I love an easy to make costume for children. After struggling with finding a theme that would work for a boy and a girl I came up with the perfect idea! I had so much fun putting these adorable ‘Little Old Lady’ and ‘Little Old Man’ costumes together! My daughter loves to play dress up … Read more
I consider myself a pretty crafty person and have just recently really taken to sewing. I decided to attempt to make costumes for my kids this year. I have 3 kids and they’re all dressing up as different types of hippies. The older two turned out ok, they’re more of the nature, free spirited hippies, … Read more
My 3 year old daughter wanted to be batman for Halloween, but since she was just 3 I still wanted to dress her the way that I wanted to because I know in a few years I will not have any say in what she wanted to be. For this Rockstar Girl costume I started … Read more
Being 12 you can’t dress up anything too risky or too revealing. So humor totally makes up for it. I decided to be something out of the ordinary and so, as you can see in this Halloween image, I became a grandma! It was easy. You get a moo-moo or a silk nightgown. Then you … Read more
I got it into my head that I wanted to use some sort of fake hair for my Halloween costume, so I ended up deciding on a bearded lady costume. Once I settled on that idea, I figured I needed to fully commit to being a carny. For me, this meant layers. The beard and … Read more
I love wearing costumes, any occasion to dress up is a favorite. I love even more, making my own hand made costumes. This year, after having a homemade tutu birthday party I needed something even bigger for Halloween. I started drawing my flapper girl costume in August so I knew it would be ready. I … Read more
There are three of us. Not sure if that’s allowed but I thought I would give it a shot! I actually made all the Sassy Chicks Costumes- me being gogo (the one in the middle). My clothes were purchased at a thrift store and I made the ball and chain and sparkley bowtie. The girl … Read more
I buy items at auction to resell and you never know what I’ll bring home! You can find these items at a thrift store. I looked around my house for items that would create a good and easy to make costume. I wanted to win the contest at work! I had a 40’s dress, salt/pepper … Read more
My Grandkids end up with store bought costumes every year. So this year I wanted to make something we all could be alike. I had fun making us all look like Ho Bo’s. We even got free food at two different places. We had so much fun at Halloween. My grandkids thanked me over and … Read more
This French Man Costume is when my son was 1. I decided to make him a French Man for Halloween. I mean who doesn’t like a baby in a mustache with a loaf of bread. I made a black and white tight shirt out of an old woman’s shirt from Goodwill. I cut it out … Read more
Whenever the guys at the office would come over for poker night they used to bug me because my house was always clean (I am a bachelor). I used to retort that I had a French maid coming in once a week to perform all the duties. Of course none of them believed me and … Read more
First of all I totally rock, so I totally had to build the best rocker chick costume I could think of so the first thing that came to mind was a totally 80’s Punk Rocker Chick. I went to some local thrift shops and picked up a few items such as a black tank top … Read more