My friends and I are not the type to go buy a pre-made Halloween costume. We like to be creative, original and more importantly, we like to dress up as a group. So the Homemade Peanuts Cartoon Costumes were a perfect choice. We worked on our costumes for 6 consecutive days. The paper mache heads are … Read more
We have always loved “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” so for our son’s first Halloween we decided to make him a Charlie Brown costume. It was fairly simple and fairly cheap to make. (As you can see from the photo) Total Spent: $10
Our bank participated in a Christmas Parade in our city. The theme for the parade was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is our best photo from the day and includes, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty, Freida, Lucy and Snoopy, Pigpen and Sally Brown. We blew up balloons, covered them with plastic wrap and then covered them … Read more
After putting this build off for a number of years I finally made this Charlie brown costume. Very simple and cheap! First off I found a large enough box. After cutting it into shape I glued the flaps to the peaks. Don’t be shy with the glue. I cut a hole for me to stand … 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
We had the idea to be Charlie Brown and Lucy because my boyfriend is bald and someone mentioned to him that he looked like Charlie Brown! His costume was easy. I bought 2 t-shirts, one yellow and one black. The black t-shirt, I ripped up and used as the zig-zag for the yellow shirt. I … Read more
My husband and I were Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty for Halloween. For these homemade Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty couple costumes I paper mached the heads. I cut out the mouth on each one and then I spray painted them in a cream color. I just took a permanent marker to put on the … Read more
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