I purchased a Disney Sharpay doll for my daughter when she said that she wanted to be a Barbie in a box. She already had the costume just needed the box. I purchased a wardrobe box at Home Depot for about $10, red spray paint, some cute wrapping paper clear vinyl at Walmart. For this … Read more
We were all going to on a Halloween camping trip and went as a themed family. Gameboards! My 2 year old daughter was had a Candy Land Costume. Since she’s so small I cut a piece a of poster board in half, then trimmed the edges to make it a little smaller for her. Then … Read more
This is my version of an awesome Lego pirate costume. The costume is constructed of only 3 types of cardboard (posterboard, thick cardboard, and thin cardboard), the only thing that is not recyclable is the mouth. It is cloth so I can see out of it. That makes this Lego Pirate Costume 99% recyclable. I … Read more
This is our Homemade G.I. Joe and Baroness Couple Costume. G.I. Joe’s costume was made using a long sleeve black shirt, an Oakley ski vest, black pants, Oakley combat boots and Oakley ski gloves. We made a print out of the G.I. Joe logo on glossy paper and taped it to his vest. Baroness’ costume … Read more
For each homemade Lego costume we went to a place that sold boxes and we each bought a huge box to cover our body. We painted it whichever color we wanted. Then we glued on plastic cups (painted the same color as the box) to make it look like a Lego. We cut out a … Read more
My Homemade Lego Man Costume was thought up during an academic half day for my subspecialty surgery rotation during my fourth year of medical school. I started with a picture of a scaled Lego man, proportioned my model from that, and made a rough draft on the Weds before it was to be shown. Supplies … Read more
I came up with the idea to do Barbie and Ken costumes with my boyfriend because I usually do something crazy or dress like a goof. This year I wanted to be more girlie so that my boyfriend would appreciate my creativity. So the Barbie idea was perfect! I always feel the need to make … Read more
Who doesn’t remember everyone’s favorite childhood game- Candyland? My best friend and I wanted to be our favorite characters from the game, which meant getting creative to come up with the Homemade Queen Frostine and Princess Lolly from Candyland Couple Costumes (since these are not costumes you can find in any store.) For my costume, … Read more
I was a big fan of Transformers as a kid. One day I saw several boxes in my garage and decided that I could use them to make a Transformers costume. I took seven of the boxes and cut them into the various shape, using an Optimus Prime picture as a guide. I used duct … Read more
We started with a half-inch PVC frame of a cube thirty inches square (so it would fit in the car) which was painted black and allowed us to attach the shoulder straps. We then covered it with fabric net which allowed both vision (through the areas between the colored squares) and the ability to breathe, … Read more
Here is my son Ayden in his Transformer Bumblebee costume. His costume is made of all camping bed form, tons of hot glue and paint. I had used different references form online pictures to get the look that I wanted. Once all together I had painted and added Velcro to hold it together too. The … Read more
