My sister and I made this coolest Transformer costume in one day!! And the majority of this costume was made out of recycled cardboard. We started with a red long sleeved t-shirt, grey leggings and silver shoes. Then we made the two calf boxes and the two arm boxes using beer boxes and red duck … Read more
Rock paper scissors? Which will you choose!? Rock Costume: This one was the toughest, we found this grayish black fabric at the local textile store. Then we constructed the shape of the rock out of wire and pipe cleaners. Cardboard was glued on the inside to help hold it up and give it a little … Read more
Austin is Holt Hyde from the Monster High cartoon. Since the manufacturers do not make the boy costumes, his Mom decided to make one for him. The entire Homemade Holt Hyde from Monster High Costume is made from clothing purchased at Goodwill then covered in colored duct tape.
I made the felt bodies out of a bubble bee costume pattern I bought from Joann’s Fabric. The pattern is made out of a panel system in order to get the curvy plump bodies. I threw away the back side of the pattern as it had a large stinger. Making the front panels twice worked … Read more
This year my son wanted us to be Transformers. He wanted to be Bumblebee from the movie. I looked at a lot of different ideas and came up with the idea to use football shoulder pads to connect the majority of the costume to. I had thought the robots kinda had a football player look … Read more
I have been an artist for years and I love to create and push myself beyond my limits! I have made original costumes in the past, but this year I really wanted to go all out! I am a senior art major at James Madison University, and my focus is in studio art, graphic design, … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a Zombie but she also wanted to be a Barbie too. I thought I would put the two together and see what happened. This Homemade 2009 Halloween Edition Barbie “Zombie” turned out great! I made her a Barbie box out of a huge Dixie cup box and lined it with … Read more
Homemade Princess Leia Sock Monkey Halloween Costume. Everyone loves sock monkeys as they are often a fond memory of our childhood! After speaking with my cousin about her son wanting to be a sock monkey for Halloween several years ago, I decided I wanted to be one too…with a twist. I searched the internet for … Read more
My son, who was 2, almost 3 at the time, wanted to be a Rescue Hero for Halloween. The most popular Rescue Hero is Billy Blazes so that’s what we went for. I found an adorable fireman raincoat online. It was red, which was important and a bit hard to find since most of the … Read more
My six year old son is into mini Lego figures and Lego’s in general. Every year the kids decide what they’d like to be for Halloween and every year I get to design and make the costumes for them. this year he decided he’d like a Homemade Lego Warrior Costume. It took me over 3 … Read more
I have a four year old son, Jones or “Jonesy” as he likes to be called, who LOVES Legos. Maybe love isn’t even the right word. I think saying he is obsessed with Legos would be more fitting. So this year for Halloween he decided that instead of dressing up like plain old Indiana Jones … Read more
My daughter, Koral, wanted to be a life-sized Barbie doll this year. Together we homemade this Fairytopia Barbie Doll costume. I used a wardrobe box and cut one side to resemble a real Barbie box. I then painted the outside watermelon pink and the inside, white. Next, I sprayed glitter over the paint, printed out … Read more