For this costume I followed McCall’s Pattern # 2335, size 3-4. This size was too big afterall, so hopefully it will be next year’s costume, too! My son had a blast being in his costume! He even willingly wore the hood. My friend gave me the green fabric and I bought the striped fabric for … Read more
My son is fascinated by volcanoes and wanted a homemade volcano Halloween costume. Luckily this site was a very helpful resource. As some of you may be aware: you can’t buy a volcano costume. The fabric store nearby had a huge sale on fleece and felt, so we bought enough brown fleece to make a … Read more
The head of the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume is made of chicken wire fitted over a Star Wars trooper helmet and two shoe boxes. The shoe boxes formed the snout. Then the head was covered with paper mache and spray painted. The body is made of two sets of long johns, one pair is the pants … Read more
I decided to dress myself as a cavewoman this year for Halloween. I wanted a way to be original and didn’t want to dress in that pretty-girly costume like any girl. The costume is pretty easy to do. The only things you need is a brown blanket, a piece of fabric with animal print on … Read more
My son always wants a costume that you can not go buy at any store. One year it was a Rainbow Trout (He had to be a full length fish. He could hardly walk, and truly looked more like a merman in my opinion.), the next was a Dungeness Crab (which won the contest here … Read more
After having our first daughter we definitely wanted to “be” something that included the whole family. I had seen some leopard printed fabric at the store and was wondering what I could make. I had originally wanted to be the Flintstones but decided to be a CAVE FAMILY instead. I bought some leopard print fabric … Read more
After making my six year old son’s Pteranadon costume, my three year old daughter decided her costume just was not as good as her big brother’s. She really wanted to be a Pteranadon too, so that she could be like her big brother. I had already fumbled through the making of a Pteranadon, so I … Read more
I have a hard time finding costumes to fit me the way I would like for them too, so I decided to make it. My husband had a caveman/barbarian outfit and we wanted to match so I made a Cavewoman Costume. I purchased the material and got to work. I cut the pattern, did minimal … 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