My idea for these Homemade Leg Lamp and Ralphie from A Christmas Story Costumes comes from the coolest Christmas movie ever – “A Christmas Story”. I had actually previously made the Major Award Lamp and it sits in my window every holiday season! To make it as a costume was harder than I imagined. I … Read more
My husband has wanted to be Ralphie for years, but that left me high ‘n’ dry for a costume idea. Until…. I love dressing up as inanimate objects. I was a package of Smarties a few years ago! I am not a great seamstress, that’s for sure, but I managed to somehow get this bunny … Read more
Every year we try to have fun and original costumes. Over the years we have learned to make our own costumes. This year we decided to go with a Disney theme. Babette and Lumiere are from Beauty and the Beast and these are characters that are rarely seen. We made every single aspect of these … Read more
For Halloween I was the Leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.” I spent a lot of time brainstorming how I would go about putting the Leg Lamp Costume together. I also experienced several awkward moments going from store to store trying on lamp shades. The hard part was figuring out if the shade would actually … Read more
I always loved that movie “A Christmas Story”. The scene that everyone remembers is when Flick got his tongue stuck to the pole in the school yard. I decided to go as a Homemade Christmas Story’s Toungue Stuck to Pole Costume. I made a pole out of PVC pipe but needed to stabilize it so … Read more
A Christmas Story is one of our favorite movies! These homemade Christmas story costumes were a definite crowd pleaser. The leg lamp costume was a little difficult to make. We cut out a pattern using newspaper to make the panels for the shade. You can make the shade as long as you want. We went … Read more
Last year we decided to take on rolls from a Christmas story. I was the Famous “Fragile” Leg lamp, my husband, Ralphie as the pink nightmare, my son as Ralphie the sheriff taking care of Black Bart! (Costume was “recycled” from his appearance in the county fair and was not made.) For the pink bunny … Read more