I have always loved pop art and the works of Roy Lichtenstein. I came across and ad in a magazine that featured one of his girls and thought it would be an AMAZING costume. I love those that involve a lot of makeup. I bought a yellow wig like the color the girls have and … Read more
I wore this easy last-minute homemade Pencil Costume to my friend’s fancy dress party with the theme “film characters”. While most of my friends opted for the sexy Pocahontas or macho James Bond I opted for the understated Staedtler Pencil (there must be thousands of pencils in various films!) To make this costume I took … Read more
This crayon group costume was by far one of my faves and was simple! Must have a sewing machine to be able to sew it around. We went to Hobby Lobby and bought just regular material then sewed the bottom and top to make it shorter. Then we printed off the crayola and copied it … Read more
Collecting the clothes fir this original WWII Comic Book Pop Art couple costume was the hardest part of this endeavor…at least for me. The uniform I am wearing is a 1930s, pre-WWII Army Air Corp officers uniform, which isn’t easy to find because there aren’t a lot of the components left around. The dots on … Read more
My daughter, Mycca (Micah), couldn’t decide what to be for Halloween, but is a very creative little girl who loves to paint, color, all of that artsy stuff. We saw the idea of being a girls Halloween Crayola Crayon costume for Halloween. I make all of their costumes every year and thought this would be … Read more
The whole gang got together to make this easy group Crayon costume. We got different color hard paper for the body where we drew crayola down them and painted it black. We measured them on everyone (cut off any excess) then stapled them with enough room to take on and off easy. We used shoe … Read more
This Sassy Crayons group costume was my friends and my costume 4 years ago. (I’m Razzmatazz) We started by finding a simple jumper dress pattern. My friend Ashley’s mom was the seamstress. We selected 4 different colors that related closest to the big box of crayons. I then took a crayon, and free handed a Crayon … Read more
This costume is of the famous Son of Man painting by painter Rene Magritte. Things you’ll need: 1. Red tie 2. Black suit 3. White dress shirt 4. plastic/fake apple (I got one at the Dollar Tree) 5. bowler/derby hat (I got one at Party City for $10) Tie the apple to a string and … Read more
We had two big Halloween parties to attend and wanted different costumes for both parties but we didn’t want to spend a lot of money. So we made this cheap and simple Play-Doh couple costume! I “borrowed” two yellow farm buckets from my uncle, cut two arm holes and a head hole, adjust to fit … Read more
We wore these Playdoh costumes to the Rugby Sevens 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand which is a huge dress up event that 40,000 people in costumes go to. It is very hard to have an original costume but this Play-Doh Group Costume did the trick. These costumes were easy to make and took us about … Read more
These Crayola Crayon costumes were made entirely by 3 university students. We borrowed a sewing machine from friends of ours and made 3 dresses in different colours. We then bought black felt and cut out strips to create the squiggles. We cut out an oval and cut the crayola sign out of it. We glued … Read more
This Homemade Elmer’s Glue Child Costume is my son’s first Halloween so I wanted him to have a really awesome costume. And because I wanted it to be unique, I knew that I would be making it instead of buying one. I started with an oversized white turtleneck, about three sizes bigger than he needed. … Read more