Clawdeen Wolf (from bottom up) I had a pair of dark brown tights, and I bought a pair of childrens purple leggings and cut them to be leg warmers. The only thing that was made was the skirt. It was made out of purple felt left over from last year and underneath some black tulle fabric. The red … Read more
All of the Beanie Babies group costume was DIY. Ears were made with felt, headbands, fiber fill, a hot glue gun and lots of burns. As were the tails, the signs were made from a stencil of an actual Ty tag from a store display. Tons of different animals can be included! Ours were: tiger, snow leopard, leopard, … Read more
This past year my three friends and I decided we really wanted to wear tutus and just had to find the perfect group costume idea to support it. While playing one of our favorite games, Pretty Pretty Princess, it hit us! We will all be a princess – blue, purple, pink and yellow. We decided … Read more
I love Barbies. So this year we decided to make the life size Barbie in the Box. My youngest daughter Liberty, insisted on being her favorite one, Princess Barbie. So it was my pleasure to try and make it happen. The best part about this adventure was the help from my whole family. It was so awesome … Read more
It all started with a novelty mustache pacifier we received from my parents. Once we saw Joshua with it we knew his costume needed to revolve around that rockin’ ‘stache. We rejected Mario on the basis that Daddy had been Luigi several times already and we wanted a costume that would work for the whole … Read more
I have never had a store-bought costume in my life. My mom always made my costumes when I was younger and since then, I’ve crafted my own, sometimes still with some maternal help. My junior year of college, some of my friends wanted to do a group costume. One had bought a cheap kid-sized Buzz … Read more
My son wanted to be Lego Ninjago Lloyd this year. I searched and searched and there were no Lego Ninjago costumes to be found, so we created our own! I was so happy with how it turned out and my son absolutely loved looking just like Lego Ninjago Lloyd. Everyone who saw it were amazed and … Read more
7 year old son: “Dad, I want to be a bumblebee for Halloween.” Dad: “Really, you mean one with black and yellow stripes and cute little wings. Kind of baby-ish don’t you think?” Son: “No Dad, Bumblebee! From Transformers.” Dad: “Oh, of course. That’s better. That will be cool, we can make it look like … Read more
This Glow Worm costume came about due to one simple fact: I needed to own a Green Man Suit (aka morphsuit) but I needed a reason. A friend suggested being a Glow Worm- I instantly thought of the doll I had as a kid, and ran with the idea. I made the long hat from … Read more
Although reluctant, I convinced my boyfriend to dress up as Ken to match my Barbie costume! All materials for my costume were purchased at a local fabric store (Mary-Jo’s in Gastonia, NC) and a friend used a 1950’s bathing suit pattern to make the swimsuit. I ordered a 1959 Barbie watch, Nicki Minaj Barbie ring, … Read more
Garret as the Green Plastic Army Man. This costume was awesome but boy let me tell you the problems we had. When Garret first decided he wanted to do this for his costume we thought, oh this will be cheap, we have all kinds of stuff around the house. We were going to use an … Read more
As a kid I had a Barbie makeup head that I loved to play with and my daughter just loves Barbie’s so I thought it would be fun to bring the Barbie makeup head to life. To make the tray for the makeup I took a large cardboard box and cut it to the size … Read more