For her first Halloween I thought I’d turn my daughter into a banana costume since her name rhymes with it and it’s what we always call her anyway. I already had a white bunting bag which became the part of the banana you eat. I then stapled on foam cutouts to make the peel. Sewing … Read more
I came up with this idea for cheap Halloween costumes a couple days before a Halloween party. It was perfect for me because all of my friends know how much I love Dunkin Donuts coffee. It turned out to be a hit at the party. I created the costume with a quilting ring foam board, … Read more
This is an easy costume to make but a little bit time consuming. You will need: munchkin box from Dunkin Donuts, cardboard box for costume, Styrofoam balls about 20-25 (about 4 inches in diameter), orange, pink, white and brown, poster paint, red glitter, glue craft glue, hot glue gun, wooden barbeque skewers, small colored beads … Read more
My youngest son came up with this idea last year right after Halloween. This Homemade York Peppermint Pattie Costume was made using silver and blue vinyl fabric, and cording. I used the wrapper as my example and went from there. I sewed the blue vinyl on the silver as it didn’t stick using fabric glue. … Read more
When we asked our 3 year old son Brody what he wanted to be for Halloween he said…”A Juice Box”. So our creative minds went to work and with the help of a friend in the cardboard box industry and the artistic talent of my wife, we had a very successful Juice Box Costume. Basically … Read more
The best piece of advice I can give for a Homemade Banana Couple Halloween Costume Idea like this is… Thrift Stores! They generally carry the widest range of color and style options for costume clothing, and are always the cheapest. My friend Evan and I wanted to dress up as bananas, but were not satisfied … Read more
Here is my daughter’s coolest refreshing costume for this Halloween. We decided to create her this awesome homemade Little Icee Halloween costume when she would not stop asking from one on a hot day. So when we took her to go get one I got the idea and thought why not make here something we … Read more
I made this pink chocolate cupcake costume for my four year old daughter. She loves chocolate and anything pink, so I combined the two to make a “sweet” costume! Total time was about 6-8 hours and total cost was about $12. Most of the time is hand-sewing. I used a lampshade for the bottom. My … Read more
Who wants to spend all Halloween weekend in a boring, store-bought, slutty X costume? This year I decided to be a fancy cupcake. I made this Homemade Cupcake DIY Costume from a child’s craft apron, hot pink nylon fabric (about 3 yards), heavy-duty aluminum foil, poster board, jewel/gem stickers, safety pins, fabric glue and ribbon. … Read more
After shopping around for cupcake costumes, I decided to construct my own Homemade Cupcake Costume since 1) I was on a budget, and 2) the few cupcake costumes I’ve seen were only in kids sizes. I searched online for many ideas on where and how to start putting the costume together but in the end, … Read more
My 10 year old daughter did not want a store bought costume this year! After being at a recent carnival, she decided to be a bag of cotton candy! We bought a bag of poly fill fluff from the craft store and 2 cans of spray paint, pink and blue. I put out plastic tarps … Read more
