Me and my husband decided to have a Twisted Fairy Tale party for Halloween. As the hosts we decided to go as a Creepy Alice and Mad Hatter. I took an Alice costume dress and made it my own by painting skulls on it and putting red paint on it for added blood. I replaced … Read more
My husband and I decided to have a Beetlejuice and Lydia Wedding Costume from the wedding scene in the movie. I got lucky and found a Swiss dot wedding gown from the 70s at an antique store in town. The only problem was that it was white and polyester, with gigantic sleeves. First step was … Read more
Just a little twist on a modern day cult classic. Instead of going the boring route – aka – being a sexy fairy or animal with ears and a tail, I decided to indulge in Halloween the right way! For this Homemade Beetlejuice Costume I used an old jester costume from years ago, threw on … Read more
Little Saylor decided she wanted to be Beetlejuice this year so grammy got out the sewing machine and made her a little suit! We got stopped by a lot of people this year because everyone loved it!
I made this Oompa Loompa costume for my girls this year using a combination of tips found on this site. The pants were purchased at the thrift store in women’s size 24. I then sewed the legs and waist to a smaller size, leaving the hips large like the Oompa Loompas. I bought white material … Read more
I made this Oompa Loompa costume from scratch, using white fabric and mostly hot glue. I sewed the pants together, cutting out the pattern based on the measurements of my son. The straps for the overalls were the last thing I sewed on. I cut up a striped store-bought scarf to make the stripes on … Read more
I asked my 3 year old what he was going to be for Halloween. He told me an “Oompa Loompa!” I immediately said “Oh yeah?” like where am I going to get a costume like this? After learning you can’t buy a pattern for this I had drew (with a sharpie) on the fabric the … Read more
A friend at work has been calling me Oompa Loompa for the part year. I decided to try an Oompa Loompa Costume for Halloween this year after my daughter was watching “Charlie and the Chocolate factory” on TV. The pants were the hardest part. I found a pair of white pants at a local store … 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
My husband dressed up as Edward Scissorhands this year and I was Mrs. Scissorhands. For him, we got dark gray dress pants that were a little big on him from Goodwill and black suspenders from Hot Topic. He had a white business shirt and black t-shirt to wear underneath. We used an extra black t-shirt … Read more
My name is Vinny and I LOVE Ghostbusters! This is why I asked my grandma to make me this awesome Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume. She made all of the marshmallows for my arms and legs out of stretchy fabric stuffed with cotton. They are like donuts that I put on individually over white … Read more
3 weeks to Halloween 2009 and I have no costume! Searching for inspiration on the web resulted in the following options: Sexy witch Vampiress Slutty devil Ugghh! Where are all the cool original costumes?! The only option was to make my own, just what…. Well after a week of a lack of ideas via facebook … Read more