My boyfriend had been helping me through some major family drama. Times had not been fun. He loves Halloween, but we had not had time to plan anything due to my struggles. Anyhow, I was determined to make it special for him, even though my budget was very small. I used my first day off … Read more
Little Red In my hunt for materials for our Little Dead Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf Couple Costume, I had called my mom a half a dozen time frantically asking if she had found a knee length cape. Her response was, “oh Sarah, I don’t know anyone who loves Halloween as much as you do”. … Read more
I was 8 months pregnant and discussing costume ideas with my 3 year old daughter, hoping to make something for myself that would work with whatever she wanted to be. I had been knitting a red riding hood for months (from a pattern out of “Fairy Tale Knits”), and she told me she wanted to … Read more
In modern day times Little Red Riding Hood would not be eaten by the wolf or need a hunter to save her, in fact she would be a lot smarter and kill that wolf herself. In fact, in recent modern literature Roald Dahl wrote a Little Red Riding Hood poem where she pulls out a … Read more
This sexy Little Red Riding Hood Halloween costume is a very simple costume! If you have seen true blood I got the idea from Jessica in her Halloween scene! I found a really cute maroon cape and then got a corset to match it. For the bottoms I found fishnet stockings and frilly bloomers and … Read more
No idea who and how we came up with this idea for the sexy Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood costumes but we had a blast making these costumes. We’ve been making our costumes for years and this is just one of my favorite because we played the part all night…Big bad wolf … Read more
Once my hubby and I decided we would be Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf I went to work trying to create the costume. I’m a swing-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda girl and I don’t really PLAN very well – so this Homemade Big Bad Wolf Costume literally came together a bit at a time. … Read more
We decided to create Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf Couple Costume — with a twist! We decided it would be cooler to have “Grandma” climbing out of the wolf’s stomach, with Little Red’s help. But we wanted to make sure the arm sticking out of the stomach was “alive” so Kevin needed to … Read more
I decided to take a very common and yet simple costume and make it more exciting. So I decided that I would make Little Red Riding Hood a Bad A$$. I bought the regular costume and added my own touch. I smeared mud on my white knee high stockings and cut them up, added scratches … Read more
This is my daughter in her Red Riding Hood costume. This was the easiest costume to make. I bought a Red Riding Hood Pattern, but did a few things differently such as the ribbons on the front I hot glued on just to make things a little easier and quicker. It took me about 3 … Read more
These Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf costumes were created by a family friend and are completely hand made. Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year and as a Mom, I look forward to dressing up both my kids. This was taken October 31, 2007. This year will be even more … Read more
It was fall of 2004 and I had built a wolf costume that walked on all fours but still stood about 6 and half feet tall. Using a bike helmet as a base for the head, a lot of cardboard, foam, black fur, and PVC pipe for the front and rear legs, to say the … Read more