Every year I exploit my creative side by creating off the wall costumes that you would never see anywhere else. I view Halloween as a day you can be anyone or anything you want without any consequences…to a degree. One day I came across a picture of a woman that was a futuristic cookie monster … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to all wear Sesame Street Muppet Jim Henson characters. I love Big Bird so the choice for a DIY Big Bird Halloween Costume was made! I made his head out of a beanie hat and a feather boa. Then I took a mask and painted it yellow and … 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
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
This Homemade DIY Cookie Monster Halloween Costume outfit is something simple and cute that you can create in little time! I first got the idea to create this Cookie Monster outfit after looking at already made costumes online. I came across a cute Cookie Monster outfit but realized that I can make this for much … Read more
I made this Elmo Costume for my 11 year old niece. I got a pattern for hooded pajamas and used red furry fabric to make the pajamas. Then I bought Styrofoam balls for his eyes and a flat oval shape of Styrofoam for his nose. I covered the eyes with white fabric and colored the … Read more
This year my fiance and I decided to go all out for Halloween since our wedding is next weekend. All of our friends decided that a Jim Henson theme would be awesome. I have always loved cookie monster and Oscar seemed like the next obvious choice. To make my costume I bought blue furry fleece … Read more
The head of the Ernie costume was made by using foam. I used pictures from the internet to get the basic shape. Ernie’s head is basically a football. I cut that out of foam and made an exact copy for the back piece. I then sewed the head together using a heaving denim thread. This … Read more
Last year was the first real year I could take my little boy trick or treating. I wanted to make my very first attempt at making his costume myself. One morning while watching Sesame Street, it came to me. And the Big Bird Costume was born. I started out with just a plain zipper up … Read more
I wanted to be big bird!! Here’s what I did to create this homemade Big Bird Halloween costume idea. I bought 8 yellow feather boas and sewed them on to a mini tube dress (that I had in my closet since High School, lol) I just put in a stitch about ever 6 inches or … Read more
I made this Homemade Oscar the Grouch Costume actually the day of Halloween! I came up with the idea when my teacher offered 10 extra credit points for anyone who comes into class in a costume. I decided to stand in a trash can and say I’m Oscar the grouch, so I thought to myself … Read more
