To make this costume I started with the cottom candy tutu. I bought light pink and light blue tulle. I first bought 3 yards of each color but has to go back for 2 more yards of each. I probably wouldn’t have needed so much tulle if I didn’t want the tutu to be so … Read more
We used an old lamp shade, but wanted it longer so added tag board , then cover with material. Hung it on her shoulders with ribbon. Sewed a round top stuffed it, then glued stuffing on the outside & added sprinkles with sticky back foam paper. Red stocking hat with a pipe cleaner finished it … Read more
I used a plastic tub with handles and cut the bottom off, three pieces of hotpink poster board accordion folded that I hot glued to the side of the tub, a pack of polyfil for the icing that I also hot glued to the top of the tub, some multi colored pompom balls as sprinkles … Read more
It was that time of year again. Time for me and the kiddos to go costume shopping. We were at our local retail store for a while and my daughter could not find what she was looking for. I asked her what exactly what she wanted to be and I couldn’t belive what her response … Read more
This year I had my tenth child two months ago, and was on a limited budget to get everyone a great costume….but of course my 11 year old daughter Grace asks at the last minute for me to decide what she will be. I only had items from home and did not have access to … Read more
Sweet and all but 5 hours long!… so I had seen an M&M costume but i thought to bring it to the next level on the sexy scale. I went ahead and made a tutu, which wasn’t hard but tedious job. I then started to hot glue M&M’s onto the bra and in them middle … Read more
I recently moved from California to the beautiful Tuscany Italy and it was my first year celebrating halloween in another country. As an American, I obviously love dressing up for halloween and I also have so much fun making costumes that are surprising, creative, and homemade. Halloween is not really popular in Italy but a … Read more
Our annual Halloween party was a shot fest when the Irish Car Bomber and The Jager Bomber arrived to it. Complete with bomber vests packed with Jager and Reb Bull and also Baileys, Jameson and Guinness. Ntoice the cell phone detinators that can cause these bombs to go off at any time. These two were the highlight … Read more
My boyfriend (Luke) and I (Danielle) attend Ohio University in Athens Oh, and Halloween is always a huge deal! So if you want to stand out you HAVE to be creative! All summer we contimplated all kinds of costume ideas. When I got back to school a group of my friends also wanted me to … Read more
This costume was so hard to make considering it was all duct tape! The process wasn’t bad it was just time consuming. I (the lime) used an old tshirt as a base while the other two wrapped themselves in toilet paper first. Yeah, I didn’t have time for that! The easiet way to do this … Read more
What do you get when you have a Mom Chocolate Bar and a Peanut Butter Father? A bunch of candy bar kids and one sweet Halloween costume! Each year we create a family Halloween costume that is a secret to everyone but the members of our family. Our friends and extended family have to wait … Read more
I’ve been making my own costumes for years now and it’s one of the things I look forward to during Halloween. Each year I spend a great deal of time thinking of costume ideas and how to execute it. I almost decided to pass on making any this year because my husband and I just … Read more