I love the Teen Wolf movie with Michael J. Fox and I’ve probably seen it at least 50 times. I had wanted to make a costume for the longest time and this year I actually did! I received many compliments and posed for many pictures. I wish I had entered some costume contests but unfortunately … Read more
This Homemade Carol from Where the Wild Things Are Costume is 100% made from scratch. First, the head was formed with paper mache around a 65cm workout ball. The details on the head were then created with paper mache pulp. The eyes were just painted on. All the fur and fabric was ordered online. Then … Read more
My 10 month old, Riley, is always roaring and pouncing, so we decided to make him a lion for his first Halloween. I thought about buying a costume but I couldn’t find anything I really liked for a decent price. I, therefore, set to making this homemade Lion costume. The costume was made using fabric … Read more
My kids were invited to a Wizard of Oz themed party and I immediately thought there would be too many lions, scarecrows and tin men so I wanted to get a little more creative. Who doesn’t love those creepy flying monkeys? I dressed as the wicked witch and made my twins Homemade Wizard of Oz … Read more
We decided to go dressed as a Homemade Wizard of Oz Family Costume this year. You wouldn’t believe how much people loved our costumes and they were very easy to put together. The Scarecrow: A green long-sleeved shirt of mama’s and a pair of black sweatpants. I cut raffia and stuck it to duct tape, … Read more
This is our little “Scarecrow Homemade Halloween Costume”, Tyler. His costume is homemade by me, his mommy. I took an old pair of overalls some scrap material and a little creativity. My secret weapon was using an old hula skirt as his straw hair, stuffing, etc. We used an old wagon we had in the … Read more
Well, where do I start? My 4 year old son Tanner decided the he wanted to be a scarecrow for Halloween this year. His father and I thought that it was a cute and easy costume idea. We figured on going to the store and purchasing the scarecrow costume, afterall a scarecrow is a pretty … Read more
I basically did the same costume as Parrot 05 that is shown here, but tweaked it a little bit to made it work for my daughter. My husband and I were also pirates along with our dog Pedro. We got the one piece red suit as a hand-me-down and I followed the same pattern here. … Read more
My 6 yr. old son wanted to be a Pirate for Halloween. We went to the fabric store and found a pirate pattern with a jacket that was close to what we wanted. I used that as the base and then sewed a layer of what was supposed to be interlacing onto the front instead … Read more
I made this Homemade Woodland Fairy Costume for my daughter when she was 3 yrs. I had this little lace dress that was given to me for her but she never got a chance to wear it. So I decided I would use it with this costume. I took 2 coat hangers and hooped the … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to be something funny for the costume party at work. We’re always goofing around and making people laugh, so it had to be something good. It also had to be kid friendly because we’re schoolbus drivers. I had been reading The Cat in the Hat to my kids and … Read more
All homemade and a hit at the parties! The best parts are the “ice hair’ made from candle wax over a paper mache mold. The icicles on the nose are from hot wax and the cane has a Christmas ornament on top filled with snow flakes. Heat Miser hair is all natural with just super … Read more