Wendy was Peters love interest! For Wendy I got a long nightgown and curled my hair. Peter was a green shirt, green pants, fake plastic leaves sewn all over the costume, green tights,a wooden sword, a piece of rope for a belt and lots of spray glitter! I chapped up the edges of Peters costume … Read more
A few months before Halloween 2005 I happened to catch Carrie on TV and thought, “what a great, gory costume that would be.” As the day drew closer I just couldn’t get the idea out of my head for a Carrie costume and decided to go for it. I paid $10 for an old bridesmaid’s … Read more
My 3 year old wanted to be something scary this Halloween. She had dressed as Chucky when she was 1 yr old. One day, as I was putting makeup on her face, she suddenly reminded me of Tiffany from The Bride of Chucky. We decided that is who she would be and I handmade this … Read more
I bought 2 Lycra suits in white and blue for this Homemade Blades of Glory Couple Costume. I had to dye the white cat suit with orange dye to get it flesh coloured. I used pre-made sequin appliques which you can buy online or from craft shops, then supplemented those with cut out pieces of … Read more
A Christmas Story has always been one of my favorite movies and now that my two youngest sons are the right age I decided to make them Ralphie and Randy Parker Costumes from A Christmas Story. We got the greatest comments all night. My little Ralphie had the facial expressions down pat and my little … Read more
Hi Elad, This is my very first entry in this contest… I decided to create the Black Swan costume from the Natalie Portman movie. The movie was dark (not for everyone) but I was intrigued with the costume… I bought pale pink ballet tights and canvas shoes which I sewed pink satin ribbons on them.. … Read more
These costumes are based off the movie: Blades of Glory. I took two leotards (male dance uniforms), one in blue and one in skin color. I actually had to dye the skin color one orange to make it a bit closest to the movie. For the fire costume, I got three colors (red, orange and … Read more
I used items from my wardrobe and a piece of red ribbon for the necktie. The only item I had to buy was the hat which was 99p from eBay and I customized it with a homemade flower. This is the perfect costume for me as I am a real life Mary Poppins, looking after … Read more
I made this Homemade Davy Jones Costume for my grandson, who was 12. It was Davey Jones, from the Pirates of the Caribbean. We used an old pirate costume and hat, but added a bunch of tattered pieces tied around the arms and body. He wore a pair of black boots, and we added a … Read more
Curious George (in the monkey costume started two years ago from a pattern my mom made for my oldest son) and the Man in the Yellow Hat were my sons’ Homemade Curious George and The Man in the Yellow Hat Costumes this year. For Curious George, we took the red vest off the original costume … Read more
I have never sewed anything more than some quilts, but this wasn’t too bad! You’ll need: – blue nylon fabric – white fabric – any metal ring (I used plastic ones found in the purse making section of my fabric store) – blonde wig – black hat – knee high boots or shoe covers – … Read more
After seeing the film, as a kid, I fell in love with the movie! One of my favorite actors ‘Tim Curry’ and also loving the design of the costume, I decided to make my own Stephen King’s IT – Pennywise the Clown Costume. I was given an old Singer sewing machine, for free, so I … Read more