I painted an old hat from value village purple and sewed and glued curly wig hair to it. I used Puffy T-shirt paint to paint the faces on an old pink shirt. I hand sewed the overalls with no pattern cause I’m not really a sewer. The crotch busted halfway through the night:( I finished … Read more
My husband and myself enjoyed every part involved in these homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Halloween costume ideas! From shopping for the accessories to actually getting to wear it out! We had such a good time, everyone loved our costumes. Instead of mace we had silly string in our leg holsters (mine being … Read more
Our family are huge fans of the children’s TV show called “Yo Gabba Gabba” and one of our favorite characters is Plex the Robot, so we created this homemade Plex the Robot Halloween costume. The body is a recycled cardboard trash box for leaves. We covered the body with some bright yellow fabric and had … Read more
My husband and I went to a party as Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth this Halloween. Boy, we had fun. For the homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Wife Halloween costume I searched all over thrift shops for pants and finally found cami pants. My husband already had a leather vest and I made … Read more
This Pee Wee Herman Costume was a last minute idea for me. Went to a few local thrift stores/good-will and picked up the grey suit for less than $10. Bought white shoes from Sears for $10, Red bow tie for $10 and had an extra white dress shirt laying around. Used my mom’s make up … Read more
My wife and I host an annual Halloween Party where from 30 to 50 of our adult friends show up in costume. This year will be our tenth year in a row. My wife loves going all out on the decorations. A couple of years ago, I decided to be Steve Erkel for a night. … Read more
We wore our own black clothes and bought a leather vest for him at the flea market for $15. I made our badges out of a black ID holder. I cut out circles of cardboard and wrapped them in Reynolds wrap and super glued them. The handcuffs were toys from the dollar store. Beths boobs … Read more
My two-year-old daughter decided to be Oscar the Grouch for Halloween 2011. The costume includes the head (like a helmet), a jacket, and the garbage can. The most difficult part of making the Oscar the Grouch Child Costume was finding the proper fur for Oscar. The fabric stores didn’t have the right colour or shagginess, … Read more
Here’s the story behind my Pee Wee Herman costume. Every year I try to out-do myself and this year I think I really did it! I decided to be Pee Wee Herman. I knew I had a lot of work to do but it could be done! My mom was always really into Halloween and … Read more
After a simple but effective Kermit costume the year before, I decided to stick with the Muppet theme and try out one of my favorite characters this year – Homemade Animal Muppet Halloween Costume! Right away I knew that the head would be the hardest and most time-consuming part. I found a head pattern online … Read more
Our family is crazy for the Muppets so I tried my hand at crafting a Homemade Muppets Group Costumes of three of our favorites. Kermit was by far the easiest. I searched the web for an appropriately green hoodie and leggings (my son is young enough not to be horrified at wearing girls’ leggings.), purchased … Read more
I came up with the idea about a day before the party I was going to and I went to the store spent about 12 dollars total on the Kermit the Frog costume. 6 dollars for long johns (pants) and I bought a ping pong ball for the eyes – 50 cents. I got some … Read more