I made this Bubble Gum Machine Halloween costume for my 2 year old neighbor. It required red paint, a box, balloons, Styrofoam, aluminum foil, and a swimming cap. I started by cutting the bottom out of the box, two holes for the arms, and a hole in the top for his head. Cut strips of … Read more
Every year around mid August my mind is swirling with Halloween costume ideas for my kids. I just can’t bring myself to buy a polyester costume when I have enough crafty sassiness to create something memorable for my kids. So, with sheets of foam core in hand, spray paint, glue guns and a few other … Read more
I had tons of fun making this Indian costume. I started with some fake suede from the fabric store. I used a shirt as the template for the top. It fitted like a vest and was all one piece. I didn’t want to have any stitching so it would be more authentic. I cut long … Read more
My costume was an incredibly easy and cheap thing to pull off. It’s a clever play on words that you may have to explain to some of your friends who may not be as bright as you. The shirt says “GO CEILINGS” and the sign says “CEILINGS ARE NUMBER 1!” I bought the shirt, hat … Read more
My name is Sherri and it had been years since I dressed up. But I was invited to a Halloween/Birthday party so I thought I would throw something together plus my daughter wanted me to dress up as I walked around with her trick or treating. It seemed like every idea I had I couldn’t … Read more
I had a homemade cereal killer Halloween costume idea. I made it all with things I have at home. I took a pair of old cloths and glued small cereal boxes to the shirt with knives coming out of them with the fake blood coming out and splattered over it. I had blood splattered over … Read more
After being inspired by the costumes on the website we decided that “Holy Cows” were the way to go! We bought scrub bottoms and long sleeve t-shirts as our base and then cut out cow patches in black & white felt. We then added a big pink felt belly and stuck a blown up plastic … Read more
Here is my daughter, 20 month old Elise, as an Indian Bollywood dancer! I rummaged through a bag of material that my friend was giving away to the Goodwill. I found several yards of this pretty blue material with a gold design. I took a pair of stretch pants I bought on sale at Walmart … Read more
We made our “drive thru girl” and “fry cook” costumes by wearing black pants, black visors and red color shirts. We printed and taped fast food logos the visor and shirt. For the drive-thru girl, I picked up a kid’s meal that day and used the container as purse, used a head set and black … Read more
This was a dress given to us by someone at a rummage sale (it was a homecoming gown), my mother took it for my daughter, as she wanted to be Miss USA 2017 (since she is 7). You don’t need many costume designs to create this persona. She already had the pink bodysuit worn underneath … Read more
My dog Kano is a great dane/akita mix, which means he is tall and weighs 135lbs. Needless to say, you can’t find very many 5XL dog costumes for sale (even online) so every year I have to make him one. I always liked seeing the little dogs in banana costumes, but I figured a really … Read more
My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. We certainly did not want to leave the cat out of the Halloween festivities (or at least not the pictures). The girls wanted him to be a flying monkey. For this homemade Flying Monkey cat costume I … Read more