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
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
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
My fiance mentioned the idea first for a Homemade Little Bo Peep and her Sheep Costume, not realizing I was going to give it my best shot. After finding an old square dancing dress and crinoline at a thrift store, I decided there was no turning back. To finish “Bo Peep’s” outfit I bought a … Read more
My Lil Bo Peep costume was handmade by one of my best friend’s. We found a pattern for a similar outfit at the material store and then added our own special touches to the costume. My staff was made by my fiance’s dad. He used some kind of electrical pipe and then covered it with … 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
My little guy wanted to be the frog prince… so to bump it up a notch we decided to make him a kissing booth under. Prince charming needs help to find a princess to kiss right..lol.. and so we made a DIY frog prince Halloween costume. We created a simple frog pattern costume… made a … Read more
This Adam and Eve Couple Costume took me approx. 40 hours to make. For Eve, first I bought nude color panties and bra. I sewed clear elastic for straps to add to the effect of wearing just leaves. I then hand sewed every leaf onto the garments with fake plants I found at the craft … Read more