Cardboard Box + grey spraypaint + construction paper + whiteout + sharpie + red reflective sticker + pen + ribbon! I made the box pretty obviously. I used the reflective sticker for the red squares at the top and attached a pen with ribbon as my clicker. To make it a little bit more sexy … Read more
Materials for Kaylee’s Pink “Layer Cake” Dress from ‘Firefly’: Episode – “Shindig” costume : -Silk Organza for the ruffles, White, Peach/Pink, Pink -White Cotton Poplin for the skirt base and Petticoat as well as bodice lining -White Silk Charmeuse for the Bodice and Peplum Underlayer -Embroidered Poly Organza for the Bodice Trims: – 02115 – … Read more
When my daughter, Sarah, was young she loved the kid’s show Bananas in Pajamas”‘ and said to me she wanted to grow up to be a Banana in Pajama though she won’t admit to it now, at 19 years old. So I was surprised in September when she showed me the cartoon picture of B1 … Read more
Well we never dress up, so we figured we would dress up in Homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Costumes. Just wore black clothes and bought a blonde wife for me and the mullet wife for my husband. The beads I made for my husband’s costume came from Wal-mart, just made two to go … Read more
This Jersey Shore Costume is a GREAT idea for a group costume or theme party! The best thing is that these clothes are what people wear every day so everything was easy to find. We found all of our outfits at the local mall -in the ‘teen’ stores. I found a few items at a … Read more
First, I just want to say how much I love this blog! I’m always so inspired by how creative people can be! I’ve always gone “all out” on Halloween, but the last couple of years have been especially crazy for me. Last year I made this Angry Birds costumes that everyone loved, so this year … Read more
My son loves Billy the Exterminator, so for Halloween we thought why not let him be Billy for a day (minus Billy’s potty mouth). This Homemade Billy the Exterminator Costume was created from a simple pirate costume, this gave me the pattern for the pants and the vest. I sewed the pants and the vest … Read more
It was my sisters 13th birthday and she had a costume party. There was no theme really but my friend Laura and I wanted something completely different. We had loads of ideas of like Barbie and Ken Robbers fairies but they were rubbish ideas. So after looking on the internet for ideas we thought of … Read more
After going back and forth on costume ideas (Halloween is a big deal to me, my boyfriend, not so much!) So, he agreed that if he was dressing up, he was going ALL OUT! And all out he did!! We decided on a Homemade Animal and Miss Piggy from the Muppets Costume. I found as … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to do a Muppet theme and my friend decided to be Beaker since he has always been her favorite. She asked me to help so we rolled up out sleeves on Saturday and got busy! To make his head we bought a sheet of foam and hot glued … Read more
For people that cant get into the Halloween costume spirit I always say the same thing-Halloween is a time to think about who you are, all your characteristics and find a character that exists in this world who truly embodies you. My partner and I decided to go as Kermit and Piggy for Halloween considering … Read more
My husband (boyfriend) at the time went as Wayne and Garth from Wayne’s world! I was Wayne and he was Garth! This Homemade Wayne’s World Costume was super easy! We got ripped jeans, a blond wig and made it into a mullet, an Aerosmith shirt, flannel shirt and black framed glasses. The only thing we … Read more