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
This homemade costume was fun, quick, inexpensive and easy to make. I went to the local art store and got ivory colored yarn which we used for the spaghetti and foam balls which we used for the meatballs. We then cut the yarn into 12″ pieces and glued them using a glue gun onto a … Read more
My husband and I decided to do a Kool Aid Man Costume and a packet of kool-aid. Here’s how I made it: Kool aid man: I took a large cardboard box and put two hula hoops in it to make it a round shape- then I shaped it into the shape of a pitcher (using … Read more
The school that my children attend asks that parents try to have their children wear costumes that keep with a fall theme, as the parties are now called “Harvest Parties”, not “Halloween Parties” anymore. I always try to come up with some cute things for them to be and I really love Candy Corn, so … Read more
One of our favorite drinks is AW Diet Rootbeer, so when my 10 year old asked for a Halloween costume I thought a AW Rootbeer Soda Can Costume would be a fun costume. I bought White vinyl material, a large piece of Cardboard for the top of the can, Silver Spray Paint and Silver Duct … Read more
We made this homemade beerglass group costume (16x) from wire netting and newspapers glued on to it. First we made a die to put the wire netting around so it would create the shape of a scaled beerglass. Because the shape is conical the wire netting was easy to remove from the die, so we … Read more
Our Homemade Coors Light Costumes were made of simply duct tape!! We first rapped ourselves in clear sticky kitchen wrap then put original silver duct tape over top with blue painter tap. Out lined it, was all topped off with the cover of a Coors Light 6 pack and tada, you are a Coors Light … Read more
I love cupcakes and thought, what better thing to be for Halloween than a cupcake? Since you are what you eat…. I made the cupcake “tin” using 3 pink cardboard school poster boards. I used duct tape to tape all three of them together (taped the short side to the short side of the next … Read more
Every child’s dream, endless Junk Food! My husband and 10 year old had the time of their lives creating this homemade junk food costume! They made his legs into a Cheeto and a can of Coke. His arms were a lollipop and his favorite Laffy Taffy. A slice of blueberry pie and a chocolate donut … Read more
Made my twins homemade bunch of grapes costumes for Halloween. Very easy steps to build and they were a huge hit. I made the purple grapes so I started off with purple shirts and black leggings. I bought a large bag of purple balloons at the party store, a box of safety pins, and some … Read more
To make my Homemade Sno Kone Costume: Supplies needed: 3 yards of white fabric 1 standard hula hoop 1 foam poster board 1 bag of 10oz fiberfill stuffing 1 can of spray adhesive 1 can of spray paint (I used red) 2 bottles of fabric paint (1 red, 1 blue) glitter needle and thread optional: … Read more
I wish I could send you pictures of “in the making” of this Homemade Hypnotiq Bottle Costume. I did have a video that has since been lost. You can scour the internet and costume shops and never find my Hypnotiq Liquor Bottle costume I hand made. It took me quite a while to think of … Read more