This was my son’s first Halloween costume – a Leprechaun costume and it was the cutest!! The costume was put together using green sweatpants and a white turtleneck. I made the vest and added some clovers on it along with a pair of gold slip on shoes. We put him in the “Pot O’ Gold” … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to make a Homemade Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf Couple Costume for Halloween. I came up with this idea and I always hated the idea of spending $75.00 on a costume in a bag. For my costume: I found a super cool red, long, hooded, velvet … Read more
I made this Homemade Robin Hood Halloween Costume from McCall’s sewing pattern # 2854. I altered the patterns to fit with what my son would feel comfortable trick or treating in; not too long and not too wide, as my son is a skinny thing. The costume consists of a dark brown tunic, a red … Read more
This is my son Olin, he is 2 years old. I always wanted a redhead child, since I didn’t get one when I had him, I decided to make him one.. lol and thought he would make a great Leprechaun with for Halloween. This Leprechaun Costume was my first made form a pattern, the last … Read more
For Halloween this year, my daughter dressed in a Homemade Little Bo Peep and Her Lost Sheep Costume. To make the sheep costume, I purchased an inexpensive, plain, long-sleeved white cotton T-shirt, several sizes larger than my daughter would typically wear. I placed a piece of cardboard inside the shirt to ensure the glue wouldn’t … Read more
I got the idea for a leprechaun costume when my redheaded son put a green bowl on his head pretending it was a hat. He looked too cute! I looked for costume but there was nothing but cheap ugly costumes online. I went to the fabric store and got a $.99 boys suit pattern (easy) … Read more
This Gingerbread Man Costume was for world book day for my 12 year old son. He wanted something different and found a picture of a small child wearing something similar and we worked from that. As he was going to be wearing the costume all day we did not want an ‘all in one’ costume. … Read more
This is our Homemade Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Couple Costume. Peter=Jeans, white t-shirt with Peter written in black marker, suspenders, straw hat from thrift store, pumpkin seeds and cheese whiz for the effect of “eating the pumpkin”. Pumpkin(sexy)-Kids pumpkin top filled with newspaper for fullness. Black tights and black boy shorts underwear. High heels.
My granddaughter wanted a Little Bo Peep Girl Costume for Halloween ! So I looked at premade costumes, they were not very cute! I bought a simple little girls dress pattern and made her a dress and then also made a pinafore with lots of ribbon details. I also made her bonnet by guessing, it … Read more
First for the sheep, I bought a white sweatshirt and a cheap($3) pair of white capris (they were women’s but they were stretchy and worked great). I cut the sweatshirt to about elbow length. I used a hot glue gun and glued all the cotton balls only on the front of both the shirt and … Read more
This homemade Little Bo Peep and sheep costume was made to be funny. Normally, Little Bo Peep would be a girl and the sheep the boy. But in our case, we decided switching roles – would make it that much better. Ben plays the role of Little Bo Peep, strutting a pink skirt and hat … 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