Our son Matthew (5) needed new rain boots for school. My wife took him shopping, and they came home from the store with the black and red fireman boots. He said to me “Daddy. I want to be a fireman for Halloween”, and so our plans were made. The costume combination had to be such … Read more
Using foam core and brick contact paper, I created a building wall where it meets the sidewalk, including a sidewalk all the way to the curb (always overly ambitious, I also built part of the street with the drain and the manhole cover, but those had to be cut from the costume due to size … Read more
I got most of the ideas from this website for a firefighter costume. First I got a black shirt from Wal-Mart. I got it a size 4-5 even though my son wears a 2T. That way it would fit over his clothes if it was cold on Halloween night. I cut off the shirt tails … Read more
My roommate and I have been creating our own original costumes for 4 years now and entering the costume contests. We tried looking online for a picture of a hydrant costume (so that we had some ideas on how to create it), but no luck there. This doesn’t only have to be a child costume. … Read more
Because I have twins I tried to think of costumes that would go together, but would also be unique and out of the ordinary. I came up with the idea of a Dalmatian dog costume and a fire hydrant child costume. I am not sure where the idea came from, but it was fun to … Read more
My 2 year old son is infatuated with firetrucks and firefighters. He has 2 of his very own volunteer firefighters in his family, so coming up with an idea for a fireman costume was fairly easy for him! I went in search of the perfect costume, only to find cheesey ones in the stores or … Read more
I got most of the ideas from this website for a firefighter costume. I used a black shirt from Wal-Mart. I got it a size 4-5 even though my son wears a 2T. That way it would fit over his clothes if it was cold on Halloween night. I cut off the shirt tails and … Read more
I got this idea from a cartoon I came across when searching for ideas. The cartoon was a picture of a fire-extinguisher with a funny caption that read “I put out”. I was sold from that point on that I was making the costume. 2 styrofoam ballsred feltblack see through feltplastic tubingfunnelplastic basket10 sheets of … Read more
Five days before Halloween my 4-year-old daughter, decided that she passionately wanted to be a firefighter. It was nearly impossible at this late date to find a firefighter costume at the store and when I finally did find a firefighter costume at a Halloween specialty shop it cost $60! So, I examined the firefighter costume … Read more
I got the idea for this Fireman and Firetruck Costume from this website. I borrowed bits and pieces from other submissions. I started with a long narrow box that I purchased from a U-haul store (about 5.00). Because my son was only 3 years old, I cut the box in half to make it shorter … Read more
This site inspired me to make this fire truck firefighter costume. I picked up a box 29″x91/2″ at our local Walmart store (they were putting up freight- got this free). I bought red, black and white paint. I painted the box red (went by the picture here at this site) drew out the detail work … Read more
Our little two year old loves everything about a firefighter. He loves the trucks, the sounds, and the lights. Naturally he takes right after his father. I found this Firefighter costume online and it was perfect. He looked just like his father! Everyone loved it. He still wears it around.