I am the mom of three little boys. I am surrounded, outnumbered, and totally submerged in all things boy, all day, every day, and I have come to embrace this. Halloween costumes are no exception to this rule. Each year, I like to do the boys’ costumes as one common theme. (And they’re still young … Read more
I needed a Halloween costume and couldn’t think of anything to be. At work my nickname is barbie and so like two days before the party i saw this big box at work and they let me take it home i knew exactly what i was going to do with it. I was going to … Read more
We’ve over the years amassed a pretty large collection of Potato Head parts which our youngest daughter loves to play with so we thought it would be neat to make her a Mr. Potato Head costume for Halloween. Of course what’s the point of having a giant Mr. Potato head if you can’t play with … Read more
The Transformers Bumblebee Costume is my son Nicholas Walters and he is 6 years old, he couldn’t decide what he wanted to be so I made the mistake of letting him search with me online and we came across a Bumblee costume and low and behold he selected it and wanted it to transform. We … Read more
My 7 year old son wanted to be Optimus Prime this year, and I embraced the challenge! We used cardboard boxes and made several trips back to the store for “just one more roll” of duct tape. Coffee can lids make up the wheels, and square tissue boxes fit his legs perfectly. Flashlights from the … Read more
After viewing some of the pre-teen costumes in the store for my 11 year old daughter I was bummed. Nothing was appropriate for her age. She either repeated her early years of costumes as princesses and ladybugs and fairies or she matured quickly and looked like a friday night call girl, lol. I have always … Read more
After watching Guardians of the Galaxy and seeing Baby Groot dancing in the last scene, I knew I wanted to create my own Baby Groot costume for Halloween. With two hula hoops, some ivy and a white painter sheet from a dollar store, as well as brown packing paper and some cardboard, the vision came … Read more
I decided to be a wind-up doll this year. I don’t have much inspiration because it was my sister’s idea (kudos). I am so happy with how it turned out! I needed to find a dress that would work, or a long skirt and a top. Then I realized that I had everything I needed … Read more
Well due to the Freaky fusion movie for Monster High being recently released there are no actual Dracubecca costumes so I made one myself took me about two months with several prototypes due to the costume being a vampire robot. I also wanted to keep my cost low so that it didn’t cost more than … Read more
Hi there! My name is Jenny, and I’m submitting my daughter’s costume into this contest. Her name is Adelynn Noelle, and she is 9 months old. Most would know her costume as Raggedy Ann, but we have been calling her “Raggedy Adie” :) Since it is her very first Halloween, I wanted to go all … Read more
I first saw this idea on Pinterest and thought oh I can do that, so I did! I got a large box (happened to have it already so that was a plus!) and cut it down to fit my daughter’s stroller. I cut the back and bottom out so it could slip over her stroller. … Read more
Our friends have been doing a costume contest at their home for the past seven years. My husband and I always enter as a group category an try to pay special attention to every detail in our costume and make everything homemade. One of our favorite movies this year was the Lego Movie, so we … Read more