This Homemade Girl’s Mermaid Costume was made for my five year old daughter who is absolutely in love with mermaids. It was a pattern that we tweaked a little bit, and we tailored it to fit her just right. I worked on it day and night, for two weeks straight, with the help of my … Read more
These child Halloween costumes were very tricky to make. I used the old McDonalds commercial from the 80’s for the idea. They did a take-off on “Mac The Knife”, and called the moon head with the sunglasses “Mac Tonight”. Having no idea how to make the moon head costumes, I first thought papier-mache would be … Read more
Looks hard…but this was one of the easiest do it your self costumes I’ve made. If you know how to cut things in half and sew, then this is the costume for you. The idea came from my 10 year old daughter wanting to be a boy for Halloween and I said “It would be … Read more
What’s Needed: – Rain Jacket and Pants ($12) (I used my ski pants) – Sculpting wire ($20 – Arts and crafts store) – Duct Tape – A microphone (I used a screw driver and made a paper box) – Sticker Printing paper ($3 cut and paste the weather channel logo and stick them on your … Read more
This toothbrush costume is part of a trio of costumes that I made for my three kids Halloween costumes. Jacob (age 8) is the toothbrush Caitlin (age 6) is the toothpaste and Jocelyn (age 3) is the dental floss. Everybody thought they were so cute especially our dentist. One of the pictures is of all … Read more
This Piggy Back illusion costume was very easy to make, cheap and looks great. My daughter always has these funny Halloween costume ideas. She put on a backpack stuffed with newspaper (for the hunchback). Then she put on a loose black dress. I stuffed the witch’s mask with newspaper, put a goggle eye and a … Read more
I wanted some costume ideas so when I saw the purse handle at the fabric store I came up with this idea. I used upholstery foam to make the general shape then covered it with the fabric (using only glue – no sewing). Once the fabric was attached I glued on the handle and trim. … Read more
I created this costume by starting at a thrift store. I found a little girls “puffy” shirt, a black vest and a women’s scarf. I then went to a Halloween party store and bought a pirate hat, hook, dagger and eye patch. I already had a red bandana from a previous costume so we used … Read more
For this homemade eyeball costume I used a Chinese lantern for the mold – just make sure it is a big one that has the large opening big enough to fit your head into. I then bought a roll of white paper from the craft store and wallpaper paste from the hardware store. Other paper … Read more
These Crayola Crayon costumes were made entirely by 3 university students. We borrowed a sewing machine from friends of ours and made 3 dresses in different colours. We then bought black felt and cut out strips to create the squiggles. We cut out an oval and cut the crayola sign out of it. We glued … Read more
This Homemade Elmer’s Glue Child Costume is my son’s first Halloween so I wanted him to have a really awesome costume. And because I wanted it to be unique, I knew that I would be making it instead of buying one. I started with an oversized white turtleneck, about three sizes bigger than he needed. … Read more
In our high school, it’s a tradition for all and only the seniors to dress up for Halloween. My friends and I decided we wanted something different but where everyone could tell what we were. So we decided to be a Homemade Box of Crayons Group Costume! Everyone picked a color they wanted and we … Read more