My daughter loves Easy Mac and wanted me to make a Macaroni and Cheese costume for Halloween. I started with an old laundry basket I had lying around and cut a hole in the bottom for her to step into and wear around her waist. It was a nice fit, so no straps were needed … Read more
MMM. I love ice-cream, don’t you? What could be better then than becoming an ice-cream cone? Materials: -Garbage can -Candies or other brightly colored small objects -A red ball or other item that resembles a cherry -Batting -A hat to build off of Start with the garbage can. All you need is brown colored fabric … Read more
I made this Homemade Ice Cream Cone Costume for my twins, and got rave reviews! I made the whole costume first out of free fabric I had around the house (Old sheets work well). When I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I bought fabric and made it over. $12 of supplies made two … Read more
Do you need to stay warm but still be cool on a cold Halloween night while Trick or Treating? Top Ramen or Instant noodle soup lunch is the answer. This Homemade Cup Noodles Halloween Costume is made out of a vinyl tablecloth sewn in a tube. Make it wider on the upper portion to make … Read more
This costume was a lot easier than expected, using inspiration from this site! Both homemade sushi and soy couple costumes were easy to slide on and off over our heads, and all stuck together with a glue gun. For the soy sauce – two pieces of thick cardboard spray painted black, and the label printed … Read more
Our family campground has trick or treat camping, so we created a homemade S’mores family Halloween costume. The marshmallow was made out of a collapsible hamper. I had to tie up the sides to make the hamper shorter and I then cover the whole thing with quilting batting. I cut a hole in the top … Read more
This was our group costume for the office. As you can see we all love to eat sushi so this was a no-brainer. Except for the soy sauce, we all started our costumes with pillows and added stuffing or removed stuffing depending on what piece of sushi we were. Notice the little green divider and … Read more
For this vanilla ice cream cone costume, we first used an old lampshade and some foam, both covered in tan colored fabric to create the ice cream cone. We then added suspenders that we looped through the lampshade, brought up over her shoulders, and criss-crossed to keep it from falling down. Next, we spread out … Read more
To spend Halloween at Disneyworld this year, I needed costumes that were easy to pack. I found the Triple Dip costume pattern on Better Homes & Gardens Magazine’s website. I used T-shirt knit for the scoops, 100% cotton for the sugar cone skirt and syrups, white satin ribbon for the whipped cream and sequined fabric … Read more
My four year old daughter Emily wanted to go as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, so I bought two pieces of three inch foam for my bread. I dabbed light brown paint on the edges to make the crust. I also trimmed it to be more bread shaped. Then I took some purple material … Read more
I had to have a cool Halloween costume for work. My manager said it was mandatory. (I am a preschool teacher) I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a costume that I would wear for a few hours so I decided to be a bag of jelly beans. From there my costume … Read more
Not only does this costume fall into the cheap Halloween costumes category it also took about an hour to make! Material needed: Interfacing (light weight, inexpensive but with a little bit of stiffness), fall leaves, thread, heavy cotton string, a piece of poster board or construction paper, and markers (to color a tag). Directions: (NOTE: … Read more