My son and I love Toy Story and Mr. Potato Head. So I decided to go all out and make this Homemade Mr. Potato Head Halloween Costume. It is made with chicken wire, papier-mâché, and foam. His hat is an extra-large bowl painted black. The eyes were made with two clear ornament balls and black … Read more
I wanted to create a truly impressive Halloween costume; something where I could express my creativity. Optimus Prime and the Transformers have always been a personal favorite, and creating an Optimus Prime Halloween costume which could transform presented a fun challenge. Chest piece: Build frame of angle iron to fit over chest. Place hinges at … Read more
We decided to be a Homemade Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots Costume for one year of Halloween. It was a creative idea and we knew no one else would have them. We got at least five boxes each and had to cut them up to measure our bodies, arms, hands, and head, as well as … Read more
We decided this year on a DIY Treasure Trolls adult Halloween costume idea. Our costumes consisted of a leotard, lounge pants, water bottle, sticky paper, and lots of hairspray. We got the leotards at a dance story, the pants at Walmart, I ordered the Troll earrings on eBay. The favorite part of our costume was … Read more
My 3 year old daughter decided back in June that she wanted to be a Jack in the box for Halloween. Halloween is her favorite time of year, I think it even tops Santa Claus! I was surprised to find out that even in September she still was asking every day if I was working … Read more
This was a real do it yourself Halloween costume and fun to make! Just find a large square box, colored construction paper and black electrical tape. Place the paper on the side and tape down with the black tape. With each side make sure your colors are lined up. Cut the top out for head … Read more
My mom and I have always loved Raggedy Ann so we came up with this outfit for my little girl. This is the first girl for my family after 3 boys so we had a lot of fun playing around with this idea. We drew out all pattern pieces onto paper then cut them out, … Read more
Who says Halloween is just an excuse for girls to dress up in the skimpiest costumes? Not me and my sister! Every year we try to come up with something we’ve never seen before so last Halloween we decided we would be Snakes and Ladders and Chess! It took a while making the board games … Read more
This doll in the box costume my daughter and I made last year for her. We used an old baby type costume(baby dress and bonnet)to start with. She wore this outfit and we added rosy cheeks and a piece of string for people to pull and then she would say “mama”. We took an old … Read more
My husband and I wanted a couples costume this Halloween and we thought of this Homemade Barbie and Ken Couple Costume. I cut out boxes to resemble the Barbie boxes; pink paper was used for the covering, some decoration was added to the outside of the box and,of course, the names Ken and Barbie were … Read more
We were inspired by the Lego Group costume on this site, that won last year, and made our own do it yourself Lego family costume. We followed their perfect instructions and made our own versions based off of Lego Minifigures we found at the Lego Store and on eBay. We did the Disco Dude Minifigure, … Read more
This homemade Barbie in a box costume was a major hit at my costume party!!! I found two large square boxes, taped them together, cut out a hole in the front for where my body was, covered it in wrapping paper, and printed out the “Barbie” logo and pasted it on. The biggest trick is … Read more