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 son wanted to be Jupiter this year due to his huge craving for space, so we went ahead and made a DIY Jupiter Halloween Costume. Step one was to buy a large beach ball. Then take flour and water and strips of paper ( we went to the local newspaper company and they had … Read more
My nephew requested an astronaut costume for Halloween this year. (It went well with his older brother’s sun costume!) I used a pattern; the material is vinyl. The patches were ordered off of the internet. Total Spent: $25
For this costume, I made a simple one piece jumpsuit. I found some clipart and made the patches for “NASA” and transferred them to iron on paper. For the helmet, I used a plastic pumpkin and spray painted it white. I used a dremel tool to cut out the front for the face. I added … Read more
My son wanted a Homemade Space Shuttle Halloween Costume. Space Shuttle? Don’t you mean an astronaut? –No, he corrected me, THE Space Shuttle. So here is the Enterprise—made with a diaper box and a few other boxes cut to fit, including an oatmeal box cut in half for the engine housing. Other than that I … Read more