I went with the Loofah Halloween costume this year. I, too, got the idea from Wendy on the Coolest Homemade costumes website. I pretty much made my costume the same way as everyone else on here did. I didn’t actually use tulle though, I think what I bought was called netting [I’m not really familiar … Read more
This year my 6 year old daughter wanted a tooth fairy for Halloween! I did not know where to begin, I mean who has ever seen the Tooth Fairy? So I went to the store and got 2 yards of heavy tooly and some elastic, made a skirt, then hand sewed in a woman’s size … Read more
For this Homemade Bathtub Costume, I picked up a bunch of the supplies from the dollar store. I grabbed the rope bucket from Target for $7. Cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket so that I could wear the bucket. I cut off the rope handles and instead strung ribbon through the existing … Read more
This year was kind of crazy for me. Being that I am an “adult” now, I was over the whole sexy costumes that every girl in college wore. I decided to be something that was basic but easy and that I could still be sexy but sexy-ute. I talked to a friend and decided the … Read more
I was in a hurry last year to make a costume at the last minute and found your website. I found the Loofah Costume and thought it looked pretty easy! As it turns out, it was! I started with a black ribbed tank top as my base. I put the tank top around the end … Read more
This was my eight year old daughter’s idea. We took an inexpensive shower curtain and hooks, hula-hoop, shower brush, lots of silver air-duct tape, cardboard tubes, empty soap box, small hand towel, saran wrap and tinsel. She wore a shower cap, mud face mask (green face paint),a pink turtle neck and leggins, finished off with … Read more
My son and I were trying to decide what he should be for Halloween, and the longer we thought about it we came up with the idea for him to be a Toilet Costume. So I (mom) went out and got some cardboard boxes, white duck tape and some white craft paint. And I started … Read more
This toothbrush costume is part of a trio of costumes that I made for my three kids Halloween costumes. Jacob (age 8) is the toothbrush Caitlin (age 6) is the toothpaste and Jocelyn (age 3) is the dental floss. Everybody thought they were so cute especially our dentist. One of the pictures is of all … 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
After trying to come up with a homemade costume idea, I started thinking about household items that I could possibly be. When I got to thinking about shower items, it was no longer a question, I thought of a Loofah Costume Idea. I bought some tulle material (about 15-20 yards) at Joann’s fabrics, along with … Read more
Here’s our interpretation of the “Monthly gift from Mother Nature…” I wanted to do something really funny and make a costume that no one else would be demented enough to make. So I decided to take what all of us women are made to deal with each month (of course I am talking about our … Read more
Came up with this Condom Wrapper Costume out of cardboard from a tv box. I couldn’t find cheap hula hoops to make the ‘ridge’ part of the condom, so bought some cheap flexible plastic piping and taped it to the cardboard. Next, I glued a few rolls of silver cellophane, used to wrap gifts, and … Read more