My three kids just love this camp site treat! So I thought, why not be what they eat and make them a Homemade S’more Family Costume! I used cardboard and wire hangers as the frames. The graham cracker is felt, the Hershey bar is fabric with individually stuffed rectangles, and my toasty marshmallow is batting … Read more
I love to make costumes for all 6 of my kids, as we ran through ideas, my 11 year old son picked popcorn. I try to make them with things I have on hand or can acquire free – cost of this Homemade Box of Movie Popcorn Costume – FREE! My mom pulled through with … Read more
My son had a Homemade Blueberry Pie A La Mode Halloween Costume Idea this year for Halloween. I made it using the felt on a roll, polyfil, a glue gun, pinking shears, paint, balloons and ribbon. The ice cream was insulation caulking, a round newspaper ball for the “scoop” part and polyfil all wrapped up … Read more
When my 2-year old son came up with the creative idea of a Turkey Costume, I did my best to bring his idea to life. It was inexpensive and simple- and I am no seamstress! To make: 1.) Purchase two large pieces of brown felt. Cut a small circle in the middle of one piece, … Read more
For this egg costume, I got a big piece of cardboard and cut an egg shape out of it. I then glued white felt (from dollar store) onto the front and back. I put a raised circle in the middle for the yolk and glued yellow felt on it. On the back of my costume … Read more
Me and my friend didn’t feel like being any of the average costumes this year so we decided to make out own. We finally figured out that we should be Homemade Ketchup and Mustard Costumes, the best condiments! We stated out by just sewing the dress bases, no logos. For the mustard we did an … Read more
I decided I wanted to dress up as sushi for Halloween this year. I used packing peanuts and hot glue gunned them onto a shirt to make the rice. I cut and spray painted a foam mattress pad for the shrimp. The seaweed wrap was ribbon and the ginger and wasabi headpiece was made out … Read more
For her first Halloween I thought I’d turn my daughter into a banana costume since her name rhymes with it and it’s what we always call her anyway. I already had a white bunting bag which became the part of the banana you eat. I then stapled on foam cutouts to make the peel. Sewing … Read more
I came up with this idea for cheap Halloween costumes a couple days before a Halloween party. It was perfect for me because all of my friends know how much I love Dunkin Donuts coffee. It turned out to be a hit at the party. I created the costume with a quilting ring foam board, … Read more
This is an easy costume to make but a little bit time consuming. You will need: munchkin box from Dunkin Donuts, cardboard box for costume, Styrofoam balls about 20-25 (about 4 inches in diameter), orange, pink, white and brown, poster paint, red glitter, glue craft glue, hot glue gun, wooden barbeque skewers, small colored beads … Read more
My youngest son came up with this idea last year right after Halloween. This Homemade York Peppermint Pattie Costume was made using silver and blue vinyl fabric, and cording. I used the wrapper as my example and went from there. I sewed the blue vinyl on the silver as it didn’t stick using fabric glue. … Read more
