Rock: required metalic tank and spray painted to-to. Paper: was a homemade sheet dress, with perminated marker to create the lines, and holes. Scissors: was made from poster board and a hinge so that when the legs moved so did the scissor and was attached with a little string. It was an awesome costume for … Read more
So to start the Mr. and Mrs Potato Head Couple Costume I went to the store and got 2 of the gym work out balls. I then taped the smaller ball on top of the larger ball and covered both with garbage bags. I then made a paper mache mix and got some newspapers. I then … Read more
This famous homemade Lego costume took over 40 hours to design and make. My fiance and I wanted an eye opener costume for my son. We accomplished just that. It took us many hours designing the perfect costume trying many different materials for the perfect costume. This costume is made from only a few components … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head so badly but all the costumes out there were just “slip on over the head” costumes with their faces on them. We wanted something better! That’s when we came up with the idea of making outfits out of actual potato sacks. We measured ourselves … Read more
This DIY Nintendo Gameboy Costume is one of my DIY costumes. I made this one with an old TV box and some paint in one day ! Great success but boring to wear all the night long.
This unique Troll Couple costume was fun to make and more fun to watch people’s reaction as we entered the party. My best friend had won first place in costume contest the previous year in our homemade Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes so we had to one up ourselves. We wanted something fun, something … Read more
We had two big Halloween parties to attend and wanted different costumes for both parties but we didn’t want to spend a lot of money. So we made this cheap and simple Play-Doh couple costume! I “borrowed” two yellow farm buckets from my uncle, cut two arm holes and a head hole, adjust to fit … Read more
My friends and I came up with the idea of a Hungry Hungry Hip-Hop Hippos group costume for Halloween last year. It was a great success. We each ordered Adidas fire bird style track suits and old school Adidas shoes matching our suits. We made the helmets out of safety helmets with hinges for face shields … Read more
We wore these Playdoh costumes to the Rugby Sevens 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand which is a huge dress up event that 40,000 people in costumes go to. It is very hard to have an original costume but this Play-Doh Group Costume did the trick. These costumes were easy to make and took us about … Read more
My son loves Ninjago, more specifically Kai. So, when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, of course, it was Kai. We have a pretty big Halloween costume contest every year at our local YMCA so I thought of making a good costume for my son and also give him a chance … Read more
Every year we (I) make our own costumes, I think they are the best and people always stop to take pictures. Last year I decided we should be Potato Heads. These Mr., Mrs. and kids Potato Heads costumes were very easy to make but time consuming. I got us all brown fabric for the body (which … Read more
After my kidneys failed and I had to go on dialysis, I had an operation to put a tube into my abdomen so that I could do dialysis on a machine at home. Whilst coming round from the operation and doped up on anesthetic I texted my friend to tell him I had an idea … Read more