My 8 yr old daughter Katelynn just couldn’t wait to try this Homemade Dead Pirate on. Just a bunch of shredded clothes. I made a crocheted chain brown wig for the stringy hair look, liquid latex and toilet paper with the usual face paint, plastic bubba teeth and a spray bottle of blood, cobweb and … Read more
I created this costume by starting at a thrift store. I found a little girls “puffy” shirt, a black vest and a women’s scarf. I then went to a Halloween party store and bought a pirate hat, hook, dagger and eye patch. I already had a red bandana from a previous costume so we used … Read more
I made this Butterfly Fairy Girl Costume for a little four year old that had some requirements. She wanted to be a shiny, pretty, glittery, butterfly fairy. And I had to include green and blue. So me and her mother picked out fabric, looked at a few patterns and lots of pic and some of … 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.
From about November 1st of last year, I knew I wanted my girls to be Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat In The Hat. So I had plenty of time to think about how to make the costumes! The blue hair was the most painstaking of it all, I used blue crocheted caps … Read more
I wanted an Ice Queen Costume. The first thing I did was use Google to get my creative side flowing. The White Witch became my inspiration but I used a few different accessories to make it my own. DRESS: I had to have a friend help me make the dress because I am not skilled … Read more
We picked up all sorts of old clothes at the Goodwill and Salvation army. It was lots of fun!
My homemade Avatar Halloween costume idea is made up of blue and white body paint, I used dark blue and mixed some white with it to make the all-over blue a bit darker then the stripes. The stripes were the dark blue body paint alone, brushed on with sponge brushes. A blue swimsuit bikini top … Read more
This year I wanted my twins to steal the spotlight from everyone at the Halloween party so me and my husband decided to come up with a unique costume, not the classic salt & pepper, Thing 1 Thing 2, Pebbles and Bam Bam. We wanted a creepy costume for our infant twins and what better … Read more
My best friend since second grade, Kelsey and I, dressed up in a Homemade Avatar Halloween Costume! Making a costume is always ten times more fun than store bought and we love makeup! So I painted our faces blue and we wore blue leggings and outfits. We had fake bow and arrows and tails made … Read more
My husband decided to have a horror theme for his 35th Birthday party. I decided to go as Carrie as it was one of the only horror movies I have ever seen in my life! I actually ordered a Carrie Costume online but was so disappointed when I received it; I decided to make my … Read more
THE EXORCIST – I can spin my head! This was always my favorite horror movie of all time. And I thought that if I did this Exorcist costume I would need to be able to spin my head so I thought about making a fake head. Then I thought, no, I’d rather have a fake … Read more