We were looking for cute but cheap ideas, after throwing things around and taking a look around Walmart we decided we wanted to make a duct tape dress. We found wings, and thought that a Homemade Redbull Costume Idea would be original and cute! We bought 3 rolls of silver and blue duct tape, one … Read more
My daughter declared that she wanted to be a Strawberry for Halloween when she was 4, but I could not find a pattern anywhere! To improvise the Strawberry costume I found a bright red quilting fabric and a similarly colored soft flannel to line the itchy quilting fabric. I laid out 4 pieces of the … Read more
This Homemade Cupcake Halloween Costume is my 2 year old daughter with a cherry on top. I used a lampshade for the cup then used construction paper and aluminum foil, folded in zig-zags, to cover the lamp shade. Then used cream colored fabric to make suspenders on the lamp shade to go over her shoulders. … Read more
My one daughter was a bunny, so it was fitting to make her twin sister a carrot! For this carrot costume, I got a 3T orange sweatshirt at a second-hand shop. My mother and I cut the stomach and back off of the sweatshirt and turned the cut edges under to make it neat. We … Read more
For the pasta gone wild costume I bought a colander at the Dollar store. I added Cream colored yarn and brown pom-poms (from Michaels). I used a red T-shirt and glued yarn and pom-poms to t-shirt and colander. For the pizza costume I glued two triangle shaped materials into a pizza slice shape. Rolled end … Read more
This is my one year old grand daughter in her tea bag costume. I took interfacing and sewed, added crushed leaves to make the tea bag. Then I sewed a string and attached a lid from a teabag box.
This $1 Popcorn Costume is as easy as they come. All you need is a rectangle of white fabric (cloth diaper, old T-shirt, pillowcase, towel) and a roll of red duct tape. White duct tape will make it look more professional, but it’s optional. And you’ll need scissors and safety pins. 1. Fold the fabric … Read more
We started looking at ideas for cool costumes from your website. Since we live in Canada it was easy to want to do up our favorite Coffee place Tim Horton’s. We have one on every corner here and most people can’t start their day without having a “Timmy’s”. We designed the coffee cup from a … Read more
We wanted to go as a couple and wanted to be comfortable for the night. We saw a picture of a child dressed up as a sandwich and decided to make it a two person contest. This Homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Couple Costume is a perfect couples costume because it encourages a lot … Read more
I got this sandwich DIY Halloween costume idea from my brother a couple weeks before Halloween. It cost around $40 to buy supplies (thank you, Home Depot). My sandwich took me two weeks to build. I used cardboard for the bread and face and the rest was all foam and spray paint. To hold it … Read more
My daughter is a bowl of macaroni and cheese because it is her favorite food! This Mac-N-Cheeza Costume is made from a laundry hamper that was covered in blue felt. The cheese is yellow felt. For the macaroni we used toilet paper tubes and wrapped them in felt.
My costume is of the Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Everything that I bought was either from Wal-mart or Micheal’s craft store and the dress I used was just something I had. First I dyed the dress yellow using clothing dye from Micheal’s then after it dried I started to construct the dress. All you have … Read more