My husband and I spent over a month going back and forth trying to find easy costumes for Halloween. We wanted our costume to be something we dressed up as together, something that didn\’t cost a lot of money and something very original. Somehow we came up with the idea of being “A Cop and … Read more
I was surfing the Internet this year for homemade kid costumes that did not require me to sew anything and came across the kid costumes idea to make my daughter into a box of popcorn! I made it for her this year and she won 1st place in a kid costumes contest! What you need: … Read more
Thomas decided that he wanted to be a Toblerone candy bar so we created this costume from cardboard, painted it yellow and added the box design based on a real Toblerone bar. The bar didn’t last long but the costume held up like a champ. We added tinfoil for detail and a face hole so … Read more
This is a fully functional box of wine costume. I took pictures of a box of wine on all sides and blew it up and printed it out on my home computer. I then took a large box and covered it with white paper and then pasted the blown up picture of the wine box … Read more
I don’t want to enter the contest, just wanting to share my Homemade Cupcake Diva Costume. I Googled it and found this web site! I didn’t know there was people out there that loved cupcakes as much as me!! Glad I found you all! Love the site.
Here is my little girl with her homemade candy costume. Made with tape and cellophane. I used a big ball, the kind you sit on, and I covered it with saran wrap to protect it. Then, I put some tape more than you can imagine. When it was thick, I cut it and I took … Read more
I always think long and hard about what I’m going to be for Halloween. I try to out do myself every year and last year I think I did with my cupcake costume. I made the whole costume the day of the big celebration. A run to Jo Ann Fabric, Hobby Lobby, and Wal Mart … Read more
If you want to be something short ‘n’ sweet for Halloween, this easy homemade cupcake costume is perfect! All you need: felt of assorted colors (I used pink for the frosting, brown for the cake and cherry stem, red for the cherry, and yellow, blue, and a different pink for the sprinkles), hot glue gun, … Read more
I was trying to think of a costume this year that would be easy and creative. I looked at a few other costumes on this site and modified those ideas with the materials I was able to find at the store. I used a collapsible laundry hamper, tinfoil, Bristol board, quilt batting, and glitter foam … Read more
This Homemade Cotton Candy Costume is 2 dry cleaning bags filled with dyed batting, 1/2 powder blue and 1/2 baby pink. I sprayed adhesive on the 2 bags and attached the cut out label from a real cotton candy treat on front and ingredients on the back. I stuck a little in her hair with … Read more
Our favorite shot has always been a Jagerbomb. When deciding what we were going to be for Halloween, I jokingly suggested we should be a Homemade Jager Bomb Couple Costume. After shopping around at the local Halloween stores, nothing compared to the idea I had. The joke suddenly became a reality. For the Jager bottle, … Read more
I decided to be an orange crush pop can. The orange fabric is stretchy, it was originally white, me and my mom dyed the color with a fabric dye (used red) as it faded, we then stitched the fabric as a tube top dress. The ‘Crush’ logo, was sketched out using a pillow case, the … Read more