Every year my city has a giant culture festival, called Folklorama. My dad dresses up as a leprechaun and kisses all the ladies who come to visit the Irish Pavilion. My mom made this Homemade Irish Leprechaun Costume for him by embellishing a coat she found at a thrift store. She attached gold trims, buttons, … Read more
Coolest Homemade Noah’s Ark Halloween Costume: Body: 100% cardboard w/ some twine to bind it together, and some paint; also, superglue to hold animals on (all animals are small toys each coupled, and 1 Noah-also a toy). Step 1, The Sides: The Two Sides are cut single ply in a half-moon like shape and sewn … Read more
Ohhhh well we’re from MINNESOTA don’cha know? lol. Yes my boyfriend and I thought that it would be creative to dedicate our costumes this year to the folk lore that has statues all over our great state… not only that… but we’ve never seen anyone do it… and well for me, I spent the night … Read more
As a child, my favorite Walt Disney Short was Paul Bunyan. My one year old, Cash is a lot like Paul Bunyan, just in a little baby body! He is super playful, strong, and independent. I debated how I was going to do Babe The Blue Ox. I searched for a stuffed or toy ox. … Read more
My son is growing his hair so that he can donate to Locks of Love. We were trying to think of something that we can incorporate his long hair into his costume and he came up with the idea of Moses. I had thought he would want to be a rock star or maybe even … Read more
I wanted to be Eve for Halloween but the store Halloween costumes never fit me. All I did to make this Sexy Eve Costume was take a tank top (which I cut to make smaller) and short shorts, and glue fake leaves and flowers to them with hot glue. I also took two hair ties … Read more
Halloween was approaching fast, and I had waited to the last min (AS ALWAYS) to get a costume or put one together. My boyfriend decided he wanted to do a couple of thing this year and we started putting ideas together, such as cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers, etc. and we ended up doing … 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
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