While helping to take out the recycling in September, my daughter started playing with some of the containers and the idea just came to me to make her a RECYCLING BIN! It was super easy, inexpensive, and…. of course it was a recycled and a recyclable costume all in one! What a great lesson for … Read more
My roommates and I decided to be a living room set for Halloween. The couch is made out of a cardboard box with some fabric. The picture frame is made from cork board and some photos of all of us blown up. The table was made from cardboard and various table things like cup holders, … Read more
I’ve always tried to be an object for Halloween as opposed to a character or a person and two years ago I had a Basket of Laundry Costume. The costume took just a few hours to construct and was quite fun to wear. I started by cutting a waist-sized hole in the bottom of a … Read more
When asked what she wanted to be for Halloween our 3 year old daughter told us she wanted, of all things, a homemade vacuum cleaner Halloween costume. So I got to work and looked on Coolest Homemade Costumes.Com and found a couple of other kids that had the same idea. She happened to have a … Read more
A few years ago my kids were all wanting me to dress up with them, so I figured why not, it was the last minute and I had nothing to wear SO I came up with my own idea. Since I have 4 kids and do laundry so much, why not become a human laundry … Read more
My five year old son has had an obsession with fans most of his short life. When asked what he wanted to be for Halloween, he said he wanted to be a fan with a blade that really worked. I promised him that I would try and then proceeded to create what I thought he … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a “trash can”, but I took it a step further. If she were a trash can, all we could really throw in her without being cruel to the environment would be …what…food scraps? ooh gross. So we chose a Homemade Recycle Bin Costume, and glued on newspaper, milk jugs, cardboard … Read more
I had a weekend to choose my costume and I think that I chose the coolest costume by far!! A Homemade Washing Machine Costume. Materials: -old clothes (tshirts, socks, pants, ect.) -Grill or other appliance dials (available at hardware store) -Smaill round metal thimbles(available at hardware store but not under this name. Anything that looks … Read more
My boyfriend and I always try to be very original with out Halloween costumes. This year a broken Shop Vac was our inspiration. My boyfriend’s shop vac broke, and while he was trying to fix it, he looked up at me like a light bulb went off! He said, “This year for Halloween I’m going … Read more
This Homemade Light Bulb and Switch Couple Costume was a bright idea for a Halloween couple costume! One of us was a light bulb and the other was a light switch. The light bulb was made of chicken wire, with tracing paper and adhesive glue. On the outside we put yellow tissue paper. To get … Read more
Washer/Dryer Costume: – Two cardboard boxes wrapped in white paper – 2 Tupperware bowls for the front loader look (Hot glued to box) – Copper pipe insulation for around the doors – Foil, candy, etc for buttons (Use your imagination with this one) Laundry Basket Costumes: – Cut a hole in the bottom so your … Read more
My senior of high school, I came up with the idea for a friend to be a refrigerator for Halloween. We created the costume in one night, and it was a huge hit. That birthed the idea during my freshman year of college to continue the kitchen appliance theme and make sink a Homemade Microwave … Read more