This Deer in Headlights costume looks simple but took some time. It’s hunting season, think it would be easy to find a deer costume?? nooooo.. However finally found one. Made the eyeglasses out of pipe cleaners and glued on googlie eyes. Finding a black sheath dress was not so easy. Ended up in a teenie bopper … Read more
I had a great time making this homemade Hot Air Balloon Aviator costume, but it took me months! The outfit was simple: I used a sweater, long light colored scarf, brown leather jacket, and pink wig I already had (colorful wigs make all costumes better!). The goggles were found online. I just wore jeans and sneakers … Read more
This costume was very easy to make but time alittle bit of dedication. We got a big sturdy box and cut the top of it to make it the top of the balloon. I then taped the flaps together to make my box bigger. My daughter and I covered the box with brown construction paper … Read more
The day before Halloween I got off work and ran to the Goodwill where I found the overalls. I sewed on patches with fabric from old shirts. I found the gloves in the garden center at Walmart and the train whistle in the toy section. I already had the hat and handkerchief. It was quite a … Read more
This epic Thomas the Train costume started out as a train for my two year old nephew for Halloween turned into an obsession for a 48 year old “child”. I started with a shipping container for the cylinder body. I then formed the face out of clay on an old fan base and wire mesh screen. … Read more
Around Halloween lots of cute costumes started popping up on Pinterst and I found the cutest train costume ever, but there was one problem…it was for a 5 year old boy. The first thing I did in adapting the costume to fit my 5’5 frame was to take a look at how the costume was … Read more
My old college roommate, who is the BIGGEST Halloween nut ever, was having a Halloween party. She had invited me weeks before, and by the time the date rolled around, I had completely forgotten to get a costume. Because of how obsessed she is with the holiday, I knew I would be forever shunned if … Read more
I am Jamie and my boyfriend Craig agreed to do a couples costume with me this year for Halloween. He agreed under the conditions I would not dress him in any costume where he would be considered cute (3 years ago our good friends Sarah and Danny went as Raggedy Anne and Andy, we still … Read more
This was a cool ‘sky’ theme that matched the end of our Polish family name. The hot air balloon was made from extra colored flag fabric sewed together. Then, hoola hoops were inserted and it was attached to an extra laundry basket with four wooden dowels. It was decorated with some old tan pillow cases … Read more
Amazingly I had the idea for our airline costume the day after Halloween last year….this year I’m not having as much luck! When coming up with a costume the main focus of the costume has to be able to work on my gigantic dog, Gallagher. If not, then we move on to something else. The … Read more
When my daughter asked me to be a hot air balloon for Halloween I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off. With the help and brains of my hubby we had this figured out in no time! Building this was quite simple. We cut out the bottom of a basket and used our snowmobile … Read more
I took two large boxes from Home Depot, cut them out in the shape of a truck. Then I spray painted all of the sides and let it dry over night. Next was all decoration! I used aluminum foil for the windshield and the hub-caps of the wheels. I used a lot of construction paper … Read more