As a twenty year old college student I attend a lot of Halloween parties during the month of October, because of this I obviously need many costumes but who has the money to go out and buy four or five sixty dollar costumes that everyone else is going to be wearing. So I have been … Read more
This Homemade Wrestling Ultimate Warrior Costume was made from anything you can find around the house. Hope you like it.
This Homemade Macho Man Costume is an early version of macho man Randy Savage from the 80’s. The sequin headband, the original Macho Man shirt, and the stars on the pants. OOOOH YEEEAAHH
For years my boyfriend Brady and I have brainstormed costume ideas and I have always created them. This year…MERMAIDS! Well, I was a mermaid and he was a merman, but not just any merman. We decided to make things interesting and create a “manmer” of sorts. Top half fish, bottom part human. Not only did … Read more
In honor of the Crocodile Hunter who my boys loved to watch, we came up with this Crocodile hunter costume. I went to a local thrift shop looking for a khaki colored shirt and found one that actually had zoo animals on it which was perfect. I also found Safari hat/binoculars and a pair of … Read more
You could hear laughter from blocks away “Wow! Look at the stick person!” Every person at every home we visited for treats had to see what the glowing costume was made of. And when we’d turn to leave and the host or hostess would catch a glimpse of the costume’s backside they would laugh hysterically. … Read more
My husband is a mailman so my son decided that is what he wanted for his kid Halloween costume! We took a plain pair of navy blue pants. Then I got a blue/denim button up the front shirt and sewed a postal patch on it. We bought my son a sun helmet, hip pouch and … Read more
Every year we come up with different party costumes. This year we made a kissing booth. This is what you need to make this costume: two boxes, one small and a half of one the kind canned goods come, in some red and white material, white puff paint, some quarters, four wooden rods, a frog … Read more
I started with window screen and cut wing shape out in one piece. I used cotton batting with clear fish line to bunch and stitch it on to the screen, both sides. I also turned over with pliers the edges of the screen, rather pokey if you don’t. I used straps from an old backpack … Read more
My 5-year-old wanted to be a Pirate for Halloween. I looked at several patterns in books but nothing jumped out at me. So I used an old pattern from last year’s indian costume. I got the fabric for the pirate costume from Walmart, all out of the $1 yd bin. I used red and white … Read more
My 4 year old son LOVES germs and bacteria. He told me he wanted to be a white Blood Cell (a leukocyte) and he wanted his little brother to be the germ so he could “protect the world from germs-or his little brother”. The Homemade Leukocyte and the Germ Costume is made from half of … Read more
I was trying to think of a great idea for a costume this year and a light bulb went off in my head. Knowing that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided I would make a giant Awareness ribbon to show my support for this great cause! It is a scary fact that … Read more