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
This is a Homemade Audrey Hepburn Costume when she was in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I wore a black dress, black sunglasses, and flat pointy shoes that I already owned. I purchased long black gloves and a (fake) pearl necklace at a costume store, along with a long cigarette holder. I also bought nylons to be … Read more
Loving the Movie The Christmas Story and having to make a costume to go to a Halloween party my Husband Matt and I set out to make our homemade “A Christmas Story” couple Halloween costumes. I bought an old lamp shade and some fringe and hot glued the fringe to the shade, add stockings and … Read more
My wife and I have a friend who had this old sword hanging on the wall in their garage. I noticed it was a replica of the claymore used in the movie Braveheart. We decided it would make a great couples Halloween costume if I dressed up as William Wallace, and she dressed up as … Read more