From the moment I knew that I would have a good sized belly during Halloween I told my husband, I want it to be a part of our costume. I didn’t want to do the typical pumpkin belly, or bun in the oven belly, so I kept looking. Somewhere I saw an earth and then … Read more
Halloween 2008 we went as original four season trees, mother nature and father time group costume. Mother nature wore an old dress and accessorized with craft store garland, flowers, birds etc…Father time borrowed the robe, a clock from his mantle, and bought the faux-sickle. As for the trees, we got 99% of our items at … Read more
Year after year my friends and I rack our brains months before Halloween to come up with the most creative costumes! A friend came across this idea for a Four Seasons Girl’s group costume online and we immediately began working. I was Fall and my friends were Summer, Spring, and Winter. All the tutu’s were handmade, … Read more
I was searching for an awesome costume idea. I came across a struck by lightning costume on a website (no picture included). I started thinking how to do it and my idea won my work Halloween costume contest. I took a pair of jeans and a button up shirt and burned holes all over with … Read more
My friends & I ADORE Halloween, it’s that time of the year that you can be a big kid again and no one judges! We were looking for something original to do and were brainstorming for weeks when we hit upon the Sugababes “Change” video. We all wanted the basis of our costumes to be … Read more
I’m a mom, and what sort of costume fits best to us moms, but Mother Nature?! This was a super easy costume to throw together. I used a burgundy colored “fairy” costume, made of a sheer fabric, and tied it back with a burgundy/silver ribbon. I found silver sandals at the thrift store for a … Read more
My daughter and her best friends wanted a Rainbow and Pot of Gold Group Costume. We searched for bright colors and found these neon tanks, leggings and tutus. We used old gym socks with batting hot glue to them for the clouds. The girls also had rainbow bow ties and funky rainbow colored hair pieces. … Read more
Earth, Wind and Fire Costume The whole idea for my son’s costume started from this creation that we saw online – we took a step farther. Trying to find something of interest for him was simple by adding Bugs to the equation. Then a play on the band Earth, Wind and Fire we stretched the … Read more
I really like Halloween. And when I found out that this past Halloween was going to double as my best friend’s bachelorette party, I knew I had to up my game. She was going as a unicorn and I felt she needed an equally magical rainbow friend… How’d I make this homemade rainbow Halloween costume … Read more
This homemade costume was fun and easy! I just took old sky-blue sweat pants, an old t-shirt, a couple bags of cotton balls and hot glue! I started by gluing the cotton balls in the shape of clouds all over the pants and shirt. I decided to make an Afro cloud for hair with the … Read more
We live in Michigan, so this is everyday weather!! I purchased a sky blue sweat suit, went to the local craft store and bought a bag of cotton, pulled apart the cotton, in baseball sized balls and fabric glued them all over the sweats and a old baseball cap. Here’s the key, carry a squirt … Read more
I made this costume by putting wire in the seams of the jacket and all the seams of the skirt (both around the bottom of the skirt and also vertically running up and down the seams) and bent them all in the same direction. I used 19 gauge wire. I used hot glue to add … Read more