Jenavee dressed as a “Rapper Bee.” Last year the song “Imma Be” from Black Eyed Peas was very popular. Since her name is Jena Vee, it sounded a lot like the song and her friends would always sing… JENA VEE, JENA VEE, JENA JENA JENA VEE, copying the song. So she decided to dress as … Read more
I saw a young girl about six years old dressed up as this last year. I wanted to run with the idea this year because I think it is so funny and love to be extremely random. Last year I went as a bathtub, or rather a person in a bathtub! I made every inch … Read more
So our little man went as a Stink Bug! The homemade Stink Bug baby costume was super simple to make. I made the back shell out of paper mache. Just blew up a balloon about the size of my baby’s back. Then I made an outline of the shell and just did paper and glue. … Read more
I made this coconut tree costume for my daughter. She loved it. She got so many compliments on this costume. And I had a lot of fun making it too. I bought some green cotton blend fabric,some stiff interfacing, floral wire and poster board. A friend of mine gave me some brown fabric. I used … Read more
I needed to come up with a different idea for a costume for an older child. It gets harder every year to come up with a cool costume for an older boy (I like to dress my children up in very original costumes). I saw a commercial for the movie the fly and the costume … Read more
My daughter’s disco theme was twins. We come up with the idea of Gemini (the star sign) which represents twins. It just so happened that I had some material in the cupboard – white dance time satin and some gold. I had been shopping the week before and I saw this fabric on sale (as … Read more
Every year I search the internet for the the perfect idea for my Halloween costume. And this year I wanted to be totally original, trying something that I’ve never seen before. I was looking at several options and decided to do a bronze statue of Blind Justice Costume. The costume was relatively easy to put … Read more
This is one of the easiest costumes I have done. A few skirts from around the house and a sombrero I bought on eBay, and with the help of a little snazaroo face paint(anything else will run) and viola! I painted mine and his face myself. Total cost for both 60$
This is a Homemade Dia De Los Muertos Couple Costume my wife and I wore to a Halloween party. The paint is water based and I used an airbrush to paint the black base and a hand brush to paint the bones. My wife made the colored paper flowers.
My two girls wanted matching costumes this time so I decided that since I hadn’t purchased pumpkins this year I’d make them Jack-O-Lanterns. This was really easy to set up. I took two over sized orange t-shirts and stuffed them with plastic garbage bags. I then dressed them in green and put these orange stuffed … Read more
I created a homemade dust bunny costume for my son. I needed to make a costume for him since he has Sensory Issues and also easy to put on and take off. I had to think of something that was easy for him to handle. I though a dust bunny was a fun way to … Read more
On Halloween night with our costume on you will hear remarks like : ” Hey, you’ll never guess what I saw walking down the street!!!! A table!!” Yes, a table complete with lamp, a cup of milk and a book to read casually placed on top. This Homemade Table and Lampshade Halloween Costume Idea was … Read more