We were looking for a costume that was creative, maybe a play on words. When we mentioned “partly cloudy with a chance of rain costume” he jumped on the idea because he’d get to hold a squirt bottle. We started with a light blue t-shirt and light blue sweatpants. I doubled over white felt and … Read more
My 5-year-old is quite the free thinker and she insisted on a Homemade Rainbow Costume. Not being very crafty, I scoured the internet looking for ideas and couldn’t find much of anything. I was at a thrift store one day where I found a rainbow-striped sundress and that started the ideas rolling. After finding the … Read more
A Camper’s Worst Nightmare … While searching the internet for inspiration, my son and I came across a pre-made “The Bugs are Biting “costume. This got us started on our Homemade Camper’s Nightmare Costume. Different plastic bugs were purchased at various stores and the jeans and shirt were picked up at a local thrift store. … Read more
This started out as a simple question, “What are you going to be for Halloween?” The first thing that came to mind: Praying Mantis. Upon hearing this my boyfriend responded “please don’t,” and at that moment I knew I had my Praying Mantis Costume and a challenge. The next day I immediately went to work. … Read more
Our family went as bugs. Praying Mantis, Ladybug, Butterfly, Bumble Bee & Firefly. All of the bug costumes ( except for the wings) were homemade. I was the firefly. You can’t see the back of the costume but I used a white balloon with glow sticks inside for my bum light. Then just used sticky … Read more
I wanted to do something original, cute and funny. One day the Travelocity Gnome popped into my head. Although a lot of people also thought I was David the Gnome. I hand sewed the Gnome Halloween costume outfit out of a fuzzy blue blanket. To do this I first cut a head hole on the … Read more
My two boys love spooky and scary! Halloween is their favorite holiday second only to Christmas. We usually decide on a costume and when we are done making it we start thinking of ideas for next year’s costume. I hate spiders so I do not know how I got talked into this Homemade Spider Snack … Read more
I took black and yellow felt and sewed strips of it together and then eyeballed the general shape of the shirt and cut those out, along with black lining. One of the shoulders was left open and velcros together. I sewed that all together and stuffed the costume with batting. I took hard felt and … Read more
Here is a one-nighter costume I made for a youth group camp I went to. The theme was ‘God’s Weird & Wonderful Creation’. Materials: black smooth fabric, polyester wadding, acrylic paint and brushes, a black headband and black pipe cleaners. It’s pretty much a flat quilt-like design with a fabric sash/bow to tie round the … Read more
Last year my animal loving son Trevon had just turned five years old, and wanted to be a poisonous spider for Halloween. I started with simple black jogging pants and a sweatshirt. I then purchased black velvet and filled the “legs” with poly-fil and glued them with a hot glue gun. I then glued on … Read more
My husband and I had a really hard time thinking up a costume last year, but we decided at the last minute to be a Greek God and Goddess. We went to WalMart and bought white sheets, leaves from the floral section, and gold rope from the craft section. When we got home, we cut … Read more
I originally wanted to be a Faun but didn’t have enough fabric for it so I made the bottoms for my daughter and it’s still a bit short, but hey, who’s paying attention it looks totally cool I think. Cut a training bra for the ears, makeup sponges for the horns, my heels covered in … Read more