For Halloween this year, I didn’t want to be another maid, cat, or one of the many versions of a fairy, so I decided I wanted to try to make my costume! After hours of searching for ideas, I found this website with do-it-yourself cupcake costumes. That gave me the idea of being a birthday … Read more
My son wanted a Donut Kids Costume for Halloween. First I bought a circular pool raft. It was pink and on clearance. Then I bought spray brown spray paint. Buy craft glue, Velcro strips, safety pins and Mike & Ikes. I blew up the raft and spray painted it brown. Next I bought 2 sheets … Read more
This Lifesaver Candy Costume is the first homemade costume I attempted and I was so pleased on how it turned out! The inspiration came from the shoes you see in the picture that I purchased overseas while living abroad with my parents. At the time, I didn’t really have a use for the shoes, but … Read more
I made my daughter a Tootsie Roll costume for Halloween. She wore a white turtle neck and brown pants under the costume. The costume materials included brown felt, thick red ribbon, white fabric and white pant. I started by cutting a long rectangle from the brown felt. I glued red ribbon near the top and … Read more
My daughter, Cate, is 15 months old and is STILL at that lovely age when you can dictate WHAT they will be for All Hallow’s Eve, unlike her older 4 year old brother, HA! So, there were SOOO many cute costumes that I had in mind for her/us. However, when I received Pottery Barn’s Fall … Read more
This grapes costume was a relatively simple costume to make. She wore a purple sweatsuit (with a hood) and I made, out of a big piece of felt from the fabric store, an A0line shaped dress. I am not a big sewer – don’t worry, it’s easy to hide flaws with this thing. I cut … Read more
These ice cream cone costumes were made through instructions on FamilyFun, a great crafting magazine. You use stuffed womens/girls stockings for the swirl of the ice cream. Glued to the bottom of that was a circle of foam as a belt, which I duct taped together and made suspenders to hold it up. The ice … Read more
I knew I had to top my daughter’s light up robot costume last year so I searched the web for fun costumes. I saw a hot chocolate costume and knew I could have a lot of fun with it. I decided to make it look like the hot chocolate I used to have when I … Read more
What 10 month old wants to wear a big clunky costume? None I know. So I wanted something comfortable and easy for my twins to wear and I didn’t have the money to go buy a store costume at $20 each. So I made this Homemade Salt and Pepper Halloween Costume. I already had white … Read more
One slice or two? It’s become a wacky family tradition to design matching costumes for my daughter and the dog. This year we didn’t feel like cooking so… pizza! Here’s our DIY pizza Halloween costume idea: The slices are made using foam that we purchased at a fabric store. For the big slice, we cut … Read more
This is the costume we made for our daughter, it’s a homemade hot cocoa Halloween costume, it took about a week to put together. We used materials such as a hula hoop, wire ,foam, felt, foam board, glitter, glue, stuffing and bamboo sticks. It started by using the hula hoop and tied strains of wire … Read more
My wife and son were dressing as bees for Halloween. My parents (“Grandma and Grandpa”) joined in as beekeepers leaving me to be… a honeycomb? No. Maybe a hive? No. Wait! A pot of honey! The body of the Pot of Honey Costume is a giant plastic pot from the garden department at Home Depot. … Read more