Imitation is a form of flattery, or so we hoped as we donned our favorite meal, the #2, from our favorite fast food establishment, In-N-Out Burger. This homemade In-N-Out Burger group costume was simple to make and extremely inexpensive. The burger costume is made from cutting circles out of cardboard, covering it with brown fabric … Read more
This is little Violet in a Homemade S’mores Halloween Costume! I had the idea for it when my daughter was asking me for some marshmallows (which she just loves), and I told her she was going to turn into a marshmallow and realized she’d make a cute S’mores. She is the marshmallow and she’s sandwiched … Read more
As a family we always create a themed costume every year for the Halloween season, and this year (2009) we chose to do a McDonalds theme. The title of our costume is The Mcdonalds Extra Value Meal with the Bag and Fixings. Our Family always tries to do a couple of parades for the fun … Read more
I made a tomato costume for my baby Lucia. I used a red fabric for the hat and green fabric for the leaves. I put fabric leaves on top of the hat and around the neck. I used my baby’s red cotton babygrow for the actual tomato. The trick is to look among your child’s … Read more
My daughter wore her ballet leotard and tights. I wrapped her in pink tulle and added a pink wig and pink cheeks. The best part was that we sprayed cotton candy perfume on her so she had the nicest smelling costume out of all the children Halloween costumes at the party. Everyone was coming up … Read more
Ingredients needed for this homemade costume: 1 Child, 1 red sweatpants, 1 red sweater, 1 red hat, 1 bowl, 1 new mop head, 1 bag large brown pompoms, 1 Italian bread bag (optional for treats), 4 pieces of Velcro both sides needed, some tread to match. For this homemade costume I took the bowl, put … Read more
For Halloween this year, my husband and I went as candy bars. But not just any old candy bars, I guess you could say we were “adult-themed” candy bars! My husband was an Almond Joy bar and I was Mounds bar. When people saw the back of our costumes, they’d see that my husband’s read, … Read more
I love drinking Red Bull, so why not make a costume that looks just like it?? I paired the wings with the costume because RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS!!
I hand stitched every last stitch on each of these costumes. It took me a very long time but was well worth the effort. Banana: The banana Halloween costume was an ongoing project that was changed several times when I discovered one way wouldn’t work, or the foam would fall if it were held up … Read more
My daughter had a Toostie Pop Costume for Halloween. I made this costume by starting with a red turtle neck and white pants. The “pop” was made from 2 pieces of cardboard cut into circles. I covered each circle with red fabric and gathered it at the bottom of each circle with ribbon. I made … Read more
This year I wanted to dress our daughter up as something different and unusual, and unexpectedly our little cake WON OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY COSTUME CONTEST!!!! I am sure that I made the construction of this Homemade Birthday Cake Unique Halloween Costume Idea a little more difficult than it could have been, so if you’re … Read more
In college, we would always have “Tour de Franzia” parties when Lance Armstrong would race, so the nights were filled with a lot of boxed Franzia wine. Being a sentimental person, I decided to incorporate this into a holiday. My Homemade Boxed Wine Costume was made out of a large cardboard box, covered in paper … Read more