For this Homemade Snooki Costume I started by going to the store and looking for a low cut shirt. I found the zebra shirt and a pair of leggings at a local store. I then bought a pair of sunglasses and a cheap chain and glued the chain to the glasses. This wasn’t as easy … Read more
Bought particle board at Lowe’s, cut with a table saw and nailed together. Made straps from Army Navy store and a reverse belt buckled behind me and nailed to fence. Threw on a bucket hat and a flannel and voila, a Homemade Wilson Costume! Howdy Neighbor!
First off, this homemade crew of the Galileo shuttlecraft group costume is a combination of homemade elements and store-bought elements. The two gold Starfleet shirts and the gold toddler uniform are simply off the shelves. However, Spock-boy (far right) has on a simple outfit of a Columbia blue long-sleeved t-shirt to which I ironed a … Read more
This Sesame Street costume was by far the best idea I ever had for a costume. I pride myself on having the best costume every Halloween the last few years and this one was the best I’ve done. I despise going into Halloween costume shops and do everything in my power to avoid it by … Read more
My daughter teaches Kindergarten in a local grade school. This school has a great idea – before Halloween, all the staff vote on a ‘theme’ for their Halloween costumes that year. This year’s theme is ‘Rock Star’. My first reaction was ‘great – that is so simple – I am off the hook this year … Read more
This year for Halloween my friends and I all agreed we should dress up as Jim Henson characters. Animal is definitely the coolest one (in my opinion) so he was the obvious choice. To make his head I took a baseball cap and felt and stuffed the hat to bulk it up. The eyes and … Read more
For this Coolest Animal from the Muppets Costume I began with a baseball cap and some cardboard. After building up the basic form of the top part of the head with arches, I then attached this to an embroidery hoop large enough to form the base of the head. A second hoop was used to … Read more
Every few months we have a large group of friends throw a theme party. This time around – the theme was Movie Characters. I created a Stacy from Wayne’s World costume (Wayne’s ex-girlfriend). Gun rack, Wayne necklace and all! Let’s just say I heard “A gun rack… a gun rack. I don’t even own *a* … Read more
My 4 year old is an avid Xena Warrior Princess fan. She wanted a Homemade Xena Warrior Princess Costume so I went to work making the costume using a 4 or 5 inch action figure as a model. I used some old dark brown nogahide that my Dad had left over from upholstering car seats, … Read more
My husband and I watch the Price is Right everyday, along with our almost three-year-old Cameron. He loves the wheel, and the noise it makes. Early this year my husband said, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we could make him the Big Wheel Halloween costume?” I thought that it was a great idea, but I … Read more
This is my two year old daughter Leila Jayde and her cousin Christian in their Homemade Little I Love Lucy and Ricky Homemade Costumes last Halloween. Me and my mother made the Lucy costume. Everything is homemade except for a few parts of the dress and the jewelry. I like to incorporate her naturally curly … Read more
The New Zealand comedy duo known as “The Flight of the Conchords”. Our Homemade Flight of the Conchords Costume is based on the characters from the HBO TV series of the same name.