I originally made this little Daisy costume for a birthday party but it was such a hit that I had planned to use it again for Halloween. The theme for the party was based on Alice in Wonderland and the singing daisy’s are one of the lesser known characters in the book so to be … Read more
This year my family and I decided to go as characters from the Wizard of Oz. I decided to make a Homemade Scarecrow Halloween Costume. It was a very simple. To begin with I glued burlap (purchased at a fabric store) to an old pair of blue jeans. I added straw/hay around the edges (I … Read more
We were inspired by a cell phone commercial for this year’s costumes. A guy takes his old cell phone into a pawn shop and asks the clerk what he can get for it… “I give you Dancing Flower”. This was a toy that came out in the 80’s and I actually owned one. As soon … Read more
The head of the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume is made of chicken wire fitted over a Star Wars trooper helmet and two shoe boxes. The shoe boxes formed the snout. Then the head was covered with paper mache and spray painted. The body is made of two sets of long johns, one pair is the pants … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES dinosaurs! I was really worried when he decided that he’d be a Triceratops for Halloween. I was not quite sure how I would pull off a dinosaur kid homemade costume. After digging for some thick jersey for the body and velvet for the horns, I realized that maybe it wouldn’t … Read more
I am a fan of ninjas and Japanese culture, so I decided to make a handmade Kunoichi (female Ninja) costume. I drew a sketch of what the costume would ideally look like, then took a three week period to put it together. First, I had to order the 51′ purple wig from China (Kanekalon wigs … Read more
I needed a costume that I could wear to work and since I work with children, we couldn’t wear anything scary. That’s when I made my way to this website and found the idea for Super Mom! For my homemade Super Mom costume idea, I made a cape out of some silky fabric from a … Read more
This home sewn dinosaur costume was made for my 6 year old son. It consists of a jumpsuit as a body and a head constructed of cloth and cardboard fitted for the child’s head to be looking out through an open mouth. The body is a simple one piece jumpsuit style easily adapted from any … Read more
I wanted to dress up for Halloween but I didn’t want to look like everyone else. So, I came to this website and found the loofah Halloween costume idea from Wendy and thought it was a great idea! I bought 50 yards of tulle and 150 safety pins. It took me awhile to get all … Read more
Our daughter loves to make things out of boxes. This inspired her to want to be a toy robot for Halloween this year. We let her pick out the color, and painted the boxes with craft paint. We added rivets around the border with metallic paint. We had fun finding gauges which we encased in … Read more
A lot of thought and engineering went into my first of many homemade costumes for my girls. I am a father of 2 girls that is currently laid off from work. My wife received a sewing machine for her birthday this year. Being that I am a power tool fanatic I quickly picked up on … Read more
When my son came to me and said: “mom, I wanna be a cool robot this year”, I knew it had to be good. We had a lot of fun making this Robot costume. Michael and I went to countless stores searching for things to use for our robot. We found a steamer and silver … Read more