My place of employment is big into Halloween and the celebration is one to be envied. This year, being 42 years old and experiencing the not so great side of aging, I decided to be “Middle Aged Barbie”. I came complete with graying hair, hot flashes, mood swings, liver spot stickers, full support bra, spare … Read more
I had first suggested dressing as a Barbie Doll in a Box. But with my daughter Janelle now 8 1/2, in her eyes she has passed the Barbie stage and now prefers her Bratz Dolls. So now the plain pink box that was planned has now evolved into a theme styled Bratz Packaging. So we … Read more
I work at a daycare and we are required to dress up for Halloween every year. It’s a secret competition between all the teachers to see who can come up with the best costume. The hardest part is, it has to be something the kids will recognize. The materials needed; -large collapsible hamper -3 1/2 … Read more
This Homemade Rubik’s Cube Halloween Costume was hard work but I am certainly pleased with the end result! I used the black poster board and formed three rectangular boxes. The bottom layer had no base but had four right angle corners leaving enough room for me to fit into it. It was held up on … Read more
My daughter just loves Sock Monkeys. We searched all over the internet for ideas on how to create the perfect Homemade Sock Monkey Costume. I purchased some foam for cushions at Walmart and cut the foam and bent it into a head shape. I hot glued it together. This really was a challenge. After making … Read more
Having read on the news about the threatened air bases in Scotland I decided on a homemade transforming Sea King helicopter Halloween costume idea for my sons Halloween School Disco. I started by going to the recycling center to get cardboard and other items to make this. I then sketched a draft of what I … Read more
I began this Optimus Prime DIY Costume project about a month ago after seeing a photo of someone online in an Optimus costume. I immediately took on the project and realized just how difficult it would be very early on. The entire costume is made out of a hard hat, tights, lots and lots of … Read more
My daughter desperately wanted to be a Pet Shop Mouse for Halloween, and after searching and searching the internet for such a costume, I came to the realization that I would have to figure this one out on my own. I started my Pet Shop Toy Costume with a punch-ball balloon and blew it up … Read more
My husband and I decided to be Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head for a costume party that we attended for Halloween this year. For the bodies of the costumes I purchased tan felt. I then used a t-shirt of mine and his to use as a pattern to mark where the neck area and arm … Read more
My child wanted to be a Transformer that transformed. After doing a lot of research and trying different ideas we came up with this Bumblebee Transformer Halloween Costume. We used this idea, because of how young our son is; we did not want anything attached to his arms. We took a box that fitted the … Read more
This DIY Little Bo Peep Halloween Costume was VERY simple to make! All we used for the body was panels of cut cardboard (4 in a potato-like shape and 4 for the side panels) and various colors of felt for the body details. We wore white long sleeve shirts and bought two cheap pairs of … Read more
This is 8 year old Branson in his homemade Optimus Prime kids costume. We started printing all kinds of pictures of Optimus Prime. First we started with the sleeper and the cab. We rolled the cardboard so that the sleeper would be round. Then cut out the other pieces and hot glued them all together. … Read more