Had a Halloween party to go to this year. I love Halloween and love making my own costumes. This year however I was really running behind. So the night before the party I still had no idea what I was going to be. I thought about being a Fraggle, which then led to the Muppets. … Read more
For this Animal Costume, I first cut out a large circle out of cardboard (about 19 inches in diameter). Then I measured the circumference of my head and drew a circle that size inside the larger circle that was already cut out. I cut an “x” out of the small circle and folded the flaps … Read more
After thinking and thinking about what to be last Halloween I came up with the idea of a Homemade Beaker Costume. He is by far one of my favorite characters on the Muppets so it was a perfect choice. I have seen Beaker costumes before but all of them completely inclosed the persons head. I … Read more
For the past five years we have gone to some really great Halloween parties and it takes us months to figure out homemade costume ideas. In 2005 we decided to be Beaker and Professor Honeydew Melon from the Muppets. The professor was easy, just a white lab coat, tie and some light green face paint … Read more
I was quite intrigued by the idea of being a hand puppet! This larger than life costume was made with one piece of bedding foam, a few Styrofoam balls, some kind of fake snow stuff for the hair, a few cans of paint, some spray glue, and plenty of TLC. This Homemade Beaker from the … Read more
Beaker is my favorite Muppet and really he gets all the laughs so who wouldn’t want to be him? I got the idea to make this Homemade Beaker Halloween Costume from your website but added my own twists to it. I bought a twin sized egg crate foam bed pad from Target and everything else … Read more
I started of this Homemade Beaker Halloween Costume Idea by dying the felt pinkish color and then I glued it around the Bristol board with a glue gun. I made Beakers nose out of my fuzzy sock and stuffed it with more socks. Also put panty hose for the mouth so I could see out … Read more
I am a huge Muppet show fan so had to come up with some homemade costume ideas for this Halloween. I used felt and Styrofoam. The hair is a feather boa and I bought the outfit at a discount store. Beakers head sat on top of mine and my eyes were around his chest area. … Read more