This Homemade Little Gypsy Costume is a pretty basic costume, but there were some fun touches that I think made the look complete. We started with a $3 woman’s blouse on clearance from WalMart – which was nice & blousy for my little girl. Then I went to the fabric section where I purchased 1/2 … Read more
At wits end for a great costume, I visited Value Village for ideas for funny Halloween costumes. Inspiration struck once I found the wig and I headed over to the Ladies clothes to try to find something that would fit my frame. A kindly elderly lady helped me select a couple outfits and I assumed … Read more
My brother in law and I were dressing up for Halloween and didn’t know what to do. So he dressed up as a chick and I dressed up as Jeffry Star who is a guy naturally. We went through the taco bell drive thru and he talked like a woman all night.
We simply took an old shirt out of his father’s closet and used it with a pair of khaki pants, very rolled up to see the high socks. Bought an ugly pair of bug glasses and he was done. I bought a moo moo knee high stockings and a pair of slippers. I took a … Read more
The reason this Punk Rocker Costume came about is because at the time my son had a mohawk that he just wasn’t ready to shave off yet..his baseball team got them for the championships that summer (yes ,they won so the other moms were less mad at me for letting my son start the whole … Read more
I was in Wal-Mart one day and I always go look at their $1 fabric. I happened to see some vinyl red and blue zebra fabric. I knew I had to have it for my homemade Halloween costume ideas and I came up with the idea that we would be rockers for Halloween. I made … Read more
My sister and I went to the Thrift shops in the neighborhood not knowing what we were gonna do for Halloween costumes. So I started by picking up a pair of blue plaited polyester man’s pants and a cool blue dress shirt. Then we went over to the woman’s section and picked up a really … Read more
My costume is of an old lady with a door who hands out candy to all the “cute trick-or-treaters” who knock on her door. This old lady giving out candy costume took about a week to construct, and withstood many material changes. The door is completely handmade out of foam board and wooden frame. It’s … Read more
Looking for something different and had no luck. Went to church and saw the nuns and that gave me the perfect idea to make for my two year old. Her outfit was sewn and her head piece was a skirt pant with a head band underneath. We received lots of attention for this Homemade Child … Read more
This is my 3 year old grandson. He is dressed up in an old man costume. I went to the thrift store and bought the clothes then to a Halloween store and bought a hat, glasses, pipe and cane. I took grey hair from a wig and cut small pieces to make the mustache and … Read more
Homemade in our native Pennsylvania, the Amish were a simple choice. Prior to our party, we did basic shopping for fresh bread and jarred jelly to give the host as a gift and people didn’t know if we were authentic Amish or not! The best part was not allowing the picture to capture our faces,as … Read more
It all started over a year ago, I went as Jesus and entered a contest on break.com. I received second place next to Billy Maze, poor guy. So this year I decided to push the spiritual envelope again. I was having trouble deciding how I was going to do it, but knew I needed to … Read more