For my Halloween costume I decided to be a scarecrow. I was mostly inspired by Tim Burton’s movies. I did not want it to be cute! I bought a plain dress at the thrift store and had material for the patches. The dress, gloves and hat took me around five hours to complete. I made … Read more
I started this garden Halloween costume with an idea, of anything that you can find that would be on grass, hence the fence, dogs running around, dog fencing, dog poo(with a fly attached to it, ha!) airplane, car, flower, golf ball, and golf flag, added a fence, and woolah! I used a small tote lid … Read more
My costume was a Homemade Chia Pet Costume (or a Chia Head.) I started by simply painting my face orange and wearing an orange shirt. This was to be the Terra-Cotta part. Then I got Wheat Grass at the health food store for the part growing out of my head. I gave it a crew … Read more
I made this one for my 2 year old nephew. He doesn’t like getting in and out of clothing of any kind, so I had to come up with something that we could take off him easily. Being VERY light-weight and easily removable made him a very happy boy! Materials Needed – Body: * An … 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
Just started this Homemade Autumn Tree Costume with a big girl’s turtle neck. Sewed and glued fall leaves down both arms and around neck. Scattered some around bodice for color too. Headpiece is a Statue of Liberty crown sprayed brown, and loaded with real twigs, leaves and stones for sparkle. Took her suede brown boots … Read more
We found the idea online for A Shrub…The Best Spy Costume Ever but made our own changes. We bought a plastic tub, the kind with rope handles. It was a thin one, bought it at Dollar General. I cut the bottom out of it and used a file to “soften” the edges. Next we bought … Read more
I was thinking of funny costume ideas when I came up with this one. I took 2 white poster boards and taped them together to make the shape of a can. Then I took a piece of cardboard and made a lid to look like an open can. I used a pattern off of a … Read more
I asked my daughter what she wanted to be this year for Halloween and she told me she wanted to be a daisy. Last year my husband and I bought her a costume – she was super-woman – well that was a complete waste of twenty dollars. This year I wanted to try out my … Read more
This is my daughter Kinley’s Homemade Scarecrow Costume. She is a Not So Scarey Scarecrow. She wanted to be a scarecrow, but I wanted to make her something out of the norm. It was made with 20 yards of tulle, several different colors lots of ribbons, sunflowers and rafia. She even has rafia ribbon arm … Read more
To make the giant bucket of fishing worms is very cheap and inexpensive. First we bought a silver 30 gallon trashcan and cut the bottom out of it. We bought some paint and painted “Fishin Worms” on the outside, we added a little paint to look like dirt to the trash can. We bought a … Read more
My son has Cerebral Palsy and uses a walker to get around so I had to come up with a costume that would not take up too much space or get caught up in his walker. I also wanted to dress up his walker and have it match the costume. His favorite song is the … Read more