This was a cool ‘sky’ theme that matched the end of our Polish family name. The hot air balloon was made from extra colored flag fabric sewed together. Then, hoola hoops were inserted and it was attached to an extra laundry basket with four wooden dowels. It was decorated with some old tan pillow cases … Read more
This year was the first Halloween that our son has ever experienced. He is just barely three months old so I wanted to make sure he was cute and comfortable. My husband is a Captain in the army and we had an event that was a costume party. I knew it would be around the … Read more
Our 4 year old boy is obsessed with the solar system. So when we asked what he wanted to be for Halloween he said ‘Saturn’. Where do you find a 3′ round ball / sponge / foam / anything to fit over a 4 year old and be rugged and light weight? My wife had … Read more
I’ve heard of little kids and pregnant ladies dressing up as the solar system for Halloween. I wanted to take that costume idea and make it a little sleeker and trendier so made a Ms. Universe costume. I started out by taking a dress I already owned paired with leggings and shoes that I already … Read more
My son loves space but do to budget constraints (we are moving) I had no money to buy a costume, then I remember the rocket outfit Gru wears as a child in Despicable Me and I started wondering how hard that would be to make. I looked and looked and couldn’t find that image so … Read more
These astronauts costumes were inspired by the one and only first astronaut that landed the American Flag on the moon by Edward H. White. One of the things that inspired me was when the Endeavor final mission landed on L.A.X. I was one of the most fortunate of hundreds of people to go see it … Read more
Firstly, I would like to apologize for my English writing skill. English is my 2nd language. So, I will try my best to describe how I made my son’s Halloween costume. I older boy is 3 and he loves Rocket Ship so I decided to make him a coolest Rocket Ship costume because it’s more fun and special. I spent … Read more
My very creative daughter decided she wants to be a sun for Purim. The internet offered boring/expensive options. Well, with some arts and crafts, present string, gold paper plates, yellow tights and shirt we put together this Sunshine costume.
My sister and I made this Homemade Astronaut Halloween Costume Idea for my son. All he wanted to be was an astronaut for Halloween. We stated with a basic white two piece pattern for the suit with actual NASA patch all over. The helmet is made of two salad bowls glued together with silver fabric … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to be a Homemade Astronaut and Solar System Couple Costume for Halloween this year. We tucked an old lab coat into Aikido (martial arts) pants found in our closets and pinned an American flag on his arm for his astronaut costume. With a 2 liter soda bottle and the hose … Read more
I have always loved to sew. In years past I have always sat down at my sewing machine and sewed almost all my Halloween costumes. I’ve been Minnie Mouse, Bride of Frankenstein, 50’s girl with the Poodle Skirt. When my 8 year-old was little I sewed some of his costumes also. He went one year … Read more
Mikey wanted a Homemade Astronaut Costume this year, so I started with white scrubs pants and a Dr white jacket that I purchased at the thrift store. I resized the back of the coat, shortened the sleeves and hemmed them. I took in the waist on the pants and hemmed them and took a white … Read more