This was originally made with the intent that one of my daughters was going to be a flyswatter, but she finally fessed up and said she really didn’t want to be a fly swatter, even though it would have given her permission for the night to swat her little brother and get away with it! … Read more
My daughter wanted a Pink Butterfly costume. I’ve never seen a pink butterfly so we decided to use our imaginations. The Butterfly costume was pretty easy to make. We purchased foam board for the wings, pink paints circle stickers and jewels to decorate it. We also purchased a pink hat and pipe cleaners for the … Read more
My daughter’s lady bug costume is store-bought, but the baby’s costume is homemade. It’s a felt bodysuit, with studs at the bottom for easy removal and nappy changing! The front is made from black felt, and the arms, hood and back from red felt, with big, black felt circles sewn on. The hood is attached … Read more
I got this idea for a pink daisy costume from a Tom Arma costume, but didn’t want to pay the price, so decided to make my own cuter version. I used felt, foam sheets, and hot glue to construct the flower head, and “necklace” to continue the petal circle. I wanted her to have a … Read more
I started this plant stand costumewith a presentation board, and cut a hole in it big enough to pull up over my hips, leaving tabs on the inside of the hole through which to thread yarn. The yarn was used as suspenders. I cut a hole in an old table cloth and slipped it over … Read more
This year my family and I decided to go as characters from the Wizard of Oz. I decided to make a Homemade Scarecrow Halloween Costume. It was a very simple. To begin with I glued burlap (purchased at a fabric store) to an old pair of blue jeans. I added straw/hay around the edges (I … Read more
Years ago we read a suggestion in Exceptional Parent magazine to incorporate the wheelchair into the Halloween costume. We’ve had lots of fun doing just that with this Spider Web Wheelchair Costume! Christopher loves all types of bugs which gave us our idea for this costume. We made a cape of glittery spider web fabric … Read more
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
Jenavee dressed as a “Rapper Bee.” Last year the song “Imma Be” from Black Eyed Peas was very popular. Since her name is Jena Vee, it sounded a lot like the song and her friends would always sing… JENA VEE, JENA VEE, JENA JENA JENA VEE, copying the song. So she decided to dress as … Read more
I saw a young girl about six years old dressed up as this last year. I wanted to run with the idea this year because I think it is so funny and love to be extremely random. Last year I went as a bathtub, or rather a person in a bathtub! I made every inch … Read more
So our little man went as a Stink Bug! The homemade Stink Bug baby costume was super simple to make. I made the back shell out of paper mache. Just blew up a balloon about the size of my baby’s back. Then I made an outline of the shell and just did paper and glue. … Read more
I made this coconut tree costume for my daughter. She loved it. She got so many compliments on this costume. And I had a lot of fun making it too. I bought some green cotton blend fabric,some stiff interfacing, floral wire and poster board. A friend of mine gave me some brown fabric. I used … Read more