We found a fairy pattern and bought sunflowers and glued them to the bottom of the robe and small ones for her shoes. The wings on the Fall Fairy Costume were wire then with a taffeta over the wire glued to it. I tried to attach them with Velcro but ended up tacking them into … Read more
I created this homemade Beer Knight Halloween costume to put together my love of medieval armor and alcohol. I first started by creating the shield. I based it off of my fraternity’s symbol, the star shield. It is a pentagon with a star in the middle and two swords crossing behind it; in my costume … Read more
We got so many people complimenting us what great costumes we had! We also go “Most Original” in a costume contest. This Girls Gone Wild Girl and Film Crew Couple Costume is pretty simple to create. For the guy, you can either go on E-bay and locate a Girls Gone Wild Shirt and hat or … Read more
I wanted my son to be a scarecrow for Halloween but I wanted something homemade. At least three people I know also chose scarecrow costumes and they all bought the same one from the store. It was nice to have my son in something different. And it meant so much more to me that I … Read more
My Homemade Bag of Groceries Costume was made with a paper towel box, brown postal paper, empty grocery items, and a hot glue gun. I glued paper around box then glued groceries on top.cut a hole in top for my head to come up then I went to jewel and got brown bag and cut … Read more
Have you ever wanted to pass down the traditions of Halloween to your kids, then the best thing that I could do for them was to make sure that their Halloween costumes are always handmade. Growing up, my mother always made my costumes by hand and used her imagination to bring these costumes to life … Read more
There have been many variations of this costume, but none were what we wanted for our costume. We decided to take matters into our own hands. We bought a sheet of pink foam insulation and cut it into two rectangles that were the right size that we needed. We covered the two pieces of insulation … Read more
My daughter Laura age 7 had been telling me for months that she wants to be a magazine for Halloween. We have been making costumes for the past couple of years. When it got closer to Halloween I tried discouraging her from the homemade magazine cover Halloween costume idea. I told her “I don’t know … Read more
My daughter loves Halloween and movies so we decided to combine the two and had this Homemade Movie Night Halloween Costume Idea. I took a cardboard box and cut holes for her arms and head. We covered it with white poster board. Then we used red duct tape to make the red stripes down the … Read more
This is our daughter Phoenix, she is a Homemade Pipe Organ Costume made from scratch. It took almost a month to make it. It all started from a cardboard box and glue construction paper and the best part about this costume is that it actually plays, people can come up to her and play it. … Read more
This year was kind of crazy for me. Being that I am an “adult” now, I was over the whole sexy costumes that every girl in college wore. I decided to be something that was basic but easy and that I could still be sexy but sexy-ute. I talked to a friend and decided the … Read more
I made this robot Halloween costume with a plastic case, vent hoses, plastic boxes for feet and plastic jar for the helmet. I took duct tape and glue and finally metallic paint for the aspect.