We made this nun costume for our seven month old daughter. The idea originated as a joke because she was anything but a good baby (she had horrible colic). The dress is a store bought Christmas outfit that had red flowers at the waist. I took some black fabric used for the habit and covered … Read more
I always try to make my own costume that is somewhat original and will closely resemble what I am dressing as while still looking like myself. This time I choose to dress as a Homemade Redneck Halloween Costume. The basics of this costume are white undershirt, plaid/checkered shirt, ripped jeans, work shoes, trucker hat, and … Read more
D.B. and Rogina Redneck (aka Debbie & Roger) Last year we decided a little redneck gender-switchin? would be fun for Halloween. “Rogina” only took about 15 minutes to create. We used a nightgown and a long blonde wig. I chopped off the bangs and rolled up the rest awkwardly in hot rollers. “Her” makeup was … Read more
This is a basic Halloween costume idea. All you need is an old pair of pants, a shirt, a wig, a beard and some Austin Powers teeth. Rip up your pants and dirty them with some paint. You can do the same with the shirt. Then get some cardboard and a sharpie and make a … Read more
Years ago we read a suggestion in Exceptional Parent magazine to incorporate the wheelchair into the Halloween costume. We’ve had lots of fun doing just that and made this Hippie in a Love Bug Car Wheelchair Costume! My husband cut the car out of large cardboard boxes and attached them to the wheelchair using string … Read more
We dressed up like a Candy Raver Costume in 2007. The costumes were super cheap to make. We went to the dollar store and bought tons of neon and then dug through Jane’s closet to fish out some of her old outfits. The costumes were a hit and I will definitely repeat it one Halloween. … Read more
A redneck hillbilly retirement party in West Virginia was the inspiration for these costumes. The guys wore thrift store bib-overhauls. My dress from the thrift store was in the uniform rack. I had to sew the bib and attach it to the skirt. Luckily I found matching material at the fabric store. With the scraps … Read more
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