For my Fairy Godmother costume I created a cloak out of a few old shirts and wore a blue dress. Pulled a pink bow from an old prom dress To make neck bow. Wore white wig and made a fairy wand from a dowel and glued on some silver sequins. Very cheap and easy costume … Read more
My grandson wanted to be Squidward this year for Halloween, so I took on the challenge! The journey began with putting pieces of clothing together at my local Salvation Army Shop, Ocean State Job Lot, Michael’s Craft Store, Dollar Tree and Walmart (Total cost $38.18). I began by assembling the hat which is made from … Read more
My 3 y.o son wearing a Minions Costume made by his grandfather. The materials used are mainly sliced foam, paint, double sided tape and belt then for the jumper and sleeves, his grandfather just bought a blue and yellow fabric then he’s the one who formed and sew it. Definitely not an expensive one since … Read more
At last I saw the light and decided to make a Flynn Rider costume for my little boy this year! He loves Tangled & requested to be Flynn. For his costume, I already had most of the basic elements on hand – namely, the white shirt, khaki pants, brown belt & a teal vest (totally … Read more
For this DIY group toy soldier costume, we started with the idea since we are a military family and it evolved into toy soldiers. First we had to gather supplies. We had uniforms from when we were in the military and the uniforms we didn’t have (we needed 5) came from consignments stores, flea markets, eBay, and yard … Read more
We love to do a theme or family costume each year and this year we went with Simpson costumes. My son went through a stage of liking his hair spiked and that sparked our idea for these Simpsons Halloween costumes! Instructions for Simpson Costumes I started with the hair and used the same egg foam … Read more
These plastic Army man costumes started because we found the Keystone Light – White Beer Can. We wanted to do something crazy so we could take a picture with the can. We had said Mission accomplished when we finally found the can. So we thought about dressing up like a military person. Since it was right … Read more
I wanted to try my hand a creating a decent Scarecrow from the Batman Arkham Asylum games. I started with stripping the leather from 3 different leather couches. I wanted to keep the build as low cost as possible. The mask is made using Crayola model magic and bandages that I had painted on using a … Read more
Here’s my 3 month old daughter’s Rapunzel costume together with her dad. She wanted to be Rapunzel this year, for her first halloween! (I could just tell. Haha!) So, I made her Rapunzel and stuck her in her tower! Her dad is a good sport and agreed to be a prop for her costume! I … Read more
I was amazed when I thought about these Team Rocket costume ideas and found out that it wasn’t too common anywhere really. Especially because it didn’t take much time whatsoever to put it all together; which is always a plus in costumes! The only thing that took time was ordering both Jessie and James wigs and … Read more
Yes! This is a Mickey Mouse costume. When I was 5 years old, my family spent a week driving down Route 66 from Indiana to Disneyland. The first thing I remember seeing when we arrived on the Disney property were the topiaries of Disney characters. It was the most exciting day of my life. No … Read more
This is my Daughter Madison. She is our little princess, so I decided to turn her into a real princess for Halloween (carriage and all)! She is wearing a Cinderella dress. We have her illuminated by a blue light do that she can be seen, plus it makes her look more “sparkly”. I created the carriage … Read more