made it “mandatory” that everyone dressed up for the occasion. Since I hadn’t actually dressed up for the holiday in so many years I figured I had … Read more
I decided to do a Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume from Tim Burtons The Nightmare before Christmas. The entire costume cost roughly $30. The suit: the suit started with a black suit/white button up shirt from a thrift store. The strips are white acrylic paint just run down the front in strips. A little splatter … Read more
I’ve made this dress FROM SCRATCH. I painted the colors and stitches with fabric colors, yellow, red, green, purple,and black. Spray painted my hair red, bought the comb at the Dollar store, and got the camera for Christmas. The dress used to be white (if you couldn’t tell lol). I have been IN LOVE with … Read more