“Fire and Ice” plus a “snowflake”. I made this Homemade Fire and Ice Costume over a few weeks, with most pieces coming from Goodwill stores and the rest was art/craft supplies I already had. “Fire” was A plain red dress that I painted flames coming from the bottom of the skirt-with yellow acrylic ceramic paint-and … Read more
For this homemade tornado Halloween costume idea I wanted to use one of those tall bushel baskets as the frame, but ended up with a tomato cage. I cut it open, so it could be held opened while he stepped into it. I was going to cut out spots for his arm, but on my … Read more
We were looking for a costume that was creative, maybe a play on words. When we mentioned “partly cloudy with a chance of rain costume” he jumped on the idea because he’d get to hold a squirt bottle. We started with a light blue t-shirt and light blue sweatpants. I doubled over white felt and … Read more
My 5-year-old is quite the free thinker and she insisted on a Homemade Rainbow Costume. Not being very crafty, I scoured the internet looking for ideas and couldn’t find much of anything. I was at a thrift store one day where I found a rainbow-striped sundress and that started the ideas rolling. After finding the … Read more
I made this homemade raindrop costume for my daughter when she was 4 years old. I started with two large pieces of foam that I found at the fabric store. We were lucky enough to find this great shimmery blue fabric that was just perfect for the water effect. I cut out a raindrop shape … Read more
For this Four Seasons Group costume, we each picked what season we wanted to be. For Winter we bought a white t-shirt from Michael’s and directed it in Christmas decorations and snow flakes. Spring made a dress out of flowers and glued them to an existing old dress paired with rain boots. Summer used a … Read more
Hello, my name is Laura, I’m a senior in high school, and I make crazy costumes for my school’s spirit week and for Halloween. This was for Caveman Day at my school, so I was fire. The costume: Actually, this was one of the easiest costumes I have ever made, and certainly one of my … Read more
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