The Wizard of Oz is one of many popular themes done during Halloween, so I knew I had to make it as original as possible, also considering topping each year before, so I took a trip to the nearest home depot, grabbed a cart and searched the isles. I ended up going through every piece … Read more
This Tin Man costume was made for my office Halloween party. My group decided to do the theme of The Wizard of Oz. I wanted to be the Tin Man since he is the coolest-looking character from the movie. I made the entire costume out of posterboard (except for the funnel and ax). I spray-painted … Read more
In honor of the 70th Anniversary of the Wizard of Oz, my little girl wanted to be Dorothy. We wanted to add a twist to just making a standard Dorothy costume, so we decided to trap her in side the tornado that carried her away to the land of Oz. We sewed up her Dorothy … Read more
For my Halloween costume I decided to be a scarecrow. I was mostly inspired by Tim Burton’s movies. I did not want it to be cute! I bought a plain dress at the thrift store and had material for the patches. The dress, gloves and hat took me around five hours to complete. I made … Read more
I made this lion costume for my oldest son (pictured with the blue eyes) for his first Halloween in 2004. His “love” was (and still is) a lion so I thought it’d be fun to make his costume a lion as well. I used a pattern, tan fleece and five 5-1/2 yards of ribbon. (Yes … Read more
Based on the 1964 Rankin and Bass holiday classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the Homemade Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Character Costumes were created to capture the true fun of the characters Rudolph, Yukon Cornelius and Bumble, the Abominable Snow Monster of The North. Rudolph and Yukon costumes were hand-stitched, using very simple patterns. And … Read more
I could not find my baby a pirate costume that would match with the ones our family was wearing. Actually the smallest one I could find was for a 1 year old; my son is five months. I decided to give it a shot and try to make a Homemade Baby Pirate Costume myself. I … Read more
I made this fairy costume for my husband to wear at our daughter’s 1st birthday. Every year we have a theme and he begrudgingly dresses up to match that theme.( I think secretly he loves it) This particular year we had a fairy party so I got to work creating him the perfect fairy outfit. … Read more
The Dew Fairy is a mysterious fairy who magically sprinkles flowers, grasses, and even spider webs with the purest droplets of water. They sparkle and send rainbows over the newly awakened earth. Even the spiders beam with pride as the brilliant sun slowly rises to his zenith. The Dew fairy secretly smiles as she glides … Read more
This year my wife and I wanted to do something a little different so we went with classic cartoons from our childhood. We decided about a week before Halloween that we had this homemade Heat Miser and Snow Miser Halloween couple costume idea from the children’s holiday classic “The Year without a Santa Claus from … Read more
I just purchased 2 red skivvies and 2 pairs of track pants on sale. Using iron on transfer paper I printed up ‘Thing 1 and Thing 2’ templates and ironed onto the front of the skivvies. I purchased red socks (be prepared to throw away afterwards due to holes) and placed them on the ‘outside’ … Read more
For my homemade Braveheart costume, I took a full length leather coat I bought from Value Village for $12. I cut little leather leaflets to look like armour pleats. I also made a leather case for the sword from the same jacket material, as well as straps. I purchased the wig Wal-Mart for $6 and … Read more