Here’s the story behind our Captain Hook costume. I have two boys now and thought it would be great to dress them in a Captain Hook and Peter Pan costume. After looking at store-bought costumes, and not liking the quality or the price tag, my Grandma and I decided to tackle it ourselves. For the … Read more
My two year old daughter came to me about a month ago, after watching the new Tinkerbell movie, and said, “Mama, I want a Tinkerbell dress!” So, naturally my mind went to Halloween. I started looking online at a Homemade Tinkerbell Costume, and I thought that I could do better. I made a tutu out … 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
A big thank you to my mother known as “Crafty Grandma” My mother loves Tinkerbell and Erin is her first granddaughter so of course for her first Halloween she had to have Tinker bell costume. Mom used a basic pattern for a top and pants with feet for an infant. She made the top a … Read more
I made this Butterfly Fairy Girl Costume for a little four year old that had some requirements. She wanted to be a shiny, pretty, glittery, butterfly fairy. And I had to include green and blue. So me and her mother picked out fabric, looked at a few patterns and lots of pic and some of … Read more
My daughter loves Tinkerbell, so she wanted a be Tinkerbell for her Halloween party. I found some flesh-colored material and some lime-green material on clearance. I used one of her own long-sleeve T-shirts for a pattern to make a “flesh” colored shirt. I then made the top part of the green and sewed it on … Read more
I made this Forrest Fairy costume for the faerieworlds festival 2011. My inspiration was just an idea – to become a “forest themed” fairy that could easily have come from the mossy woodlands of Oregon. I started with a bodice found online for 7$ and altered it – painting the lace a lighter green and … Read more
We saw a picture of a kid w/ bugs in his hair and immediately considered adding onto the idea for Ms Anna. She loved it! For her homemade fantasy nymph costume I made a tulle dress and put leaves and flowers all over it and added a brown cape w/sparkles for some fantasy. Her hair … Read more
My homemade Rose petal Fairy costume is the coolest ever, here’s why… My name is Elizabeth, I am a mother of 3 children – 2 boys Jordan aged 10 years and Willow aged 7 1/2 years and a little girl Ruby just turned 1 years… I live in beautiful country South Australia on the Yorke … 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
I was so tired of all the hoochie costumes that were out there for preteen and teen girls so I decided to try my hand at making my daughter’s costume even though I know nothing about sewing. My daughter wanted a fairy Halloween costume so I decided to buy a lot of fall stuff since … Read more