So ‘round about August of this year, my 5 year old son declared he wanted to be Clutch Powers for Halloween. For those not in the know, Clutch is the Indiana Jones-esque main character from the somewhat new Lego animated feature DVD. So a Lego minifig costume, cool idea I thought. Since we usually do … Read more
The idea for my Homemade Collector Edition Wedding Barbie Costume came to me because it happened to be my favorite Barbie when I was growing up. I LOVE Halloween and always go all out but this year was by far the most work I have ever done. It was totally worth it. I started by … Read more
This year me and my fiance dressed as Homemade Lego Minifig Men Costumes. The idea was simple enough and we had plenty of time to make the costumes. For the head we used a sono-tube (from Lowes) and papermache of a 12 inch bowl. She painted on the face and we used a little bit … Read more
We made this Lego Mini Figure costume for our 9 year old son for Halloween. The head was made from a cereal box rolled and duct taped. We covered with yellow thin fun foam on the head and hands. Cardboard and duct tape were used for the upper body and legs and then covered with … Read more
This is our homemade Operation and Surgeon couples costume we wore to our Halloween party this year. The Surgeon was really simple. It took a quick trip to GoodWill to purchase scrubs. I made the badge on the computer & borrowed the stethoscope from our daughter. Operation guy was a little more involved, but still … Read more
This Homemade Queen of the Arcade (Atari Tribute) Costume is my very first handmade costume. It took 3 weeks to finish. I hand made all of the characters from felt. The characters are Ms. Pacman, Q*Bert, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Dig Dug, Frogger and characters from Mario Bros. The center piece is from Space Invaders which … Read more
My husband and I decided to have our baby be a Cabbage Patch Kid for her first Halloween because everybody says she looks like one. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid box. We have included an official Babyland General Hospital … Read more
I wanted to make this Optimus Prime and Bumblebee costume after seeing Youtube video of actual transforming costumes. Although these costumes do not transform a lot of attention went into detail for looks and mobility. Design to both costumes for mobility, because cardboard boxes are hard to move in, are shoulder section can move up, … Read more
My nephew and neighbor’s boy wanted to be Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We looked at this website for ideas and came up with our own Transformers costume! We began by finding cardboard boxes of all sizes. We collected star foam pieces and even plastic containers. We used silver tape that is used for dryer vents … Read more
This is an account of the Homemade Hummer H2 Transformer Costume that I constructed for my 12-year-old son, Duncan. He is the transformed robot mode of an alien “autobot” Hummer H2. The costume is actually an elaborate exoskeleton with parts riveted to a framework underneath. This framework was made from different-sized plastic insulated coffee mugs, … Read more
We decided to have a T party where very one had to come as something beginning with a T. There was really only one option for me, I had to be a Transformer. This Optimus Prime Transformer Costume was actually really difficult to build, not so much the robot part but getting it to transform … Read more
This was my first attempt at ever building my own Halloween costume. My sister and her husband started doing detailed costumes for Halloween parties they hosted a few years ago… So, this year I had a lot more time on my hands and decided to bring more to the party than a store bought costume … Read more