My son was obsessed with the cable guy. If we were driving and we saw a truck we had to follow it. So it was no wonder what he wanted to be for Halloween that year. I purchased a blue shirt and made an iron from their logo from a bill. And put his name … Read more
This is my homemade transformer costume which took me two days to make. I named it the Tan-yota, my name is Tania and I drive a Toyota haha I used cardboard boxes to cut out the shapes and purchased everything else at the dollar store. The wheels are Frisbees that I painted in black to … Read more
This is a Hot Air Balloon costume using my daughter’s left over medical supply boxes etc. It is made with a small cardboard box that we threaded wool through to look like a basket, we added filled socks for the sandbags, we used old catheter tubes too create the poles of the basket and attached … Read more
My Homemade Mr. Safety Traffic Cone Costume was created using ordinary traffic cones. The concept was three-fold, started out a few years ago thinking about the movie “Space Truckers”, there were these robots in it with funny heads I liked. I only saw the movie once though and remembered them as being traffic cone like. … Read more
I love making costumes and this Hot Air Balloon costume was perfect for my son! I found a basket at a second-hand store and had my dad cut out a circle out of wood the same size as the basket and attached PVC pipe for the polls and another circle for the top, then I … Read more
This homemade construction costume was a fun project to take on. The Loader actually scoops! Everything was found in my basement except for the paint for a total cost of $15! The Loader and Digger buckets are diaper boxes. The main body is a mosquito zapper box and the upper part is an amazon box. … Read more
My son, like others, is in love with John Deere tractors. So when he asked for a John Deere Green Tractor Costume for Halloween. I did some research and dove right in. I used two cardboard boxes, connected with paper tape. Then cardboard cut-out wheels and lots of green, yellow, and black paint. I used … Read more
My 5-year-old LOVES stoplights. She has a small “toy” stoplight in her room. I used that as my inspiration, as I couldn’t find too many ideas for these types of childrens Halloween costumes. I started with a large box. I turned it inside out and cut out the holes for her head and arms and … Read more
Before I saw everyone else’s costume I thought that I had a unique Halloween costume idea! The only thing I could add is that I had actual working head lights and tail lights on my son’s “Tractor” (and a trailer hitch – although not a three point hitch as his Dad’s has!) It didn’t take … Read more
This is 6 year old Nolan and he loves bulldozers. This homemade transforming bulldozer kids costume is based on the 10 second appearance of “Rampage” the bulldozer after Sam’s parents in Transformers 2. We started with the cab and hot glued the pieces into a pentagon. We cut out the blade and rolled the bottom … Read more
This year my husband’s costume is a Pine-Fresh air Freshener. Here’s how it came about… Every year my husband says he will dress up for Halloween, and every year he backs out at the last minute. This year I decided to make him a costume and I knew it had to be something original and … Read more
My son loves tractors. His room is all John Deere. We made his Homemade John Deere Tractor Costume out of boxes, left over paint from the bedroom, foam rubber, plates and press on lights. It took about 10 hours to make. He is two and loves it. He was on the cover of local newspaper.