1: Cutting circles out of a mattress, what comes out of the middle is the hat. 2. Sew some white cotton, ribbons, Christmas decorations, etc. over the mattress. 3: The body is made of foam with white cotton over it. 4:In the “pie ” we did lights that burn through batteries. This is our Wedding … Read more
Margarita was made with a large piece of plastic spray painted and hand painted and little plastic ice chips as the salt. The slice of lime hat was made of paper mache. Jose has a hand made jacket. with wig and mustache and mariachi hat as well!
This Homemade Pineapple Costume is a costume from last year, so I don’t have photos of the creation process. No need to include this in any contest, if those things prevent it from qualifying – just saw there was only 1 pineapple costume on the site, quite different from mine, so I wanted to share.) … Read more
Are you brave enough to take The Challenge?? We were sick of all the same old same old and wanted to come up with something fun and entertaining. Which is when we decided to be “The Pepsi taste challenge” I know being a can of soda has been done before but not like this. To … Read more
I made this easy Homemade Bacon and Eggs with Toast Costume. I used quilting batting for the egg white, and yellow felt for the yolk. I stuffed the yolk with more batting and hand-sewed the yolk onto the white. I sewed the shoulders and sides together and my son wore it over a white turtleneck. … Read more
This is my Homemade Cupcake Halloween Costume Idea. I waited until the last minute to make it, so it didn’t turn out quite like I thought it would. At first I was a little embarrassed to wear it for the whole party, but I did wear it inside for a little while, then I put … Read more
Here’s how we made our Homemade Jelly Belly Costumes: Items you need 1. A pair of sweats, both the pants and tops, in any bright color you like as the first layer 2. A strong, transparent, plastic garbage type of bag 3. Small balloons to blow up and put in the bag to resemble Jelly … Read more
Who doesn’t like Ketchup? I was in desperate need of a costume for my freshmen year of high school because ninth graders have the theme of red. This was one of the first costumes I had ever made, but it was really quite simple. Materials needed: Laundry hamper Lots of cardboard Red long sleeved shirt … Read more
This is a costume made for my daughter last Halloween. It is so simple to make – but you have to be able to run up a seam on a sewing machine. What you see at the front is duplicated on the back, so it is like a sandwich board with the child in the … Read more
I decided I wanted to go as an original Homemade Popcorn Halloween Costume made of a red striped bag of popcorn. I made the front and back pieces out of foam board and them wrapped them with fabric. I attached the sides with more of the original fabric and made the stripes with satin red … Read more
My daughter really wanted to be her favorite breakfast food: a Kellogg’s Pop Tart. This costume was surprisingly easy to make. I started by purchasing two pieces of 1″ green dense foam. I sewed the two pieces together with a needle and thread, leaving the bottom open so she could slip it on. Next, I … Read more
It is always a challenge to come up with a new costume each year for our 5 children… never can they wear the same costume. Colby loves MC so we thought we would try creating a homemade French Fry costume! Turned out wonderful!