It all started with the strawberry then came the rest. I took a lot of time to design my costume and get such a realistic view of the fruits. My friends always support my crazy ideas and we were able to celebrate with style in Las Vegas Halloween 2011. The strawberry started out with a … Read more
My daughter declared that she wanted to be a Strawberry for Halloween when she was 4, but I could not find a pattern anywhere! To improvise the Strawberry costume I found a bright red quilting fabric and a similarly colored soft flannel to line the itchy quilting fabric. I laid out 4 pieces of the … Read more
My daughter’s boots were the inspiration for this homemade Wild Strawberry Halloween costume. I then discovered that there were no Strawberry costumes for sale and I would need to do it myself. I began with a red velvet dress bought on EBAY. I sewed two layers of red tulle around the entire dress so it … Read more
I made this Homemade Watermelon Costume for my son. It’s simple enough to do. I folded a yard of red fabric in half and cut a semicircle. I did the same to a yard of cotton batting. I stitched together the two pieces and cut out a hole just big enough for my son’s head. … Read more
This grape costume is the best costume I’ve ever made. All I had to do was buy about 2-3 bags of purple balloons, purple tights, a purple shirt and purple shorts. I also wore purple slippers and a green hat-to act as the stem. I just blew up all of the balloons and carefully safety … Read more
I decided to dress up as Watermelon this Halloween because it is my favorite fruit. I love to make my costume because its always fun and there are no copies. My whole costume only cost 20 dollars. I got a pink pillow case from Target and some green and black duct tape. I cut the … Read more
I hand stitched every last stitch on each of these costumes. It took me a very long time but was well worth the effort. Banana: The banana Halloween costume was an ongoing project that was changed several times when I discovered one way wouldn’t work, or the foam would fall if it were held up … Read more
This grapes costume was a relatively simple costume to make. She wore a purple sweatsuit (with a hood) and I made, out of a big piece of felt from the fabric store, an A0line shaped dress. I am not a big sewer – don’t worry, it’s easy to hide flaws with this thing. I cut … Read more
I made this Homemade Grapes Costume for a work Christmas party so the balloons were unfortunately popped quite quickly. I got my flatmate to blow up all the balloons (I used light and dark metallic purple). I tied them in rows to tie around my body. Tip: Keep the grapes small – you’ll find it … Read more
After much discussion and debate about what to be this Halloween, I finally decided to turn myself into a pineapple. Of course, it was much easier said than done. This Homemade Pineapple Costume was made with a foam mattress pad hot-glued to six foam pipe insulators (apparently you can’t buy pool noodles in the fall). … Read more
The best piece of advice I can give for a Homemade Banana Couple Halloween Costume Idea like this is… Thrift Stores! They generally carry the widest range of color and style options for costume clothing, and are always the cheapest. My friend Evan and I wanted to dress up as bananas, but were not satisfied … Read more
for my grapes costume I wore a green skirt and a crochet sweater. I tied strings to all the balloons and tied them to the crochet sweater. It was perfect for school because I was able to take the outfit off during each class period.