This bright and vibrant colored pixie costume including, the headband was handmade from 11 reclaimed wool sweaters, the only items purchased were the wings and tights. This costume has won first place in the costume contest at Excalibur in Chicago. It took approximately 2 weeks, with about an hour each day to complete this transformation … Read more
The girls at work and I decided to do a Homemade Peter Pan Group Costume. We all made our own costumes, I am Captain Hook. For Tinkerbell, she made a small green dress and attached fairy wings. For Peter Pan she simply wore green tights and sewed a basic shirt, hat and booties. For the … Read more
I made this Homemade Boy Fairy Costume, apart from the wings which I bought, when I couldn’t find anything I liked. I modeled it after “Terrance” from Tinkerbell. So he is a Sparrow Man which is a fancy way of saying a ‘Boy Fairy’. My biggest fear was that it would turn out too girly … Read more
This naughty forest nymph costume was made for the Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands last April. First of all I have to admit, I bought the corset, but only because I didn’t have a pattern to make one. The idea came with the skirt. It was an old wedding dress that I used as … Read more
I am a Fashion School drop out BUT, it doesnt keep me from “tinkering” around the sewing machine every once in awhile!. I LOVE designing and creating my own costumes for Halloween and my husband of 2 years is actually starting to let me take creative control over his Halloween costumes. The costume I made … Read more
I made my daughter’s Homemade Fairy Girl Costume out of random purple, blue and pink fabric scraps I had lying around and some of my fake plants. I spent a total of $10 at the Dollar Store on the stockings, the hair pieces, the slippers and a part of the wings. My husband made most … Read more
Making this homemade Fairy Princess illusion Halloween costume idea was tons of fun… We started with the mushroom which you will need white material, extra large wire wreath, suspenders, hot glue gun, puffy paint, craft batting/stuffing and a sewing machine (you also have to hand sew this costume as well). First you measure your child’s … Read more
This is my son’s Captain Hook costume from last year. If you could not tell it is Captian Hook from Peter Pan. Every year we try to come up with a theme, that year it was Peter Pan. I found some pictures on site of Captain Hook for reference in colors and such. I think … Read more
My littlest girl wanted to be Tinkerbell last year. We didn’t like the fluffy costume you could buy in the store so we made our own Tinkerbell costume. I found a green nighty at Goodwill and shortened the straps to fit better. The bottom was chopped up into ragged points. The wings were left over … Read more
Our 5 year old wanted to be a fairy this year. I went to JoAnne Fabrics and bought materials to make her a Homemade Butterfly Fairy Princess Costume- toule, shiny fabrics (in all different shades), and lace. I had found a pattern for a sleeveless dress and layered the materials on top of one another … Read more
My daughter was dressing up as Tinkerbell, (which was a store bought costume), and I desperately wanted to have her brother in on the “Peter Pan” theme. I could not find a baby costume for a 12 month old (that wasn’t bunting), so I decided to make my own Homemade Baby Captain Hook Halloween Costume. … Read more
My husband and myself were driving back from Disney World and while the kids were sleeping, we were brainstorming on ideas for costumes. Every year we have a big Halloween costume party and wanted to be something different. I thought I wanted to be something cute, so I said what if I were Tinkerbell & … Read more