* Took box and covered it with white paper * I cut a hole in the box for my head and arms to fit through * I wore black shirt and pants to not distract from the costume itself * Went on the computer and found an image of the front and back of a … Read more
I do not want to enter the contest. I just wanted to show my cupcake DIY Halloween costume fashioned from ideas on this website. Everybody loved my cupcake costume, and the best part it was super easy and fast. Believe me I have minimal sewing skills, but I am able to sew a semi straight … Read more
The unlucky few of us have the tricky dilemma of being cursed with weird names. My name, hypothetically not weird at all, landed me in a situation where a cool costume idea was required, beginning with my initial. And that initial was O. What costumes begin with O, I hear you ask? Believe me, I … Read more
Here is a picture of my daughter Darienne’s Spagetti and Meatballs costume. We had so much fun making it. We started with a black turtleneck shirt and a black hat and added yellow yarn for spaghetti and red paint for sauce. For meatballs I used foam balls from the dollar store, painted them brown and … Read more
This is my Homemade Sushi Halloween Costume from last year. It contains multiple parts so I will explain each one separately. The Nori or outside wrap: It is basically a large piece of cotton batting about 2 inches thick. I happened to find the perfect “seaweed” fabric to sew on the outside of the batting. … Read more
First, I have to give credit to my friend who came up with the idea to go as “leftovers in foil shaped like a swan” for giving me the inspiration for a food costume idea. I thought it was a funny and original idea and started to think about what I could be related to … Read more
We have 19 month old triplets and wanted to do some sort of theme costumes with them this year. We actually purchased the hamburger costume and thought it would be fun to dress them as a McDonald’s Happy Meal. I was unable to find the fries and drink costumes, so I set out to make … Read more
Started looking online for some costume ideas and came across this homemade popcorn costume idea – and decided to create it myself. I started out with a plain cardboard box, cut it to fit my body and covered in red and white paper. Took packing peanuts and glued them on. After they were glued on, … Read more
I didn’t have much money this year to purchase materials for my Fancy Ketchup Packet Costume. I went to the Dollar store and got a white shower curtain and grabbed a Red shirt out of my closet that “shrank”. I glued the shower curtain so that it would fit like a skirt. Do not use … Read more
Every year at Halloween time I ask my son what he wants to be for Halloween. This year he chose a Homemade Box of Popcorn Costume. Knowing I couldn’t go purchase one his size, I decided to make it. I made the frame out of pipe insulation from Home Depot and stiff floral wire. It’s … Read more
I was looking through this website for costume ideas for my 3 year old and came across Eric L.’s Coolest Homemade Chinese Take Out Costume. I loved it and started thinking of what other food would be good as a costume. My husband works for Southwest Airlines, and my daughter loves the pretzels they serve … Read more
The main part of this PopCorn Box Costume is just a box that fits my son. I just cut out the armholes and neck hole. I spray painted the box white then taped off the stripes and painted them red. I got letter cut outs and traced them and hand paint the POP CORN logo. … Read more