Well this is what happens every year!! After a flash of inspiration and about 30 hours of handy work. Its quiet strange what materials you find laying about the house. Everything you see was made from scratch even the suit itself is made from faux leather. The helmet was paper-mached over a large ballon, other … Read more
For Halloween I wanted to be the deep-sea diver aquarium man that releases bubble to aerate the water. When I was a kid I always wanted one of those plastic trinkets for my fish tank but never got to have one. Oh well, I just took it one step further and made myself a Homemade … Read more
My son Sawyer is 2 1/2 years old and is obsessed with bull riding. That is all he talks about and watches on TV. I thought this Bull Rider Costume would be the perfect costume for him. Sawyer named his bull “Dean”. This costume was a hoot and had many heads turning as he walked … Read more
Get Dunked On! Literally. Here is a little play by play of my basketball hoop costume this year: Materials I needed: Foam white board, Basketball Net, Name-Tag Clips, Head Band, black foam sheet, Orange tape, Orange Tights, Red tape, and Print out of a Shot clock. 1) Measure and cut arm holes. 2) Cut hole … Read more
My son was still pretty chunky on his second Halloween, and while he was walking around in his diaper one day the idea of a sumo wrestler came to me. I couldn’t just put him in a diaper and let him run around outside in October, though; he’d be cold, and that would just be … Read more
For the last five years I have been creating walking illusion costumes and this year, I did it again. I created the “Wrecked Tennis Player”. The best thing of this costume, was that it wasn’t heavy and bulky like the ones that I have made before. I took an old tennis racket that I had … Read more
Another year, another awesome Halloween! My friends and I decided to go with a tribute to the Harlem Globetrotters of the past; you know Curly and the gang. So with that idea here is what we did. First off we order the old school converse all-stars off line at the converse website and had them … Read more
Boing! Boing! Boing! It’s a big bouncy ball! I have wanted to be a ball for a long time but I couldn’t figure out how. Finally, I was cleaning up and I found a swimming pool toy ball. Often, my best costumes come from finding the right object to work with. Materials: -Swimming pool toy … Read more
This Homemade Scuba Diving Baby Costume idea came to my hubby and I because we wanted an original costume for our son. We are both avid SCUBA divers and decided that why not start him young? We took a black long sleeve/pant onsie playsuit (black) and made the “wetsuit”. I went to Ross and found … Read more
I made this Homemade Bowling Costume Idea in about 8 hours with the help of my Son Caleb. The costume consist of 8 bowling pins, lots of rigid wire, a foam core board and Balsa wood. The idea came from my warehouse manager. But I had to use my imagination as to make it work … Read more
I am 5’4″ tall and I used a size 58 coverall (so I am the legs of the diver) with a backpack to support the upper torso, drain pipe for arms, flower pots, PVC, coffee can lids and an old “fortune teller ball” for the Helmet of this Homemade Deep Sea Clam Diver Costume. I … Read more
These Homemade Fisherman and Fish Costumes were made by my mom. Blake is a fisherman and she used cardboard and posterboard to make the boat. Each board is cut out separately and she used silver paper to punch out nail heads. On the back to the boat is the name “Double Trouble” in red. To … Read more