Skirt: Tulle (cut into 3-5″ width strips) attached to an elastic band using two different shades of pink. Top: I found a pink romper at Walmart for $3 on clearance and cut off the top to make my tube top. Black belt, black leggings and black shoes I already had on hand. Wings: I had … Read more
This is 3 year old, Conner. He LOVES the Travelocity commercials with the gnome. He calls it the “dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, I’ve got to get out of here” gnome (you know, from the commercial?). Anyway, when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, it was … Read more
I made this Lawn Gnome costume for my boyfriend for an impromptu costume party. I made the hat out of poster board and red felt. All I needed was a glue-gun! I found the clothes at a thrift store and the white beard at a costume store for only 5 bucks! Entire costume cost under … Read more
I originally came on to this site as inspiration for a Halloween costume. I have a graphic design background, so making my own costumes is a challenge but also my choice, I refuse to buy a costume. I found an illusion costume where a gnome is sitting on a mushroom, and I fell in love … Read more
Wanted to be a garden gnome but not a guy since I wanted to carry around my actual gnome with me. Could NOT find the right stuff and ended up making the whole Homemade Garden Gnomess Costume myself. Also works, kind of, as a princess costume.
I used an old man prosthetic piece with wig and beard for my gnome costume. I got the clothes at goodwill. And I used a Santa hat with the ball taken off. Total Spent: $75
For high school spirit week there was a theme every day. My friend Kara and I love spirit week. Monday was twin day. Usually people come in wearing matching socks or matching outfits. We didn’t want to do the normal thing. I don’t know how I got this idea for Homemade Lawn Gnomes Costumes, but … Read more
I thought up and created my 20 month old son’s Homemade Garden Gnome Boy Costume this year. I wanted to be creative, but keep it simple and didn’t have money to be spending on an extravagant costume anyway. It is very basic, but with the help of my mom and a friend, we made this … Read more
This is my daughter dressed in a Homemade Garden Gnome Costume sitting on a mushroom. It was about $30 dollars to make. I started with a hula hoop as the base of the mushroom, then I pinned the fabric all around it, I cut a hole in the center just big enough for her to … Read more