This Homemade Fraggle Rock Costume was easier than it looks to make. I took a baseball cap and covered it in yellow felt. I used a yellow foam visor for the bottom of the mouth. I took some yellow felt and wrapped it around my entire head and tucked it into my turtle neck I … Read more
We saw a Big Bird costume for sale in a store and liked the idea, but I was confident that I could create a way better version! For the body: We looked all through the mall for a yellow dress to no avail, so we purchased yellow material, a dress pattern that we deemed bird-like … Read more
This is my first time submitting a costume to “Coolest”. For the upcoming release of their new film this year I went as Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets. They are the two cranky old guys in the balcony. Every year I like to try and challenge myself both with the costume and the make … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Cookie Monster costume. My daughter really loves Cookie Monster, so she inspired me to come up with an original costume for her. I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics to look for a pattern, but they don’t sell any Cookie Monster costume patterns, let alone any Sesame Street costume patterns. I picked … Read more
These Homemade Kermit and Miss Piggy couple Halloween costume ideas came to my fiance and I because we wanted something cute and not often done for Halloween. Kermit: We found a green hooded sweater, green pants and a light green T-shirt. We then crafted the light green T-shirts into triangle shapes and placed them around … Read more
This homemade Camilla the Chicken from the Muppets Halloween costume idea came about from my kids deciding to be different muppets for Halloween. I like to make their costumes and my 11 yr old oldest son wanted to dress up again this year – I had feared he would think himself too old to dress … Read more
I created this Swedish chef costume out of a Pabst blue ribbon box, a ball of yarn and some fabric for the hat. The paint was the cheapest acrylic paint I could find and the paper mache was made using newspaper powder. I made it because I’m a culinary student at the Culinary Institute of … Read more
After watching Waynes World one night, my fiancee and I decided that a Wayne and Garth Couple Costume would make a perfect couples costume. The outfits were simple, and the only thing we needed to purchase were wigs, glasses, and a “Waynes World” hat we found on Ebay. Garth’s costume consisted of a Led Zeppelin … Read more
I choose to be something a little different this year. I didn’t want to match anyone else at work or while taking my kids Trick or Treating. I hit up the local Goodwill store and came together with an outfit as Thelma Harper from Mama’s Family. I purchased a floral print dress and some white … Read more
I have to start off saying my husband hates this show but our boys love it. So I found it very amusing when my 4yr old asked for me to make him a Plex robot from the Yo Gabba Gabba show on Nick jr. I hadn’t made a homemade costume in years and wasn’t sure … Read more
The theme is Cartoon charaters/ Kids shows. We couldn’t resist these two classics, but didn’t like any of the ones available online. Time to get creative and make our Homemade Bert and Ernie Halloween Costumes. My friend and I carved the heads from foam (the same foam in car seats). Wigs were glued on along … Read more
I wanted to do a Pee Wee Herman Homemade Halloween Costume for about a year and went on a searching spree for the costume. I ended up finding an old gray suit my dad had owned and by chance found it. I bought a pair of tasseled loafers on eBay and spray painted them white … Read more