I made this gross-ary bag costume for my little boy and he loves it. It took some time and hard work but we got it just the way we wanted it. It was very inexpensive and one of a kind. All you need is a box, some postage paper and some containers around your house. … Read more
Last year I went as a bath loofah; it was the best costume of the night! Everywhere I turned, people were rubbing? and scrubbing? up on me! I started with a green t-shirt from a craft store; Michael’s and Hobby Lobby have them for decent prices. I used tons and tons of safety pins and … Read more
I saw this great Homemade Bath Loofah Costume on your website and HAD to do it. I was going to do a different color but I love green! My husband went as a bar of soap (that was very easy to make). I bought an oversized green t-shirt and cut off the sleeves. I bought … Read more
Like most, I struggled to find a creative, non-provocative costume for a Halloween party I was attending this year. After walking down the aisles at a local store, I saw my inspiration for my costume: a clearance picnic basket. The most time consuming part of this DIY picnic Halloween costume was figuring out where to … Read more
The body and head of this homemade robot boy costume are made from cardboard boxes then wrapped with art paper to make the silver chrome paint more metallic. Head has a construction helmet (we duct taped the helmet in) making the inside fitted to head, eyes are plastic cups painted silver with lights inserted, mouth … Read more
So, we have a COOL ROBOT to make, lets get the materials…. We got/bought : * Box for the head – buy or ask local stores for free! * Box for the body – free * Two boxes for the feet (tissue box size) – free * Dryer vents * Silver spray paint * Grey … Read more
Well the idea for this Homemade South Dakota Snow Globe Costume came from a picture I saw on the internet of a little girl who was a Hawaiian snowglobe. I thought, “Hmmm, I should see what I can come up with to be a South Dakota snowglobe!” The obvious choice was to involve Mt. Rushmore. … Read more
We used a toilet paper box for the body of the robot costume, a smaller box for his head and spray painted them with silver paint. We hot glued gears and circuit board’s, belts and whatever else that my company was throwing out to both the front and back of the boxes after they were … Read more
It was a lot of work but it was totally worth it. I had wanted to be a mermaid before but never found a mermaid Halloween costume that was what I had in mind, so with the little money that I had and a lot of trial and error I completed my perfect mermaid look! … Read more
My 3-year old daughter, egged on by Dora the Explorer, wanted a Homemade Mermaid Girl Costume. Apart from the obvious problem of making a tail that a little girl can run & climb in, I also didn’t want her to be going outside the house in a top that looked like a bra. For the … Read more
My husband and I went as a mermaid and fishermen duo. For this fisherman and homemade mermaid costume idea we found almost everything at Value-village and other second hand stores. For the top I used one of those hold-you-in-full-body-bra-things you can find at Sears or the Bay. Than I used some silk fabric found in … Read more
A $3.00 dollar venetian blind and some scrap material turned my son into a winner at two local costume contests with this Peeping Tom Costume. I used an old book back with the collapsible handle and wired them so that the stayed in the up position. I then attached the blind, which I had cut … Read more