This costume came to me when I started contemplating a creative group costume for me and my 4 other friends. Then I thought of dressing up as the cereal characters and updating them into cute costumes! They were a huge hit, we were in Chico that year and everyone loved them! The best part was … Read more
I wanted to be something different for Halloween but still be sexy and cute! This sexy homemade Hamburglar Halloween costume was a HUGE hit and it only cost me $8 total! I wore black Chuck Taylors, yoga capris, and a striped shirt from Forever 21 I already had. Then, I bought a bandit hat and a … Read more
The Costume: Amy as Macho Man Randy Savage and Joseph as a Slim Jim. Back story: This is the first and probably only couples costume my husband and I will ever do. We both have very different ideas of what we want to be each year, always homemade. In the past I have been Chester … Read more
As an unemployed engineer, I had some free time to spend working on making a great Halloween costume. My wife came up with the idea shortly after Halloween 2010, when we dressed as Pacman and Ms. PacMan. We tried to come up with another character that is hardly ever seen as a costume, and is … Read more
I was eating some Cheetto’s when I came up with the idea I should be Chester!! All girl “sexy” costumes do not have to actually portray a girl/femal character. Here’s what it takes You get some body paint in orange, black and white. White high top converse, sun glasses a bathing suit top or orange … Read more
This is my husband and I as Colonel Sanders from KFC, and Wendy from Wendy’s. We threw this costume together as a last minute idea. For Colonel Sanders we searched thrift stores high and low to find the perfect pants, and jacket. We borrowed a cane from a relative. We found the neck tie at … Read more
I’m 20 years old, and I hadn’t dressed up for Halloween in YEARS, so when my friend invited me to her annual Halloween party and a costume was required, I panicked a little because I HATE store bought costumes. But a month before the party, we were discussing the 40’s in my American Pop Culture … Read more
We purchased for our Snap-Crackle-Pop Girl Group Costume two XXL men’s t-shirts, in red and royal blue, then an XL goldenrod yellow button-up men’s shirt, and went to town cutting them up! We acted as each other’s seamstresses, cut down the sides of the tees, made slits, and tied the side slits together one by one. … Read more
The best compliment I got on this Pint of Glamorous Guinness Beer and Zookeeper homemade couple costume was when one person – then another, then another, and so on – asked me, “Where did you buy that costume??” And then the widening of the eyes and the slight jaw drop when I revealed that I didn’t buy it, … Read more
I decided to be Captain Crunch for Halloween, it took a lot of work but was well worth it! I found the jacket at a thrift store, bought blue, yellow and white foam for the hat, had cardboard and a beanie hat at home already, then bought tassles for the shoulders pads and pockets. 1) … Read more
Three days before Halloween I happened to mention a costume competition happening at work to my wife….$500 first prize. Now this really caught her attention because in this economy we, like so many other families, are starting to stress about Christmas coming fast. While brainstorming, within many other options I come up with Aunt Jemima. … Read more
I wanted to be a bright, orange fox but needed a twist – so I came up with the Car Fox (from the Car Fax commercials)! It was so fun to be the Car Fox and have a unique costume that made people snap their fingers and say “haaaah!” There are 6 parts to the … Read more