My daughter told me she wanted to be a stop sign for Halloween. Well, I thought that was kinda boring so I talked her into being a Pedestrian Sign. Yellow is her favorite color anyway. For this homemade pedestrian crossing sign Halloween costume I started off by buying a large piece of styrofoam from a … Read more
My two year old loves hot air balloons. We live in an area where there are a lot of farms and there are many hot air balloon trips to see the beautiful farmlands. She calls them “up up and away”, this is the reason for the shirt. My husband who teaches special needs children to … Read more
This is my 4yr old daughter who loves Lil Toot. It’s lots of fun making a Halloween costume so I was up for the challenge. I used cardboard for the different shapes of the boat. Then I reinforced it with papier mache to get rid of all the construction imperfections and painted it. For the … Read more
My three year old son is very in to monster trucks especially Grave Digger so when he wanted to be a monster truck I got a little nervous about how I was going to make this creative costume work. To my surprise it wasn’t bad at all right down to the working headlights. Most of … Read more
My kids always want to have very original costumes, and this year, my daughter decided on a Homemade Ice Cream Truck Costume. I was an ice cream truck in the 6th grade, and while many thought it was a crazy idea, it is original and my daughter decided it was a good idea for her … Read more
Every year the University of Hawaii Parking office purchases over 100 traffic cones, of that approximately 50 cones go missing every year. In memory of those lost cones this costume was a tribute to them.
I offered to make my godson Jordan’s Halloween costume this year. I called up my cousin and asked if she would like me to help her out this year by making his costume and she said that would be fine with her. I asked her for suggestions or to ask him what he would like … Read more
My name is Brinklee, I wanted to get creative this year with my costume so I thought of the Brinks truck. I have never seen anyone else pull this off, but I think it suited real well with my name. To make the Homemade Brinks Truck Costume I just got two boxes and cut them … Read more
Lucas wanted to be a monster truck for Halloween: Grave Digger to be exact. He didn’t like the one that could be purchased online so we decided to make our own. We got lots of homemade Grave Digger Monster Truck Halloween costume ideas from your website and others to create our monster truck! We used … Read more
My son loves construction trucks and backhoes are his favorite by far. Of course that’s what he wanted to be for Halloween. We scoured the internet and found ONE picture of this sort of Child’s Backhoe Costume, but no directions. In the end, to make this costume we needed: 3 yards yellow felt (or yellow … Read more
My son is absolutely obsessed with John Deere so naturally he wanted to be a tractor for Halloween. Being brought up in an era of homemade Halloween costumes and birthday parties we opted for our own unique Halloween costume idea. It was a good bonding experience with my son to watch an empty egg box, … Read more
As most boys his age, my son loved Bob the Builder. I was pleased he chose this costume as I love doing homemade costumes and prefer them over store bought anyday, and most store bought unless very pricey are not very good quality. This choice was a bonus since I knew this one would be … Read more