My child was having Dr. Suess day at her elementary school and they had to dress up like a character out of a Dr. Suess book. Of course, my daughter wanted to be unique so we opted to create a homemade Dr. Seuss Star-Bellied Sneetches costume. The arms were basic white leggings from Wal-mart that … Read more
You cannot buy a children’s Grinch costume, so I had to make my own Homemade Grinch Costume. I bought 3 yards of green fleece fabric, a red sweatshirt, a Santa hat, 3 yards of white fur trim, white buttons, elastic and white ribbon. I also bought a scrap of brown fabric to make the antler … Read more
This was the easiest and cutest costume for Twins.I found blue yarn wigs on Ebay. I then purchased red-footed pajamas, bought self-adhesive felt, which I cut into circles, then with a black marker wrote Thing 1 & Thing 2. Very simple to make and everyone went crazy for our Thing 1 & Thing 2! We … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to be something funny for the costume party at work. We’re always goofing around and making people laugh, so it had to be something good. It also had to be kid friendly because we’re schoolbus drivers. I had been reading The Cat in the Hat to my kids and … Read more
My daughter’s school had a Christmas in October party. She wanted to dress in a Cindy Lou Who costume. I purchased a child’s wig and hair extensions. I braided the wig, hot glued the extensions to a Styrofoam cone then glued the cone to the top of the wig. The outfit I made for a … Read more
I have been making my kids costumes every year after their first birthday. I love to dress my kids up in costumes that will make them feel really special, and no one will look just like them! My daughter wanted to be Cindy Lou from the “Grinch”, so we decided to do a family theme … Read more
My boys are twins, so what better thing to be than Thing One and Thing Two! I simply put these costumes together by purchasing red turtlenecks, red sweats, red slippers and red gloves. I bought some white material and iron on backing and cut out a circle, ironed it on the shirt and outlined it … Read more
A dear friend and I went to a house party dressed at a rendition of Dr. Suess’s Thing 1 & Thing 2, we were “Mrs” Thing 1 & Mrs. Thing 2. Here is our version of our Homemade Mrs. Thing 1 and Mrs. Thing 2 Costumes.
This Grinch costume is 100% handmade, no sewing machine used. Dad made everything using only the faux fur, some wiring (for the hair) and glue. The nose was sculpted in clay and out of that a mold was made and then the latex nose. The makeup used is just the green and black eye pencil.
These are my babies ages three, two and one enjoying being dressed up on Halloween. They enjoy watching The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About that on TV. So I thought this was a perfect costume having the 3 boys. They are just as crazy as the Cat, Thing 1 and Thing 2. … Read more
Here are my boys Jacob age 7 and Joseph age 5 as Thing 1 and Thing 2. The costume was made from a pattern for an animal jumpsuit (it came with the pattern for the mittens and foot covers so it was perfect for this costume idea). The names on the front are on sticky … Read more
Well, we all decided to do something original for Halloween. Since the three of us don’t like buying costumes, we all made them. While deciding on an idea, we searched the web and found some great ideas. We decided to be the Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2. While trick-or-treating, everyone commented … Read more