This Homemade Mister Peanut Halloween Costume was the funnest costume I ever created. In MN its cold during Halloween so I stayed nice and toasty! For the body I used faux wool material cut out in the shape of a peanut and gathered elastic through the bottom for the bubble effect. Next I sponge painted … Read more
My daughter LOVES salty so we got a big ball and paper mached the crap outta it, added some ears and painted the head white with some Krylon. Inside we got some surgical tubing and epoxied it to some bbq squirt bottles and filled them with salt then duct taped them to the top inside … Read more
With mr peanut I started gathering fencing and tried to make two nut shells out of the fencing by bending and tying the wires together. Same with the hat. Then took yellow duct tape covered the entire shell and covered the hat also. The cane is an old candy cane wrapped in duct tape. Then … Read more
We love the E*Trade baby commercials and we decided to dress our 11 month old son in a Homemade Etrade Baby Costume. At first when we thought of the idea I was a little worried not enough people would understand. But I was definitely wrong, it was a big hit and everyone thought our son … Read more
Easy Progressive Lady Costume I put together for myself on Halloween. I had to be in a costume to go out with my family but I could not be spooky for my 6 year old so I always laughed about the Progressive Insurance lady in the commercials. So I found solid a white shirt & … Read more
My friend and I decided to dress up as the KIA Soul Hamsters from the commercial. We love Halloween and make our own costumes every year but this year was by-far our favorite costumes. We bought all the matericals from boots to furs at the local thrift store and came out to about $20/costume. We … Read more
I had a Chihuahua as a pet. I wanted to be the Taco Bell dog. I started this dog costume by trying to make the head out of paper Mache’. It burst and I made a mess in the kitchen. I went to the store and purchased four different size balls. I taped them all … Read more
This Homemade Colonel Sanders Costume was made for our 6 year old daughter. It just came to us one day as we were driving by a KFC. The costume itself was easy. We bought a white suit at a thrift store. The tie is just a piece of ribbon bought at a textile store. We … Read more
I wanted to be something unique and came up with a Homemade Wendy’s Girl Gone Bad Unique Halloween Costume Idea! I used a few different costumes pieced together. I used a Country Girl costume for the dress. I found the white under shirt at Goodwill and thought it looked like the real Wendy’s. The red … Read more
This Energizer Bunny Halloween costume really was easy and most of the stuff I had or got from the dollar store. A friend found the bunny costume at a yard sale for $.50. I dyed it pink. The batteries on the butt were little sports bottles I wrapped in aluminum foil and copied and blew … Read more
Here is the end results of my attempt to make a Homemade Kia Hamster Costume. I made the whole thing in about 10 hours. The head is made from plastic canvas foam and fur. The eyes are clear Christmas ornaments. I also hinged the jaw so it moves when I talk and I can drink … Read more
For my homemade Planter’s Mr. Peanut costume I sewed felt letters to a top hat, sponge-painted and sewed a yellow dress, constructed a monocle out of a magnifying glass and added some finishing touches.