So who doesn’t love Dippin Dots? This Dippin Dots costume was challenging to make but overall I got a lot of positive feedback! People loved it! A lot of people thought I was a gumball machine or Ping-Pong balls! Oh well! I was really excited to make this costume because it hasn’t really been done … Read more
My mom has been a teacher for 31 years and each year she lets me create her costume. This year she is retiring and I had to make this one a good one. I used yarn, lots of hot glue (including getting a really bad burn on my knuckles; go big or go home!), Styrofoam … Read more
It was very difficult to come up with this idea! I would have never came up with the idea myself, but I saw the idea for it online and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was the perfect costume for my son and we weren’t going to see another one while we … Read more
This Beer Can and Popcorn Box couple costume won us first place as “beer and popcorn”. Here’s how the costumes were made” Popcorn Box Costume This was an actual wearable popcorn box complete with a space on top for fresh popcorn. People loved it, eating popcorn from it as they danced the night away. It … Read more
This year I was given the honor of making my niece Tessa’s Halloween costume! I am a huge cupcake fanatic. For years I have been collecting different cupcake items. Cupcakes were not something I ate a lot of but years ago became a part of my identity. I have worked with mentally ill and developmentally … Read more
This 2014 Halloween, I thought long and hard on what I could design for my two sons, Ryan (4) and Joshua (3). I knew I wanted a cohesive design to put them in. After many thoughts and ideas denied from Ryan, as I asked him his take on it too, it was decided. A little … Read more
When I was two weeks away from having my baby girl, I was hit by the biggest craving I’d had yet! Honestly, the rest of my pregnancy, I didn’t even notice any out of the ordinary cravings, I mean, sure I wanted ice cream and Del Taco all the time, but that wasn’t really anything … Read more
My 1 1/2 year old boy is an old man. We took clothes that he already had then got some suspenders cut them down to fit his size then resewed them back together. Then we took some PVC pipes and attached them together put some wheels on the bottom and spray painted it grey. For … Read more
My son has an affinity for orange, and has recently discovered Tic Tac candy. He likes how the box opens and closes, and makes a cool rattling noise in his pocket. So, I set about making a giant tic tac costume! He won Most Unique costume in our local contest, and posed for more pictures … Read more
For those of you who have never had a Del’s lemonade or even heard of it let me explain. Del’s lemonade is a frozen icee treat almost like an Italian shaved ice, but a million times better! The original flavor is lemon, but now you can have it in a variety of flavors. It is … Read more
Here’s Branson’s 2014 Handmade Corn on the Cob costume!! What is so funny is when we went trick or treating people kept telling him corny jokes. I hope you don’t pop while trick or treating. I hope everyone can hear you you big ear. How corny are you! It was a very fun costume
I couldn’t decide what to be for Halloween last year. I didn’t feel like buying a costume, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money making one either. Just as I was thinking about that, I noticed my roommate was munching on grapes. That’s when the light bulb when off… a Fruit of … Read more