Here’s the story behind one of the most unique costumes I’ve made. My little girl was a precious miracle for my husband and me. He always had referred to me as his muffin and as soon as we heard the news that we were pregnant he immediately said we going to have a “little muffin”. … Read more
My son’s Kindergarten class had a Halloween Parade titled “Letters on Parade”. Each kindergarten class was assigned a letter for a creative costume idea. His class was lucky enough to select “U”. It took me weeks to come up with an umpire but inspiration hit me while snacking on a bag of potato chips at … Read more
My local Mall has a costume contest every year. I wanted to make a costume this year so I went looking for ideas for kid costumes. My son took a bucket of popcorn one day and put it on his head and I thought of this costume. I used a box that I got from … Read more
Materials: · Enlarged picture of the classic Twix bar (or actual Twix bar) · 1 yd of shimmering gold cloth · 2 ft of ironable fusible strips · 1 roll of white Duck Tape · 1 roll of red Duck Tape · Black Sharpie pen · Sharp fabric scissors · Ruler · Protractor I folded … Read more
Here is the How To for one large cotton candy on a paper cone costume! Supplies: One Roll Clear Cellophane Wrapping ($2.99) One Yard Pink Felt ($2.50yrd.) One White Poster Board ($.50) Clear Packing Tape ($2.99) Arm Length or White Ribbon ($1) Tissue Paper Optional: Spray adhesive to glue Logo to bag Scanner/Copier/Printer to make … Read more
My friend Ashley and I are OBSESSED with cupcakes! It all started back in the summer with her candy land themed birthday. Her birthday being in June she had a candy adventure with a cupcake cake! My birthday followed close behind in July with another cupcake cake. It became quite apparent after purchasing matching juicy … Read more
This homemade wine bottle and cork screw couple costume was my first attempt at a completely homemade costume! Both of the main pieces of the costume are made out of felt (three colors necessary: green (bottle), cream (label), and brown (corkscrew handle and bottle cork). Both of the head pieces are stuffed with newspaper and … Read more
I am always looking for new, cute costumes for my small children. This year, my daughter was getting ready to turn 1 and had started walking and all of the costumes her size were ‘bunting’ style. We saw the idea of Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup, but it was just too boring. So, we decided to … Read more
We started this Homemade Chocolate Cupcake Costume by looking for a hula hoop to provide the circular shape of the cup, but it’s fall here and no one sells hula hoops. So we headed to Home Depot and my engineer-brained boyfriend constructed two hoops, one slightly smaller than the other, out of plastic plumbing pipe, … Read more
My boyfriend and I love tasty sweets! He asked me to be his girlfriend using edible letters on cupcakes, so this Homemade Cupcake and Baker Costume was a MUST. For the base (the cupcake liner), I safety-pinned an old cylinder laundry hamper until it was about a foot tall. I folded 3 poster boards accordion … Read more
I went to a thrift shop and found cotton batting for pennies. I filled a spray bottle with washable paint and water and sprayed the batting to look like cotton candy. The batting had to dry for a day before I could put the Cotton Candy Homemade Halloween Costume together. I used packing tape rolled … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided on a Jager Bomb Couple Costume for Halloween. I got the idea from this web site but made it my own, and used ideas from all of the postings. Red Bull Can: I went to a fabric store and bought a Stretchy material. The dress has an elastic band at … Read more