My friend Emily came up to me in September and told me she had an idea of what to dress up as for Halloween. She told me she was thinking about Homemade Troll Dolls Costumes. I immediately agreed that would be a great idea and told her I would do it with her! I also … Read more
I am a child of the 80’s and have always loved items from the era! I thought a homemade Rubik’s Cube Halloween costume idea would be so cool and fun for this year’s Halloween costume! I wanted to do separate moving pieces but didn’t get a chance to get that detailed so I started with … Read more
My 8 year old daughter loves sock monkeys. So, this year she asked if I would make her a homemade Sock Monkey Halloween costume. I had looked all over for a sweat outfit that was the same color as the original sock monkey, but I couldn’t find any. So, I found a women’s shirt that … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES Transformers! When he asked me a few months ago to make him an Homemade Optimus Prime Child Costume, I started to collect boxes and took on the challenge! We decided to create a costume from the original Optimus Prime (the one from the cartoons when I was a kid!). I … Read more
I came up with the idea to be a paper doll for Halloween through the power of Google. I was actually researching for best costumes for 2011. I was directed to the Disney’s Family Fun website where they had an idea for a paper doll costume for kids. So I said ‘I can do that’. … Read more
I have always made my kids’ costumes myself. This year, I got the idea from his favorite movie “Toy Story”, deciding to dress him up as Mr. Potato Head!! It was a fun project. All of the pieces are Velcro so you can change the face as you would on the toy. Everything is stuffed … Read more
I made this Homemade Transformers Optimus Prime Costume with nothing but beer boxes, beer cans, and hot glue. I looked at a picture of Optimus Prime to make the helmet and get the wings on the helmet to the correct angle. I won best costume at a Halloween party for the first time in my … Read more
I have always loved Raggedy Ann even as a little girl. I decided to make the Raggedy Ann costume from just going to a thrift store and picking up a few things needed to make this costume. I bought a blouse that resembled the dress she wears with the blue flower design, a skirt that … Read more
Resurrected straight from the 90s the button nose big eared, “naked”, gem bearing, straight up funky colored hair doll walks the night in 2009! I was up since 8 am in this Homemade Evil Troll Doll Halloween Costume, at work to a party! Everyone knew what I was right I away, I got mixed ideas … Read more
Since everyone is afraid of clowns, I decided to make a giant, scary, Homemade Scary Jack in the Box Costume. The box is just a frame that is surrounded in material. It also has wheels for portability. Jack (me) can stand up high in the box on stands inside or go down low in the … Read more
I was going to be a Rubik’s cube so I went to Wall-mart and got my supplies but as I stood in line I watched the DVD menu for the new Transformer movie. The menu basically revolved around the glowing all spark and I thought to myself, forget Rubik and his cube, let’s have a … Read more