For the second year in a row, we have teamed up with our friends to create an entire theme including our kids (last year we went as the Flintstones and Rubbles). With a couple trips to the local thrift store, fabric store, our own closets, the fact that two of us are 7 months pregnant, … Read more
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
I made these homemade Ghostbusters and StayPuft Marshmallow Man costumes for my husband and three sons. The Ghostbusters were easy to put together, although the proton packs took a bit of work. I bought tan-colored shirts and pants from our local thrift store, made iron transfers for the Ghostbusters’ patches on each arm and the … Read more