Wilson, from the TV series Home Improvement, was my crowing achievement in terms of little effort for great reward. I got tons of compliments for this costume, which is relatively simple. The biggest challenge was holding up the tiny fence for 4 hours. Mr. Wilson’s face can never be revealed! I wore boots, long cargo … Read more
Do you have Doctor Who in the US? A Weeping Angel is an alien life form that looks like a statue when you look at it, but if you look away or blink, it will get you! The mask for the Homemade Weeping Angel from Doctor Who Costume is a download from the Doctor Who … Read more
We recently took a trip to Sesame Place for vacation and using that as inspiration, I came up with several Sesame Street costumes. Here is the Coolest Elmo Tutu Dress Costume!!! After making a handmade tutu costume using 6-inch wide strips of red tulle tied onto elastic, I added felt shapes to form the shape … Read more
This homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter costume was created with a store bought wig and my real facial beard. My friend is a police officer, he assisted in the badge and handcuffs. I wore black boots and black army pants. I bought a plastic spray bottle and black spray paint and painted the spray bottle. … Read more
I LOVE LUCY….so for Halloween I decided to dress up as one of my favorite episodes…the chocolate factory scene! My mom handmade my Lucy chocolate factory uniform and hat. I accessorized with a pearl necklace and earrings. When I purchased the Lucy wig, I started to look just like her! I really got into it! … Read more
This Snooki costume was really easy and cheap! The Snooki wig came from a Halloween/party store. I borrowed the leopard print dress from a good friend of mine and ended up pinning up the bottom so it was nice and short. I purchased a cheap pair of black sunglasses from the Dollar store and little … Read more
Fran Fine from the 90’s TV show The Nanny. I found a crazy colored jacket that was my Aunt’s from the 80’s, added a gold belt to accentuate my figure (which Fran was known for!), a tight black skirt, black tights, a cheesy pink bag, pink pumps and a big, curly black wig. I tried … Read more
I started this Homemade SNL Church Lady Costume with a purple dress and shoes from Goodwill. I intentionally purchased an extra large size so that I could stuff the front and back side to give it a more realistic woman look. For the back I placed two pillows on my butt and used a belt … Read more
The administrators at the special needs school I work in needed a fun group costume idea. Who doesn’t love the Fraggles?!?! We searched and found some highly priced costumes to order then we came across a few how-to’s and went to it. The best part was choosing who got to be which Fraggle character! Loud-mouthed … Read more
I am a HUGE Muppets fan, and never seem to like the store-bought costumes. So I decided to make my own Sgt Floyd Pepper costume. Using lots of floral wire and yarn, I built this mask. I wrapped yarn around a THICK piece of floral wire and super-glued it at both ends (a GEL super … Read more
This year for Halloween we all decided to do Muppet characters for a group theme, The dog Rowlf from the band is one of my favs so I chose him. The DIY Rowlf Halloween costume is made from brown furry fleece sewn into a hoodie shirt, and his head is just felt glued on a … Read more
