My Homemade Little Paul Bunyan Optical Illusion Halloween Costume Idea came about as I pondered all the cool illusionary costumes I’ve seen over the years. I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to find the clothing for the top half of the costume. I already had most of it – wool hat, T-shirt, flannel shirt, … Read more
A friend of mine gave me the idea for the leprechaun costume. We bought a green suit from the Salvation Army store and cut the pants to make the knickers. I sewed in elastic just below the knee to give the right effect. The pieces of material that were cut from the pants were sewn … Read more
Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods to her Grandmother’s house and came across The big Bad Wolf in her Grandmother’s Bed. What big ears you have Grandma! (The mask was made from a paper plate formed into a nose, ears and forehead and was attached to a stocking cap covered in fake fur … Read more
I pretty much got an old pair of shorts and a swim suit top, and hot glued a bunch of leaves from a vine I had around the house for my Homemade Sexy Eve Halloween Costume. I even had some old brown heels I hot glued leaves on. Everyone loved it. The best costume I’ve … Read more
I started this Homemade Noah’s Ark Baby Costume with a laundry basket and hot glued foam board to the sides to form a boat shape. Then I wrapped painters plastic around the basket and duck taped the plastic to the inside of the basket. I bought paper mache rolls and rolled it around the basket … Read more
My boyfriend and I always try to come up with a couples themed costume. We love making our own costumes because they always end up better than anything you can buy in the store. Originality and creativity go a long way. After a year of brainstorming, I was finally inspired by a vintage souvenir plate … Read more
I wanted my daughter to have a Little Red Riding Hood costume for Halloween but she wanted to be something scary. SO I turned her into Little DEAD Riding Hood.
Our school mascot is the Antwerp Archer. So this year, my son wanted a Homemade Antwerp Archer Robin Hood Style Costume. I took it along the “Robin Hood” style. We used our school colors of Blue and White. I found a pattern online for the hat. I made it first out of newspaper to make … Read more
Unfortunately I didn’t have an Adam to join me, but I still LOVED this homemade Eve costume. It was so easy and cheap to make, here are the steps! 1.) Find a skin-colored bra you won’t mind ruining. 2.) Purchase a couple bags of various leaves. (I stuck to green and gold, but you can … Read more
The girls came up with the idea of being the three blind mice. We took a full length grey leotard and then started dressing it up. Thought it would be fun to add a pink boa as the tummy and a cute pink bow tie. Then we found ears and cute pink sunglasses as accessories. … Read more
This Snow Queen costume is totally handmade without any sewing at all. It started with a dress that was too small, so I wrapped two layers of fabric around the bottom. One is lining, the other is sheer organza-type fabric. I made a cape just cutting the same two types of fabric into a big … Read more
Short on cash and only a week till Halloween I decided to make my own Homemade Eve Costume with ideas from this site. Purchased: – Leaves – apple – snake – 1/2 green fabric I was going to opt for gluing leaves on a bathing suit but didn’t have one that I wanted to give … Read more