Well I got really tired of the “store bought” costumes my daughter’s mother would buy so this year was going to be different! While I was sitting in my garage pondering what to make my daughter Riley this year I looked down and saw a mouse trap. I didn’t pay too much mind to it … Read more
I wanted something unique and funny for my company costume contest. I saw the girl in the green loofah on this website, and I was sold! (thanks Wendy in FL!) I decided to be a loofah, but expand on it a little. I bought 20 yards of purple netting on sale for $.77/yd. (tulle will … Read more
I always wanted a robot costume, but never had a good enough reason to make one. So when I got invited to a Hero & villains Halloween/birthday bash (he was born on the first of Nov!) a robot was the first thing on my mind. It is made out of a hell of a lot … Read more
My daughter Kylie is a dancing, cheer leading, mani/pedi kinda girl and she is only 5. When I asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween this year, she said a purse. I thought she was kidding at first, but she was dead serious. So, it was off to Joann Fabric to see what … Read more
My husband was a pirate and our baby was his little parrot. For the Homemade Pirate and Parrot Halloween Costumes we used black pants and a frilly white shirt. We had actually used both last year with a cape and teeth for a vampire costume. I cut about a 5 inch width of red satin … Read more
My daughter announced at 7pm that she had to dress up as a pirate the next day!!! Of course I had nothing prepared and it was too late to buy anything, so thanks to sites like yours on the internet I was able to get some great ideas. First off I found a denim skirt … Read more
This Robot Costume started when my 4 1/2 year old son said, mom I want to be a robot for Halloween. After going to countless costume stores trying to persuade him to change his mind I finally gave in and decided to make him his robot costume. I started with spray painting and finding boxes … Read more
I decided to do a Retired Hooters Costume for humor with all my co-workers. Thought it would be so funny for everyone to enjoy as well as I will.
Once our 5 yr old son found out that his sister was making her costume with Dad he wanted to make one too. And since he is obsessed with robots of course that is what he wanted to be. They worked for several weeks on this robot costume. It’s made of boxes and duct tape … Read more
This Mama and baby robot costume was very easy to make. I took a box and cut out arms and head holes for myself and covered it with foil paper. then I spray painted solo cups silver and cut them out to over my legs. I used the backs of the aol download discs and … Read more
I use to love the WWF when I was kid! Although many young people now do not remember the old characters, many remember Macho Man because of the many commercials he did. So I wanted to recreate that. He wore so many different outfits, it was hard to pick one. So I did a collaboration … Read more
With this Homemade Mermaid Costume, I really wanted to create something unique, something that was not like the typical mermaid costumes. I started by making a long spaghetti strap sheath dress–(you can also just purchase one at a thrift store). Mine was made of deep blue stretch velvet. I then used several different colors and … Read more