My son and his friends wanted to be ninja turtles… For this homemade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group costume – we took paper disposable overalls from a nearby factory and painted them green. The shell is made of old couch cushions (sponge foam) that we found on the curb – good thing the neighbors threw … Read more
Last year, my son wanted to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween so I bought him a costume. But since we always do a family theme, I had to figure out how to make something for my husband and me, for cheap, and relatively easy! After looking at pictures online (especially this site), I saw … Read more
For a Halloween Party my husband and I went as Charlie Brown and Lucy, the Peanuts Cartoon characters. This homemade Charlie Brown and Lucy couple Halloween costume was fun, original, and won best couple! For the masks I used two large punching balloons and paper mache. I blew up the balloons and taped them on … Read more
I’m still making costumes for Max (see Franklin Turtle costume when he was 3). Max, at 7 years old, loved Pokemon and wanted to be Trainer Ash Kethum for Halloween. I put together this quick and easy Homemade Pokemon Trainer Ash Kethum Costume and thought I’d share it with you. I took an old red … Read more
This Awesome Pokemon Groudon Costume idea came from my 8 year old who wanted to dress as his favorite pokemon character, a Legendary Pokemon. Groudon is a lava-rock type Pokemon and his firey personality fits my 8 year old red headed boy perfectly. I made the basic form out of craft foam from a local … Read more
My husband is in the Navy and was able to re-enlist on Halloween, (in costume!), so we made these Popey and Olive Oyl Halloween costumes for the ceremony, and well, for Halloween. Here’s what we did: Popeye. We patterned the top after the US Navy’s dress blues jumper. I used black, red, and blue twill. … Read more
My friends daughter decided on a DIY retro Rainbow Brite girl’s Halloween costume idea. Of course we were excited to make this costume since we grew up with rainbow bright!!!! I used a basic dress pattern and altered the sleeves to create a pointed cuff and added batting in between the rainbow arms and sewed … Read more
I loved Rainbow Brite as a child, so I decided it would be fun to make a Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume for Halloween this year. I started with an image I found on the internet and took it with me to some thrift stores. I bought a blue dress (80’s style) to be the foundation. … Read more
My boyfriend and I, along with his little sister and a couple of our friends, wanted to get together and do Halloween costumes as a group. Due to our love for Scooby-Doo, we decided be “the gang.” All of the outfits of this Scooby Doo Gang Group Costume were put together using clothes we found … Read more
My children usually do a group costume every year, and this year’s theme was Scooby Doo! I made this Homemade Scooby Doo Group Costume within about a day. Shaggy’s costume was relatively easy, a large green shirt and baggy brown pants, a wig and goatee. Fred’s was also fairly easy with a plain long sleeved … Read more
This is our Homemade Shrek Family Costume. We have Puss-in-boots, Donkey, and of course Shrek and Fiona. We widened our nose with noses we made out of clay, then we pained everything exposed green. It was a great family affair!
We are always on the look out for a great couples costume, and because we are of the “fuller figure” population – great costumes are few and far between. We have had Shrek and Princess Fiona as plan B for a few years. 2011 was the year we had to do it, I am happy … Read more