With the popularity of the Cirque de Soleil dance play, Varekai, and with one of its character’s costume, this year’s theme for my Trick or Treat costume will be focused on how to set fire with my imagination and with the interest of the audience. When I said, set fire, I really mean it… literally! … Read more
Mother Nature-My Mom made my dress from a Fair Maiden pattern. I decorated it w/ artifical flowers,twigs & leaves. I handmade my wreath w/ same flowers etc. Father Time- I made the cape w/ no pattern, I fitted it to him, trimmed w/ snowflake ribbon. Hair was a wig cut to fit back of a … Read more
I had ONE free evening to come up with a costume, and since I had all of the supplies left over from my daughters fairy party, I decided to recycle them into a costume as Mother Nature. I had a bolt of green tulle that I sewed onto the sleeves of my shirt. I also … Read more
We were the four seasons, and we actually got the idea from this website. Our Homemade Four Seasons Group Costume were very cheap and none of them went over 10.00. Fall- A hunter green v- neck from Wal Mart, Maroon shorts (already owned), and leaves that came from the fall section at the Dollar tree, … Read more
I saw this website and decided to make a costume just for the contest. I did not actually do anything this Halloween (2011). I was going to have my friends help me with the photo but they had other plans. First I decided to make a costume based off the 4 seasons. Then I went … Read more
I wanted to do a Homemade Mother Nature Costume differently from any I’d seen before. I wanted it to be feminine but not fairy-like. I was very happy with the look of this cool homemade Mother Nature costume; I let my hair flow loose, walked barefoot and felt extremely comfortable in my dress. The basics … Read more
I came up with this Tornado Costume because of my daughter’s un-ending energy we call her “Hurricane Kelly” and since a hurricane would be very difficult to properly portray I gave her the tornado option. I made the framework for this from a decreasing helix of thin wire fencing then chicken wire all trimmed and … Read more
This is my Mother Nature costume. It started out as a tree costume for a charity event at a wild life preserve. I have been lucky to get to wear it a few more times for green festivals. This costume took quite a bit of time to make. It is made of vines, leafs and … Read more
Here I am roasting marshmallows: Cardboard Foam (red, yellow, orange) Puffy Fabric Paint Foam soda can holders sticks red shirt brown pants sharpie Red and Orange Hair Paint Cut and paint cardboard to resemble logs Cut foam into flame shapes adding puffy paint for detail Use sharpie to draw log pattern on pants Paint foam … Read more
They started a Halloween costume contest where I work a couple of years ago. The first year I dressed as Dolly Pardon, the next year a Banana Girl. I’m very competitive and both years I was beat out. I decided after my second lost I would come up with something unique for the next contest. … Read more
I’ve been a skydiver for about five years and have 130 jumps as of today. Always trying to come up with unique, homemade costumes, I decided to be every skydiver’s favorite thing: The Sky! I searched the internet for “sky costume” and nothing came up! I was on my own. I knew right away that … Read more
I made this Homemade Rainbow Costume completely from scratch. The dress is made of six different fabrics sewn together to show the six colors of the rainbow both from the front and the back of the dress. Clouds at the bottom and the top of the dress finish the rainbow. I carried pot of gold … Read more