Materials, which may be purchased for 40% off a few weeks before Halloween at some sewing/craft stores (retail prices quoted): Fabric glue ($10 at sewing/craft store) Hot glue gun (craft store, about $10) Plastic snow sledding disk Two 32 oz. bags of polyfill ($6 each at sewing/craft store) 3 yards ivory colored taffeta, which is … Read more
I took a box and cut head and arm holes in it to make this Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs Costume. We covered it with a dollar-store, plastic tablecloth and cut a plastic plate to put around the neck (and glue on). Salt & Pepper shakers from dollar store also, filled with some salt & pepper, … Read more
“You are HOT!” “I know.” Never got old. I love Sriracha on just about everything, so I decided to pay homage to my favorite condiment a few Halloweens ago with this Homemade Sriracha Hot Sauce Costume. Took me just one day to complete, and let it dry over night. Many compliments and people asking me … Read more
I was looking on the “Coolest Homemade Costumes” site for ideas and came across a child dressed up as Dunkin Donut’s Munchkins! The costume reminded me of one of my favorite foods, Dippin’ Dots!! This led to the making of my Homemade Dippin’ Dots Halloween Costume! First I bought a party tub (from a party … Read more
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
Eat, Drink and Be Scary! My Taco Bell Mild Sauce Packet Costume, which I handcrafted to show my appreciation for TB. For “Border Sauce Mild,” and “Think Outside the Bun,” I found the font online, printed and cut out the letters and then cut them out of fusible fabric. For the Taco Bell logo, “Eat, … Read more
I made this Homemade Muffin Costume for Karneval 2011 in Germany. A friend of mine wanted to celebrate her birthday in Cologne on the Wednesday before Karneval. So I had to find something really nice and I allways loved those gigantic-something-costumes, and because I felt “pink” I thought about a strawberry-muffin. First I made the … Read more
Me and my four friends all decided to be Taco Bell’s “fire” hot sauce packets for Halloween this year. We bought the fabric at Joann fabrics and it is pleather fabric which looks a lot like the hot sauce packets themselves. One of the girls moms sewed the dresses for us in a form fitting … Read more
My daughters love of her unborn brother had me thinking quick when I realized I had to dress all of us for a Halloween party. I managed to do it with just 4$. I found white pants and a white shirt in my closet, and bought a yellow tank top for 2$ at the Dollar … Read more
For the making of this children costume you will need two large sheets of cardboard, the same size (like the box that a new refrigerator or other large item may be shipped in), Styrofoam pieces, hot glue and gun box, cutter, sharp scissors, pencil or marker, measuring tape, about three yards brown flannel or similar … Read more
This homemade costume turned out adorable. We took a small laundry basket and cut it down so my daughter could walk. We then hot glued the top and bottom to shape it into a bowl. I then paper-mached the outside of the basket to cover the holes. Once it was dry I painted the bowl … Read more
Olivia, my chocolate Labrador Retriever, is dressed in the Coolest Tootsie Roll Costume. I got the idea because she is brown in color, as are Tootsie Rolls, and I wanted her to be something on Halloween that you can’t buy in the store for pets. I really like this costume because it still allows your … Read more