This is my daughter Zoë on her first Halloween. She was about seven months old at the time. During my pregnancy, eggs, and fried chicken were my favorite. It was especially funny as before I was pregnant chicken on the bone in any fashion was something I just wouldn’t eat. The chicken costume was adorable … Read more
I wanted to be a peacock for Halloween but I had to be different so I decided to go as the NBC peacock. The Homemade NBC Peacock Costume was extremely easy to make. I cut out foam board in the shape of the NBC peacock feathers and sprayed glued the feathers on the foam board. … Read more
I decided about two weeks before Halloween that I wanted to be the money you are saving on your car insurance by switching to Geico. So to make this Homemade Geico Money Costume I bought some perforated cardboard and had Kinko’s help me out with a 5 dollar bill. I had a harness that I … Read more
For Halloween 2010 my boyfriend wanted to be Kool-Aid Man more than anything. We Googled it for months, trying to find directions, an actual Kool-Aid Man costume… ANYTHING that would help us create what we knew would be such a unique task. The internet proved to be no help. Late one night I sat straight … Read more
My Rosie the Riveter Costume Idea came from the famous “We Can Do It!” WWII poster I have in my room. I also love for pin-up style models! I found key “Rosie” elements around the house and Thrift stores. It was surprising how easily this Rosie the Riveter costume came together (and for little $$ too!!) … Read more
We always look for creative costumes that will amaze people. This year I went with Mr. Peanut, or I guess in my case, Mrs. Peanut. I started with basic black clothes underneath (long sleeve t-shirt and Cuddle Duds for bottoms). The dress is actually an old swimsuit cover up that I sprayed painted yellow, then … Read more
My son loves Volkswagen Bugs. So I thought I would surprise him and make him a bug for Halloween. At first, I was going to make the bug all black and put flames on the sides, but I wasn’t sure how to dress him. On the way to dropping my daughter’s off at dance, I … Read more
Here is my Cap’n Crunch Costume. I started with heading out to the local thrift shop and bought some old white tuxedo pants, as well as this shiny blue female’s jacket. I popped the collar and added some felt buttons and trimmings. I used two beer coozies for the large cuff links. I bought two … Read more
This Homemade Geico Cave Family Group Costume was sort of last minute idea, and very inexpensive. We had the wigs on hand and only had to purchase the facial hair. All in all, it was a hit!
Remembering how my mom created such cool homemade costumes, I felt as though I couldn’t let her down and had my own child now, so I had to start getting creative! My son was a chunky 1 year old and I was trying to think of things that were chubby for Halloween– in my mind … Read more
We made this baby costume for our seven month old son. The idea originated from the Guinness “Brilliant” adds campaign. The suspenders are ribbon and the mustache is craft foam attached to a pacifier. We greased up his hair and parted it in the middle. The beer mug is made of craft foam. Altogether it … Read more
