Darling son number 1 spotted a triceratops dress up in a store the other week, but our challenge is quite simply his size; at three and a half, he is wearing clothes for five year olds. The costume in the store was for age 3-5 and an all in one which definitely wouldn’t work for … Read more
My youngest daughter loves dinosaurs, especially the brontosaurus variety. So I wasn’t terribly surprised when she said she wanted to be one for Halloween. I was, however, challenged. Sauropods have long necks and I didn’t want to arm a 4 year old with a huge prop of a neck. So I figured rather than make … Read more
I decided to dress up as a cave woman this year for Halloween. I wanted a way to be original and didn’t want to dress in a sexy, pretty-girl costume like all the others. The cave woman costume is fairly difficult because you had to sew all the different REAL fur skins on. I started … Read more
Last year I decided to build a velociraptor from Jurassic Park. I wanted it to be life-sized (in the movie it’s 12 and a half feet long); it would be my most ambitiously difficult Halloween costume yet. Shortly after the last Halloween, I settled on the male raptor design from Jurassic Park 3 (it would … Read more
We had about 2 hours to make a costume so my friends and I went to a fabric store and bought 1 yard of fabric each. Three costumes we actually hand sewed, but the rest are just draped around and safety pinned. The leopard print only cost $3.50 for a yard and the most expensive … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES dinosaurs! I was really worried when he decided that he’d be a Triceratops for Halloween. I was not quite sure how I would pull off a dinosaur kid homemade costume. After digging for some thick jersey for the body and velvet for the horns, I realized that maybe it wouldn’t … Read more
I started this Cave Woman costume by buying a yrd and a half of material from Wal-Mart. I traced and cut out the pattern and sewed the sides to fit my shape, cut the hem jagged, and tied the shoulder strap. For my hair – I washed and blow dried it and then added hair … Read more
Five days before Halloween I needed to find a costume for my 2 1/2 year old. Grandma and Grandpa, who normally purchase my kids’ costumes were not able to contribute more than $25 between both. I therefore decided to try making a Homemade Dinosaur Costume. I searched online for some ideas and decided to see … Read more
This is a volcano costume I am wearing that is 100% hand made from a chicken wire shell covered in paper mache. There is a rock climber and hula dancers on the face. You may not see it in the photo, but I actually have hidden containers at the opening where I had dry ice … Read more
My son wanted to have a dinosaur themed 5th birthday party. So we looked for dinosaur costumes but his birthday is in March so we didn’t find much. I decided to make him a homemade dinosaur costume myself. I started with a funky green fabric that had dots raised all over it. I basically sewed … Read more
My nephew loves volcanoes. When he asked me to help him make a costume this year, I knew exactly what to make him. He was so excited. I took his measurements and I was off and running with a Homemade Erupting Volcano Costume. He didn’t see it until the day before Halloween. It took me … Read more
Here is a custom homemade unique dinosaur costume made from a satin green material with cotton in the middle for comfort and looks. This is all hand sewn and each of the dinosaur spikes are handmade with a piece of cardboard in each spike then sewn together. The dinosaur eyes are made from a large … Read more