As you can probably assume, my husband came up with this Homemade Ditka & Refrigerator Perry Couples Costume idea. As a true football fanatic he had always wanted to dress up as Mike Ditka, however we couldn’t figure out the perfect couple pairing. Then one night after a few drinks he and his friends came … Read more
Starting left to right… Pool chalk: Take a square box and cut the top of for the bottom part. Cut circles for the arms and top with a painted foam top. Cut a hole for you head and write the words on the box. Pool table: Rectangle box covered with green felt cut holes and … Read more
My husband and son have gone trick-or-treating every year as a duo. This year he wanted a Homemade Deep Sea Diver and Squid Costume and have his dad go as a giant squid. I don’t have pictures of it in progress, but I can tell you step-by-step how I made it. The helmet was made … Read more
My son thought he was getting to old for Halloween so we came up with a Homemade Die Hard Tailgater Original Halloween Costume Idea for his age. I had two black plastic bowls I had saved and asked what he might be able to make out of them. He said a BBQ grill. We attached … Read more
We decided to become a basketball team, inspired by the 70’s and 80’s. Our team, “The Outlaws” needed a Homemade 70s Basketball Team Costume! After looking for jerseys and shorter shorts and having no luck, we found some red jerseys, which one of the girls added to with stars, a number we chose, and each … Read more
In honor of the Crocodile Hunter who my boys loved to watch, we came up with this Crocodile hunter costume. I went to a local thrift shop looking for a khaki colored shirt and found one that actually had zoo animals on it which was perfect. I also found Safari hat/binoculars and a pair of … Read more
The theme for Halloween was WWE Wrestlers and I love to paint my face. So who better then Sting!! The Homemade Sting from WWE Costume was very simple. I got the black and white face paint, a wig, cut the wig down to size, and the rest I made myself. I borrowed my uncles long … Read more
We had another costume lined up for my son, but it ended up being too small, so this was very last minute. Mens doo rag that I tied to fit his head. Then I cut a piece of a child’s blonde wig and sewed it to the back of the doo rag. I cut the … Read more
I had an old pair of gold glasses. I made the make-shift coach’s headset from two old Walkman headphones. The Seahawk vest was in my closet and the mustache was trimmed to look like his. Holding the paper to cover my mouth when I spoke was a clincher, as Holmgren did that every game. And … Read more
On May 2nd 1967 the Toronto Maple Leaf’s were facing the Montreal Canadian’s in game 6 of the finals. With the series three games to two for Toronto, they had the advantage of taking home the Stanley cup. With Terry Sawchuk in net for Toronto and Gump Worsely in goal for Montreal the game began. … Read more
I made this Homemade Stanley Cup Costume this year for my 4 year old. He got tons of compliments walking around this Halloween. It was easy – no sewing required – just hot glue and tape. Supplies needed: approx. 4 ft of fabric silver metallic tablecloth (or emergency blanket could also work) spool of rope … Read more
I came up with this Homemade Basketball Hoop Halloween Costume about 2 days before Halloween. I wanted to be something different, and non-obstructive like the box-like costumes I had been in the past. So I was a basketball hoop! All you really need is: Cardboard String Markers Tape A sweatband A hole-punch Face paint Hairspray … Read more