My son wanted to wear a DOTS Candy costume for Halloween, but I could not find one already made. I decided to tackle the job myself and make my own Homemade DOTS Candy Costume! I cut up a leftover computer box that was big enough for my son to fit inside. I cut out arm … Read more
Thomas decided that he wanted to be a Toblerone candy bar so we created this costume from cardboard, painted it yellow and added the box design based on a real Toblerone bar. The bar didn’t last long but the costume held up like a champ. We added tinfoil for detail and a face hole so … Read more
Here’s how we made our Homemade Jelly Belly Costumes: Items you need 1. A pair of sweats, both the pants and tops, in any bright color you like as the first layer 2. A strong, transparent, plastic garbage type of bag 3. Small balloons to blow up and put in the bag to resemble Jelly … Read more
I made this Homemade Candy Corn Baby Costume for my daughter in 2006. You never know if it will be cold here on Halloween! Just in case it was, I decided to make this candy corn costume out of fleece. Hint: Make sure you wash and dry your fabric according to the directions to prevent … Read more
I saw the Nerds costume featured on this website but I did another design of a nerd’s box that I found. I bought 2 large moving boxes at Wal-Mart $1.72 each and craft paint, .77 cents each bottle (electric pink, white, electric teal, lime, black and lavender )at Hobby Lobby. I drew everything on the … Read more
My youngest son came up with this idea last year right after Halloween. This Homemade York Peppermint Pattie Costume was made using silver and blue vinyl fabric, and cording. I used the wrapper as my example and went from there. I sewed the blue vinyl on the silver as it didn’t stick using fabric glue. … Read more
This Sweethearts candy costume is easy to make and requires few materials. You will need: A long, but skinny rectangle box (but big enough to fit on the person wearing it), paint in the colors shown in my pictures, red Marks-A-Lot markers, large piece of Styrofoam board about 1-2 inches thick, box cutter, scrap piece … Read more
Me and my friends wanted to do something together so we came up with the 3 Musketeers Group Costume. We invested in some shiny leggings from Debs, silver wrapping paper, and got a few boxes from a near BJ’s that would fit around us. We also bought ribbon to hold the box around our shoulders, … Read more
My girls wanted to be candy this year for Halloween. So, instead of being one big piece of Hershey’s Kiss, we thought we would make bags of candy with many pieces. The pictures don’t do these homemade candy group Halloween costumes justice and unfortunately I had to re-take pictures after the costumes had been worn, … Read more
For all those junk food junkies I’ve got a treat for you!!!!!!!!!! I made a group of junk food!! Here are my sweet tooth group Halloween costume ideas: My first was a box of Nerds costume. I took foam made a box shape and sewed it together then made a slip to fit over it … Read more
For Halloween this year, my husband and I went as candy bars. But not just any old candy bars, I guess you could say we were “adult-themed” candy bars! My husband was an Almond Joy bar and I was Mounds bar. When people saw the back of our costumes, they’d see that my husband’s read, … Read more
Every child’s dream, endless Junk Food! My husband and 10 year old had the time of their lives creating this homemade junk food costume! They made his legs into a Cheeto and a can of Coke. His arms were a lollipop and his favorite Laffy Taffy. A slice of blueberry pie and a chocolate donut … Read more