My husband and I were trying to come up with costumes for a costume party and were debating between a Rubik’s cube or Blue Bell Ice Cream. The more we thought about it, we ended up deciding to go with a homemade Blue Bell Ice Cream costume because it was unique and we were coming … Read more
The idea for this homemade children costume came from my daughter – she decided what she wanted to be and I made her costume. In order to keep the weight to a minimum I made the ‘scoop’ out of paper mace and covered it with fabric that had a watercolor-like pattern that I thought looked … Read more
We go camping a lot in the summer and we always get an ice cream cone. My son decided he wanted an Homemade Ice Cream Cone with Sprinkles and Cherry Top Costume. I took 2 -4 foot pieces of heavy cardboard stock and cut them into a v-shape. Then, using brown markers, drew lines slightly … Read more
Meet Athena L., she is a 17 month old and is the most outgoing toddler you will ever meet. She has a very “Eclectic” sense of style. And believe me she knows what’s “pretty” and what’s not. I knew that going to a drugstore for a Halloween costume would just feel wrong. Our whole family … Read more
I wanted to make something different than other couples, so I decided on a homemade ice cream couple Halloween costume. For my boyfriend’s banana split costume, I purchased the banana costume. I made 3 paper mache for the ice cream (vanilla, strawberry, chocolate). I covered each flavor of ice cream with silk fabric, you can … Read more
I made these Ice Cream Sundae Costumes with lightweight rubber bowls, felt, sweatshirts, fleece and elastic. First I cut the arms out of white oversized sweatshirts and sewed a sleeveless t-shirt inside. I stuffed pillow stuffing between the sweatshirt and t-shirt. I cut syrup and sprinkles out of felt and hot glued that to the … Read more
I originally got this idea for a Homemade Ice Cream Cone Costume from this website and then just made it my own in a couple of areas. I bought a couple yards of pink and brown sation fabric and asked my mother-in-law to sew them together. She bunched them with elastic at the top, the … Read more
My daughter was talking about what she would dress up as for Halloween and while talking about it over supper we decided that she dress in her favorite treat food! My oldest loves Dairy Queen Blizzards and I immediately started to think about how to put her Dairy Queen Blizzard Costume together. After much searching … Read more
For this vanilla ice cream cone costume, we first used an old lampshade and some foam, both covered in tan colored fabric to create the ice cream cone. We then added suspenders that we looped through the lampshade, brought up over her shoulders, and criss-crossed to keep it from falling down. Next, we spread out … Read more
Ice’ is an upside down laundry basket from the dollar store, with bottom cut for head and 2 arm holes cut away. Wrapped some batting to ‘fluff’, then wrapped sparkle tulle round and round in 4 colors to make rainbow ice. Bottom is a rubber toy bin with bottom cut out. It has white vinyl … Read more
To spend Halloween at Disneyworld this year, I needed costumes that were easy to pack. I found the Triple Dip costume pattern on Better Homes & Gardens Magazine’s website. I used T-shirt knit for the scoops, 100% cotton for the sugar cone skirt and syrups, white satin ribbon for the whipped cream and sequined fabric … Read more