My son loved playing his Gameboy so much that I was certain he would become a part of it. So we decided to put him into his game by making him a gameboy costume. I started off with 2 computer boxes. I cut a hole in the front of one to make a screen. I … Read more
Devin and Dyanna are brother & sister – Devin is almost 8 and Dyanna is 6. Along with their many interests, they also enjoy playing games on their Nintendo Wii, sometimes playing as a team, other times playing against each other as rivals. For Halloween 2009, they wanted to be something unique for Halloween. We … Read more
Let’s just say that when I thought of pairing costumes with my son, we both agreed on Transformers. I thought it appropriate to be Optimus and my son be Bumblebee. We decided to base our costumes on the G1 series because I used to watch it as a kid. Now, having a family of 4 … Read more
Our Mr and Mrs Potato Head couple DIY Halloween costumes are made out of cotton fabric. I did an inner shell and outer shell and stuffed in between. When you are measuring add at least 3-5 inches to make sure you are comfortable for the inner shell and then add another 3-5 inches on the … Read more
We came up with the idea of being trolls after seeing pictures on this website. We needed something that would make us stand out at the local Halloween party. This definitely did it! We wanted to be a little different so we decided to each have a theme. Our themes were Hawaiian, 70’s, Christmas, Halloween, … Read more
I love doing completely original Halloween costumes and I had never seen a good Homemade Evil Raggedy Ann Costume. The dress was from Goodwill, the apron was homemade frome some old fabric, and I bought a cheap pair of tights to go with. Raggedy Andy’s head was a last minute addition that (I think) made … Read more
I love the creativity that goes into making a costume! And the satisfaction of saving money when doing so! The paper doll costumes I made for my baby girl and I cost a total of THREE dollars!!! I was inspired by a large cardboard box in our garage that was about to go into the … Read more
We always have a family theme to the costumes, and this year was Mr. Potato Head Family Costume. I spent a lot of time getting tips from this site, so here is the result! The potato bodies are big burlap bags from an online gardening store. The burlap was itchy, so we sewed a white … Read more
Being a big man it is hard to find unique costumes for my husband. My son really loved Transformers and wanted Daddy to be Optimus Prime. So I put this Homemade Optimus Prime Halloween Costume together for him. It turned out so good that people stopped us in the middle of the street so they … Read more
This a Homemade Rockem Sockem Robots Costume. It is made out of cardboard and hot glue. It took two weeks to build both, about 10 hours a piece. I didn’t have any real plans to make the costume, I just downloaded a bunch of Rockem Sockem robot pictures from the internet and looked at them … Read more
Me and my girls decided to dress up like trolls this year, but with clothes, so we used the craziest clothes in our closet. More important than the costume is the hair cause it tells the people you are trolls, so we bought each one a different temporary color hair spray, $2 each, and with … Read more
We made this Jack in the box costume for my son about 5 years ago. We started off with a box. We painted it gold and then decoupaged (glued over) a printed picture of a Jack-in-the-Box. I drew the curtain and then I used star stickers to add effect. We found a gold rope and … Read more