My boyfriend and I went to a Halloween party hosted by a freshman organization at our school Baylor University. At first we were going to be lame and just dress funky, but I found an idea online for Peanuts couple costumes. Because my boyfriend didn’t really want to help (he thought it was a waste … Read more

I made the head of this Homemade Charlie Brown Halloween Costume Idea out of paper mache and let it dry, then painted it and then drew the face on it. I bought a shirt and with marker made the zig zag on the bottom of the shirt and just got black sweats. My daughter loves … Read more

This year our department opted to go with the Peanuts Halloween costume. We started with the ideas on this site to create large heads out of paper mache. We followed simple paper mache directions using 3-4 coats of paper mache letting each layer dry completely in between. Each head was created using flesh spray paint, … Read more

My wife and I decide on a Charlie Brown and Lucy Couple Costume for Halloween. So I started off by going to buy a balloon for the base to make the heads and newspaper for the paper mache. I started by mixing flour and water to make the paste for the paper mache. I ripped … Read more

When I asked the youngest nephew what he wanted to be for Halloween, there was no hesitation, a Homemade Snoopy Costume. At this point, I realized I was being overly brave to give him an open ended choice. For the body, I cheated a little and bought a pattern for a jumper, but altered it … Read more

People were always saying that our son, Reef, looks just like Charlie Brown because of how round his head is and because for a long time the only hair he had was a couple little curls on top. So, when we started thinking about what he should be for his first Halloween, Charlie Brown was … Read more

We fell in love with the California group’s Peanuts gang pictures on here and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t find a better idea for our group. Thank you very much for your detailed plan. We, too, were a huge hit in our Homemade Peanuts Gang Costume!!! We used punching balloons (as beach … Read more

Two of my friends and I do a local Halloween contest on a dinner / party cruise boat every year. Each year make our costumes and 2011 is our sixth year. So far we have one first place award and this year we earned our second, second place award. We decided on the Homemade Peanuts … Read more

This Snoopy homemade costume was really cheap and easy to make. I had only 4 days to make it and it turned out pretty good considering my limited time. First of all I bought those really big balloons (the ones you can fill with candy). When it was big enough to fit a head, I … Read more

My Dad has gone by the name of Charlie Brown for over 40 years so it was so appropriate that he was Charlie Brown himself! A year ago he decided it would be a good idea to dress up like the Peanuts gang. We had a blast putting these together and ended up taking first … Read more

Myself and nine other friends have created these Peanut Characters costumes. The heads are all made from paper mache and our costumes are hand sewn. It took us nearly three weeks from start to finish! We attend a huge party every year in our community, and there are only three to four groups of 6 … Read more

I have to admit, I got a lot of these ideas for this Homemade Lucy Van Pelt Costume from this board. I work in HR, so finding the right costume is not always easy. I’ve been asked to promote our Employee Assistance Program and this got the key audience’s attention! The head was made from … Read more