While attending my daughter’s softball practice, some of the dads were sharing their weekend hunting trip stories. I then told them how excited I was to be going scapbooking the following weekend. They were astounded and asked me how a whole week-end could be spent scrapbooking! I explained that it was not so different from … Read more
Coolest Homemade Mona Lisa Halloween Costume Idea *EVER*. My inspiration this year was Leonardo Di Vinci’s Mona Lisa. After weeks of debating what I would commit as my costume of choice, I decided to attempt the Mona Lisa in a frame. I wanted to be in full costume so I started searching for the perfect … Read more
This is how we made this Homemade Paper and Glue Stick Couple Costume: Paper: I used 4 sheets of poster boards per side and for the width it was half a poster boards. I drew blue lines like those on a real paper and the red lines too. I decided on doing a math quiz … Read more
We wanted to be something different but yet as a group. It ended up being the two of us. This Crayola crayons Halloween costume was something decent, cute and very unique. We definitely got everyone’s attention. We started with the homemade dress, and then snowballed into the wig, make-up, boots etc.
This year was my nephew’s first Halloween. I wanted to do something that all of my kids and my nephew could do together. I decided to make them all into Homemade Crayons Costumes. I bought them each solid color outfits. I used iron on letters to put Crayola down their shirts. Their pants have their … Read more
Here is the homemade pencil costume that I made for my daughter. It was made with tape. I took a base as a tube and I covered it with saran wrap to protect it from sticking to the tape. Then, I put tape, and more tape. When it was rather stiff, I removed the base … Read more
This Homemade Comic Book Pop Art Costume was inspired by Roy Lichtenstein pop art. Every year my goal is to wear a costume that’s original. I hate spending too much money on costumes sold at the store for two reasons, (1) the material is cheap, (2) 87 other people will probably be wearing it as … Read more
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
After too many years of the same tired ‘ole remakes and trashy costumes everywhere, I decided to liven things up a bit! This Roy Lichtenstein comic book Pop Art really pops to life (get it?) with this homemade ensemble. I spent hours polka-dotting myself silly and adding bold comic lines around my features. I sewed … Read more
Well it’s freshmen year of college, and it’s Halloween time. My friend and I didn’t want to be the typical nurse, French maid, or police officer that you generally see around college campuses at this time of year, so the costume brainstorming began. I was browsing some costume search engines when I came across Crayola … Read more
My roommates and I decided that we did not want to be a store bought regular costume. We bought black felt fabric and the specific colors we wanted from the local fabric store and picked up the felt and Velcro. We also printed out the name CRAYOLA from a website and used it as a … Read more
Hello! I think it is safe to say that I came up with the idea for this costume as I was sitting in my cubicle at work, and I do not think that I need to further elaborate on the creative thought associated with how I came up with the idea. I was stapling paper, … Read more