This is a Homemade Krusty the Clown Halloween Costume from The Simpsons. For Krusty, I drew immediate inspiration. The biggest challenge for me was, of course, emulating that zany hair. How I did it(from head down): I cut up a long, wool-like, aqua-green scarf from Walgreens into two pieces. I then filled each end with … Read more
We all grew up idolizing the 80’s wrestlers and decided that this was going to be the year, especially since The Rapture took Macho Man. There was a couple more of us including Hot Rod and The Hulkster, but I chose to be Ravishing Rick Rude. Our training regime started 2hrs earlier and involved Coors … Read more
For Halloween, I decided I wanted to be my favorite all time Disney Princess, Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I didn’t want one of the store-bought, not-as-cool looking costumes, so my mom and I came up with this creation for our Little Mermaid Costume. For the “tail”, we made a skirt using green fish scale … Read more
My son Brooks was a Bob the Builder nut. But every time we went shopping for a Bob costume they were plastic and cheap looking. For his birthday, late Sept., his grandma got him a pair of construction overalls. Perfect, I thought. He already had Bob sneakers. So I went to the toy store and … Read more
I had been watching America’s Next Top Model a lot and apparently having a long neck is an asset so I wanted to make a Halloween costume that would allow me to have a very long neck just for the day. My husband helped me create this giraffe costume and I was thrilled with the … Read more
I really wanted this adorable lion costume for my sons first Halloween. However there was absolutely no way I was paying $100 for it. I looked at the costume for weeks before I decided to just go for it and make my own homemade lion costume. I bought fleece and fake fur fabrics from the … Read more
I made my son this Lion costume for his first Halloween using a Simplicity pattern #3594. Instead of putting bands on the sleeves I put elastic because that was easier. Also I used the “eyelash” type of yarn for the mane which gave it more of a “fur” look. I was expecting it to be … Read more
The Homemade Lego Pirate Costume was completely homemade for under $50. It includes the head, chest piece, a hand stitched glove, hook, sword, and leg pieces. In all, took about 2 weeks to make. I based the costume off of the Lego pirate minifigure I had at my house. The head started with insulation foam, … Read more
For this coat I traced the outline of my jacket for my Elizabeth Swan costume. This material was originally a trench coat from Goodwill. I had bought a shirt to modify but that turned out poorly. I had to removed the collar, sleeves and top and bottom pockets, this was very difficult, and if I … Read more
This Homemade Half Devil Half Angel Costume was a very hard costume to make. I sewed on it for days and days, and had to breathe in tons of red and white feathers lol. In the picture, which is not a very good one, but the only one that showed the whole costume decent, I … Read more
I made this fairy costume for my husband to wear at our daughter’s 1st birthday. Every year we have a theme and he begrudgingly dresses up to match that theme.( I think secretly he loves it) This particular year we had a fairy party so I got to work creating him the perfect fairy outfit. … Read more
This Homemade Egyptian Royalty Halloween Costume was created using a moving box. The hygrogliphics were fashioned after some online research. The headpiece is a piece of cardboard. A pair of old stockings helped create the illusion of real skin for the legs and feet. The compliment to this was another of the same except a … Read more