My husband loves pigs in a blanket, which gave us the idea for this homemade pig in a blanket costume. We love homemade costumes with original ideas that no-one else will have! My sister was in college and didn’t have much money to spend on a costume and this was a very good penny pincher … Read more
I have created a Homemade One Night Stand Costume. It is full body that wears like a Hat, skirting goes to the ground, with suggestive articles on top. I wore a sexy but NOT revealing outfit, all in red with fluffy high heel slippers. I took 1st place at the “Magic Lamp” in Rancho Cucamonga, … Read more
My 4 year-old son’s name is Jackson . Every year I come up with a Halloween costume idea so to incorporate his name with his costume, i.e. (Jack-o-lantern, Jack in the box, Jack of hearts and this year he was Hungry Jack). The materials used for this Halloween costume idea were 9×11″ sheets of felt, … Read more
My Daughter wanted to be a DJ, So my brother in-law went out to the thrift store and purchased an old turn table. He mounted the turn table to some particle board. We hooked it to a pair of suspenders. We took a black plastic bag and added the vinly letters to the bag. Got … Read more
Braxton is ready to rock it out and take your money!! Especially with the little chubby belly…I used a white dress shirt and cut off the collar and sleeve cuffs, he already had the black bow tie and black dress pants. We slicked up his hair and he was ready to go! We got a … Read more
Every year, we take our children camping for Halloween. The campground has a Halloween contest and trick or treating and all kinds of fun things to do. We decided last year to take our dog with us and therefore had to come up with a costume at the last minute. We had a Winnie the … Read more
I am a huge Harry Potter fan, actually my whole family is (minus my husband). So when Halloween came around I found it only fitting to make our four legged child Harry Potter!!! For the glasses, I used brown pipe cleaners with masking tape to make them look broken! I looped them around his ears … Read more
I honestly don’t remember what made me choose to make my little puppy into a bunch of grapes but I can tell you that to this day, my Boston Terrier, Jake, is still traumatized from the Fruit of the Loom Doggy style costume. Supplies: white baby t-shirt, purple balloons, Safety pins, green construction paper, scissors, … Read more
I wanted to have a large, grey bum for Halloween so my husband and I created this elephant costume for the big night. It started with a fat suit from a Big Bertha costume, then a large, grey homemade dress with pink paw pads and a tail with the fuzzy black tip. The head was … Read more
My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. After checking out store bought costumes I decided I could make a much better homemade Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz costume for a much cheaper price. First I bought a cheap tan sweatsuit with a hood … Read more
I always wanted to dress as Tinkerbell for Halloween, so when I finally convinced my husband to be Captain Hook, I started right away with our Tinkerbell and Captain Hook Couple Costumes. For my Tinkerbell costume, I started with the green crushed fabric and the bodice of what was the top part of my prom … Read more
My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. After checking out store bought costumes I decided I could make a much better homemade Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz costume for a much cheaper price. I used an old pair of brown pants and an old … Read more