This Samara costume idea comes from the very popular horror movie “The Ring”. I spent a couple weeks getting the Samara costume to look exactly how I wanted it. I was pretty happy with the result. Everything you see (aside from the wig) was made by me. (Of course that’s me in the picture too)! … Read more
This year we decided to create a homemade Spaceballs group costume. I was Dot Matrix, my brother was Dark Helmet and my husband was Colonel Sanders. The costumes were all homemade from various products including dryer tubing, plastic planters, kids craft foam and of course duct tape! The Dark Helmet costume was started with a … Read more
I’ve always wanted to make this Three Amigos costume ever since I saw the movie years ago. I just had to figure out how I was going to pull it off. And have 3 willing participants – My husband and his two best friends were all for it. I started with having the guys get … Read more
I come from a competitive family where creating the ultimate Halloween costumes every year is the goal. My sister and I in particular always try to do our best to come up with something unique and well made. For my family’s theme we chose the characters from the Adventures of Baron Munchausen movie – Baron … Read more
This year my 11-year-old son Cameron wanted to be a Dragon for Halloween. He has read tons of dragon books and loves Eragon. So we made him into Saphira the Dragon. Our family dressed up again to compliment his theme, we were Eragon, Aria, and my oldest son was a dragon slayer, it was really … Read more
Here’s the story behind our homemade Darth Vader costume. Every Halloween my son dresses up like the character from his birthday party theme. This year he had a Star Wars party and it was centered on Darth Vader. I made a life size costume of Darth Vader and stuffed it with plastic bags and stood … Read more
I used all silk with this costume to make it look more dramatic. Since my grandson likes to wear hats, I thought what a better costume than a musketeer which he loved very much. It’s a basic pant and short and over the shirt goes the tunic and ties together with the belt. I made … Read more
My girlfriend Roxy came up with this idea. This costume was made up of spray paint, skewers, bald cap, black paint, white paint, fake nails, black jacket and a black ripped up dress. Oh! With a spot of red in there (as well as the sword as a hand). I was a celebrity in this … Read more
This homemade Wednesday Addams costume was awesome to make. I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination so I didn’t know what I was going to do. However, I went to Goodwill and found this adult stretch polyester dress, floor length with a turtle neck. I figured I could try something. I … Read more
This is Isabelle, and she grins just as cute as the Cheshire Cat in the movie. Her sister was Alice, so we figured this was only fitting for her to be the Cheshire Cat. She loved it, her little tail was dragging on the ground. This Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween Toddler Costume was my first … Read more
My Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume was inspired by Tim Burton’s new movie “Alice in Wonderland” due for release in 2010. I love the twist that Burton puts on all his characters in his films, which is one of the reasons I chose to model my costume on his version of the Mad Hatter. My … Read more
Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween costume – I didn’t like the store-bought costumes and wanted to come up with something fun! JUMPER: couldn’t find striped fabric, so I chose one yard each of purple and pink fleece fabric, cut them into 2” strips, and sewed them together for Cheshire cat fabric (used fleece so that I … Read more