This year all my friends decided to be Jim Henson characters for Halloween and my friend asked me to make him a homemade Super Grover costume. It was actually pretty easy to make, I found a free drawstring pants pattern online and made the pants with blue silky furry fleece material. For the top, 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
For our Dog the Bounty hunter and Beth costumes, we bought all of the clothes and shoes from thrift stores. The leather vest, black jeans and black boots were purchased for Dog. A plain black t-shirt (I cut the edges and added beads, then tied knots at the end for a real 80’s look), hideous … Read more
I am a big fan of Reno 911 so I decided to dress up as Lt. Dangle for Halloween 2007 because he is hilarious. I saw all the cheap costumes that the Halloween stores were selling and knew that wasn’t good enough for me. I decided to venture out and find the clothing and altered … Read more
Peggy- I bought a red wig and cut bangs into it. Also teased the top really big. Bought a leopard shirt with leggings and high heels. Red nail polish, pink lips, and lots of gum chewing. I had money hanging out of my bra for an added touch. Al- Business shirt with a loose tie. … Read more
These Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne Costumes from Pee Wee’s Playhouse was from Halloween 2007 – my boyfriend and I went as Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee’s Playhouse. His costume was super easy because he borrowed most of the clothes from his Dad. We used some cotton for the eyebrows and painted … Read more
For our homemade Reno 911 Dangle and Clementine costumes we bought Dickies shorts (for Dangle), pants (for clementine) and button-up short sleeve shirts (for both) in khaki. Dangle’s shorts were cut very short (and purchased a size too small). I stitch-witched the hem and added brown tape on the sides for stripes. I did the … Read more
I was dressed in a Homemade Pee Wee Herman Costume this year and took first place. I really feel like I looked the most like him. More then anyone on here. They were chanting Pee Wee at the bar and the best part it was in Sarasota FL where it all went down and we … Read more
I built this Big Bird costume in about three months. I used chicken wire for the body, a globe for the head and a piolon for the beak! I decided to make this costume because its just never been done right. Hope you like!
This Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Chapman Couple Costume was relatively easy to make and won best costume in one of our neighborhood parties. We created Dogs wig using two wigs and sewing them together to give it a mullet look, but still have the long hair. We added feathers and beads to the … Read more
I ordered a Red Wig ( Mostly used for Amy Whinehouse Costume ). And found a few things in my closet that would look good together to make a Baby Snooki Costume (From jersey shore).
For Howie, he simply wore a suite that he already had. The shirt underneath had red stripes with a red tie, since Howie wears red or purple a lot. We put hoop earrings in, and drew the facial hair on with black eyeliner, he is already bald. There is a bottle of hand sanitizer in … Read more