As usual, my ideas always start with this website. Then, I just twerk the idea to work for me and my daughter! I had my mother-in-law make the potatoes out of brown satin fabric. She used elastic to make it bunch around the bottoms. Then we bought Styrofoam balls for the eyes, cut them in … Read more
My boys are extreme Lego enthusiasts. Since there are no minifigure costumes available commercially, I made one by trial and error. The head portion of the Lego Halloween costume was made by cutting sheet Styrofoam for the top and bottom sections and connecting them with a cylinder of poster board. I paper mached over the … Read more
I scaled one of those tiny Lego Men up to 8′ tall x 4′ wide x 2′ deep and constructed this Homemade Lego Man Halloween Costume with my brother out of cardboard, chicken wire, paper mache and paint. The entire body and legs are made of cardboard with the head made of paper mache. The … Read more
This year both of my boys dressed up as Glow in the Dark Lego Skeletons that I personally made. They both love Legos, and play with them all the time. When it came close to Halloween, I asked what they would like to be, and they each chose their favorite Lego skeleton and asked if … Read more
I came up with the idea of Candyland costumes when cleaning out the attic with my hubby back in August. I commented that I wished I could be a queen surrounded by milkshakes and ice cream cones and it just clicked! Overall, this homemade Queen Frostine and King Candy from Candyland couple costume was easier … Read more
I did a little research before I started this Homemade Action Figure in a Box Costume. I originally was going to be a Barbie in a box but then I thought screw that! I’ll be MYSELF as a super hero. I knew that NO ONE on the planet would be wearing my costume that way! … Read more
Well my 8yr. old daughter loves Barbie and we were down to 3 days before Halloween so I looked and looked and suddenly had a Barbie in a Box DIY Halloween Costume Idea. So we looked for the right size box and found the spray paint and got to work. Keep in mind that we … Read more
Trying to encourage my children to be creative at Halloween, I sent my 4 year old upstairs to find a toy that he likes to play with. He came back with a Lego. Pretty simple, really. For a Lego costume you will need a few boxes, floral Styrofoam discs for the “buttons,” a few cans … Read more
After seeing some other Lego-Man costumes on your website, my son wanted a Homemade Lego Man Halloween Costume for Halloween. He was very happy with the way it came out, and got a ton of compliments from his classmates and friends. He also won a trophy at our town’s Halloween Costume Party. Making the costume … Read more
After much thought and contemplation, I finally fell in love with the idea of dressing up as Mr. Monopoly. I have a thing for wearing fake mustaches, so I think that had to be my favorite part to the whole costume. I started by searching Google images of Mr. Monopoly. I found that he wears … Read more
Being a college student, it is hard to buy a Halloween costume because of money or even come up with an original idea! A mixture of MacDonald’s Monopoly and playing Monopoly as a child inspired the idea of being part of the game for Halloween! All needed to make this cute Monopoly Playing Cards DIY … Read more
My boys love playing Lego Batman on the wii and on their DS. So this year they asked me if I could make Lego Penguin and Lego Riddler couple DIY costumes… YIKES!! I have never made a costume before, so much easier to buy it..lol. But even though these took me several weeks to finish … Read more