I decided to throw a Halloween party for the group of kids my husband and I teach on Sunday mornings. I wanted to dress up for the party and make it as fun as I could for the kids. One night, I was going over my costume ideas with my husband. One of those ideas … Read more
I am big into Halloween and always am looking to do something new and different each year. I decided to be Rufio because not only is Hook an amazing movie, but he is such an iconic character of my childhood. The best part? I was able to show him pictures of my costume at Comic-Con … Read more
This year my two year old fell in love with Tinkerbell. Every Disney princess soon became Tinkerbell. So I quickly decided my sassy little blond would make a great sassy blond for Halloween. I looked up everything I could on creating a unique and spectacular costume. I pinterested my heart out and googled all the … Read more
After weeks and weeks of debates about what our baby twin boys would be for halloween, this year, we decided on Baby Peter Pan and Captain Hook. We wanted to stick to a disney theme we could do as a family because we were planning on taking them to the Disneyland Trick or Treat “party.” … Read more
I made several costumes the last couple of months for our toddler. It is so cute to dress up little ones and they grow so quickly. I thought of several ideas that I wanted to try out, so I made as many as I could. I still have several unfinished ones that I am going … Read more
Homemade costumes ahoy! We started by trying to decide who will make which costume and ultimately, my husband made his (Mr. Smee) and my 2.5 year olds too..Peter Pan… To make Mr. Smee- Spraypaint blue stripes on white tshirt, use red doll pirate cap< use blue shorts and his own birkenstock sandals…we then robbed Santa ... Read more
Planning out the Tinker Bell Costume Well I knew months ago that my 2 year old daughter was going to be Tinker Bell for Halloween since she is CRAZY about Tinker Bell. Also, I knew that I didn’t want to spend $25-$40 on a store-bought Tinker Bell costume. Because, in my opinion, they look NOTHING like … Read more
I absolutely love all things Disney so a few years ago decided to have a Disney themed dress up party. I decided to go as my favorite character of all time Tinkerbell! I made the entire costume myself starting off with the tutu like skirt. I bought a few different types of material in different … Read more
It all started with a thrift store purchased dance costume. Tinker Bell – My cousin gave me a green dance costume that her mother had purchased from a thrift store, and upon seeing it Tinker Bell popped into my head. I researched online how to do a sock bun, easy enough. I used my green … Read more
I have always wanted to be Tinkerbell for Halloween, partially because I love her, but mainly because I favor her. I bought a Men’s XXL T-shirt in the perfect “Tinkerbell/Earth Tone green” that I could find. I found a strapless dress that had somewhat of a heart shaped top in my closet and traced it … Read more
We all some what resemble a Disney princess so we decided we HAD to do it. Most of our costumes were things that we already had. So we spent ultimately nothing! But don’t get me wrong, it was difficult to dig through old things that matched up perfectly with the costume. At our Halloween party people pretty … Read more
I made this female Rufio costume my first year of law school. I was in desperate need of a creative outlet, and I have always loved Halloween. I’m not a fantastic seamstress, so I started scouring local thrift shops and fabric stores for the pieces that I would need. My list of materials is as follows: Target: … Read more