The things I needed to make my homemade Goldust Halloween costume idea are as follows: A gold full body spandex suit. Then I used silver fabric paint and black permanent marker to draw the design on the spandex. I bought a long blonde wig with bangs, and for my face I used gold face paint … Read more
I had an old pair of gold glasses. I made the make-shift coach’s headset from two old Walkman headphones. The Seahawk vest was in my closet and the mustache was trimmed to look like his. Holding the paper to cover my mouth when I spoke was a clincher, as Holmgren did that every game. And … Read more
After seeing the cheap look of the Bob the Builder store costumes we decided to make our own Bob the builder costume. We already had the overalls and just needed a few more items which we found at a thrift store; we found the hard hat, shoes, belt and shirt. Our son loved it! The … Read more
This homemade tiger costume is almost entirely handmade. For the ears and tail, I bought some thick bendable furry stuff (kind of like a really big pipe cleaner) at ACMoore and painted it with acrylic paints (orange and black tiger stripes) after bending the ears and tail how I wanted. For the shirt, I had … Read more
My giraffe costume is made up into 6 different pieces. 4 stilts (one for each arm and leg), a neck/head piece, and a body piece. The back legs are construction boots connected to brackets on wood that creates a 3 foot stilt. The front legs are crutches that are extended 3 1/2 feet. All of … Read more
I sewed this costume from a Simplicity Sewing for Dummies pattern. I could not Halloween costume patterns on line. The costume options were a clown, tiger dog etc. I used the tiger pattern. It’s just a basic jumpsuit with booties and a hood plus cat ears and a tail. I made a cougar because we … Read more
I got the idea to do this Jack Sparrow costume after jokingly running through 4 lanes of traffic while flaring my arms. My friends said “You run like Jack Sparrow.” So I decided to go with it. I thought about it for about the next year re watching the movies and slowly getting down quotes … Read more
I didn’t feel like going to the bar for Halloween but at the last minute my friends thought it would be a good idea to go. The idea for this “girls gone wild” costume just came to me so I painted this sign in ten minutes and pinned it to my other shirt. And who … Read more
Jimmy McMillan is a very obscure candidate who rose to fame following a televised debate two weeks ago. My 13 year old son wanted to dress as McMillan. Here are more images showing the progression of his make up… Here’s a video of Jimmy McMillan at the NY Governor’s debate:
My daughter really wanted to be either Florence Nightingale or Clara Barton, civil-war era nurses – because she read about them at school. This Clara Burton Nurse Costume came out really well, adapted from a Simplicity pattern. Most of the adults at the homes knew who she was, but all the kids didn’t have a … Read more
We went as a group of high school prom queens from various years throughout the 80s. Dresses were all bought at either thrift stores or on Ebay. And we all found old dress shoes that matched. We bought tacky jewelry for accessories, tiara’s, and gloves. We crimped our hair, and wore side pony-tails. Very wide … Read more
This Homemade Fall Fairy Girl Costume was made with mostly upcycled items from around the house (we are crafters). We used wire hangers and tights for the wings. We used glitter glue to decorate. We did purchase some remnant material for the layers of the skirt and shirt. I used flowers from old arrangements and … Read more