This is our completely homemade family costumes, except for the In-n-out hats! We have 2 1/2-year-old twin boys, so I wanted to have a coordinating costume for both of them, I decided on a hamburger and fries, because I love food! Also they were milk and cookies last year, so we continued the food theme … Read more
Every year I force my husband to dress in a couple’s costume that I make. This year he came up with the idea to be one of his favorite childhood characters, the Hamburglar. I saw a picture of a crocheted hamburger dress on line and decided I would be a hamburger. I can’t crochet, but … Read more
I have had enough of princesses. When my daughter was 3 years old, she was Cinderella for Halloween. We went to Disneyworld (twice in one year and we live in PA!) and she got all the princesses’ autographs and ate meals with them. She went to the Bibbidi-boppity-boutique and for a small fortune, was beautified herself … Read more
When thinking of a costume for my boyfriend and I, we went back a forth between a couple different ideas. But boy were we happy we went with this choice! We decided to be a McDonald’s Monopoly Fries and Milkshake! It was so fun making the costumes! I went to the fabric store and bought … Read more
This is my 3 yr old son, Owen as a box of McDonald’s French fries. My niece went as a hamburger (bought online) but we couldn’t find a fry costume so I decided to make one. I started this Homemade French Fry Costume with a medium sized box with a hole cut in the bottom … Read more
Imitation is a form of flattery, or so we hoped as we donned our favorite meal, the #2, from our favorite fast food establishment, In-N-Out Burger. This homemade In-N-Out Burger group costume was simple to make and extremely inexpensive. The burger costume is made from cutting circles out of cardboard, covering it with brown fabric … Read more
This year we wanted to have the kids do a themed costume together. After a lot of thinking we decided that they all love McDonalds so why not make them a Value Meal Costume. We started by making the french fry costume. We used 3 foam poster boards cut out in the shape of a … Read more
A McDonald’s Happy Meal is probably my son’s favorite treat, and it is what we chose for his costume this year. He really loves it as you can see by the smile on his face. Honestly, all the materials I used were items we had around the house, so the total cost for this costume … Read more
As a family we always create a themed costume every year for the Halloween season, and this year (2009) we chose to do a McDonalds theme. The title of our costume is The Mcdonalds Extra Value Meal with the Bag and Fixings. Our Family always tries to do a couple of parades for the fun … Read more
This year, we decided to have a little fun with some homemade costumes. I didn’t want to go with the traditional ‘dead dog’ or ‘zombie’ affect. Usually there are hundreds of thousands of ‘zombie’ or ‘undead’-based costumes and they all pretty well look the same, some a bit more professional than others. Then, as I … Read more
A parade of twins was held here in the Philippines. It showcases twins of all ages and we were asked to have them wear their most unique costume. Most of the pairs wore ready made costumes like super heroes, traditional costumes and popular comic character. I decided to make a costume for my 2 months … Read more
I started this Homemade Cheeseburger Kids Halloween Costume Idea by looking for a large piece of foam to provide the puffy circular shape of the bun, but the local craft stores didn’t have a big enough size. Instead I used the foam from an old couch cushion. I cut it in half to get the … Read more