Creating the perfect Barbie & Ken costume was quite a challenge for two people with different creative sides. I’m the visionary/creator mastermind and my husband is the builder. I call him the over builder because he has a tendency to put way too much testosterone into my creative ideas! I found the outfits at a … Read more
This Marionette Pinocchio was a somewhat difficult costume to complete because of the mechanical part. The outfit wasn’t too difficult. I had to find the right type of blouse, vest, dress, and hat. I found a sleeveless pleated black dress (really cute) added some German type binding. I did the same thing to the vest. The … Read more
My son is obsessed with Star Wars right now. So when I asked him what he waned to be for Halloween, there was no hesitation to pick Boba Fett. He says Boba Fett is way cooler than any Jedi because he has a blaster gun and a jett pack. When I was thinking about how … Read more
After racking my brain for months, I finally came down to a decision on my Halloween costume. I decided on the classic supermarket store bought toy soldier. The green army man. The 50 pack of dudes in green and later in tan, from the 50’s that swerve sold next to the cowboy and Indians. First … Read more
I saw a Tetris costume online which started me thinking about cube type costumes. Thus my Rubik’s Cube costume was born. This was a huge hit at work as coworkers tried to ‘solve’ me. To create this costume, you’ll need two large square cardboard boxes, a few different colors of construction paper, black duct tape … Read more
I got a wardrobe box from Uhaul and painted it maroon. I added AG stars on the side and cut out “American girl” and my daughter’s name with card stock. A cricut machine would have made this part much easier. Took a large bowl and traced a circle on the box where the head should … Read more
Back in early elementary school a song circulated around that thoroughly freaked out my daughter, “China Doll, in the hall, gonna chop your head off.” This year we saw a costume for just that in a catalog, but it did not REALLY look like an old doll. So, being the crafty folks we are we … Read more
As poor college students, we obviously couldn’t afford a to buy any sexy fancy costumes so we decided to be cheap and just make something up. I originally didn’t even know what beanies babies were until my best friend mentioned it. I think she saw it online somewhere and it seemed easy enough so we … Read more
We got the Raggedy Ann and Andy pattern from Simplicity and hit the fabric outlet. Cost is about $45 each, we even made homemade wigs. My mom is a seamstress so I was sure we would have the best costume! The fittings were the hardest part as we had to wrestle with my moms three labs. … Read more
I love Scrabble, so I decided to be the game for Halloween! I bought a bag of 1000 tiles online and got to work. I made a belt, headband, bracelets, earrings, and rings out of the tiles. For the headband, I bought a plain plastic headband and glued the tiles in a way that created … Read more
My six year old son Blade asked to dress up as Green Army man from Toy Story. I started with regular clothing. I painted two times with semi gloss latex paint with a brush (this is what gives his the “plastic effect”!!! The thicker the better!) Then I painted three coats of Kelly Green spray paint. … Read more
I originally got this idea just off the internet and obviously thought it would be far easier to make than it actually was. Most of our costumes were made using using old cardboard boxes that I got from Wal-mart and string. Using a huge cylinder I bought from home depot, I cut each one with … Read more