I had made my daughter an airplane costume which is also on here (Fly Girl). I couldn’t just make a costume for her. So I asked my son what he would like, he didn’t know. Well the pink fire truck came to town for breast cancer. One of the firefighters spent about a half an … Read more
“Fire and Ice” plus a “snowflake”. I made this Homemade Fire and Ice Costume over a few weeks, with most pieces coming from Goodwill stores and the rest was art/craft supplies I already had. “Fire” was A plain red dress that I painted flames coming from the bottom of the skirt-with yellow acrylic ceramic paint-and … Read more
For this homemade tornado Halloween costume idea I wanted to use one of those tall bushel baskets as the frame, but ended up with a tomato cage. I cut it open, so it could be held opened while he stepped into it. I was going to cut out spots for his arm, but on my … Read more
For this Homemade Venus “MAN” Trap Costume , I got a large plastic potting vase from a hardware store and cut a hole in the bottom. I had to use a series of bungee cords in order to get the vase to hang. I’m basically wearing a bungee around my waist and there are smaller … Read more
My boyfriend was a garden gnome – he wore black pants and boots, and had some slip on boot covers (that cannot be seen in the picture). The shirt was from Old Navy and he wore a sweatshirt and a puffy vest for extra padding. We made the belt out of a wide strap of … Read more
This garden gnome Halloween costume was such a fun costume to make and to wear. First, I took two pool noodles and taped them in a straight line. Then glued the red fabric to them, stuffed it full of newspaper and used hot glue to hold it together. The mushroom stem is just made like … Read more
COOLEST (Inexpensive) Spider Halloween Costume Idea from Recyclables: My boyfriend inherited an old top hat from his son and I volunteered to decorate it for a Halloween party we were attending. Those “fake” spider webs gives him the “heebie-jeebies” so I began to decorate the hat with ribbons for spider web and stickers. He was … Read more
This is our Homemade Butterfly and Alien Costumes. My mom was an alien, a simple and fast costume: black tee shirt and pants. goofy horned hat. goofier sunglasses. a light up belt made of silver vinyl ribbon from the craft store and battery operated rice lights poked through from the back. It was clipped together … Read more
I created this costume because my son loved spiders or Buga-bugas as he calls them. I bought some black fleece, which was very inexpensive and very easy to use since you don’t have to hem the edges because they do not unravel. I created the head by making two hoods, one the size of his … Read more
After looking online for appropriate armor and helmet I was unimpressed and decided to make my own homemade Leonidas King of Sparta costume. Using pieces of poster board I cut the shapes I needed and taped/glued everything together to make my “forms”. I then used packing tape over each piece to make water resistant, as … Read more
This is a homemade Satyr costume my husband and I made for our 15 year old daughter. After looking at the ‘off the rack’ costumes offered this year, she decided to go with a homemade Satyr costume. We did a lot of research online and found several websites with instructions for digitigrade stilts made out … Read more
Found under the tree Xmas morning. Not! This Christmas Elf costume took me weeks to fabricate. I used curtain material for the body, satin for the cuffs and trim , felt for the ears. (add some bells and whala!) I was due to go out for a Christmas eve drink with my girlfriends I finished … Read more