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.
Having dressed as an elf, reindeer, and snowman in previous years, the Christmas just been I decided to go all out step away from the standard festive costume choices and dress as the famous Coca Cola Truck for my last Christmas at University. Being a student I was working on a pretty tight budget and … Read more
The idea of a Blind School Bus Driver Halloween Costume didn’t strike me until two weeks before Halloween, and as is the case with any rushed project, hindsight is always 20/20 (ooh, nice pun!). Body: The bus body is two cardboard boxes – the smaller box (engine compartment) is essentially the size of a box … Read more
My grandson, who is almost 4, is obsessed with John Deere Tractors. So naturally, when it came time to get a costume for Halloween, he automatically said he wanted a Homemade Big Green Tractor Costume. So this is what I came up with. I used two card board boxes, some spray paint, tape and glue … Read more
We were browsing costume ideas on your website and found the idea for the Brinks truck. My 6 year old daughter fell in love with the idea, so I got busy on a Homemade Brinks Burglar Costume. I used two cardboard boxes, one large, one medium. I cut all the flaps off. I glued them … Read more
My son Jeremiah (five years old) loves trucks, semi trucks; pick up trucks and any kind of trucks. His dad and grandpa both drive semi trucks so this year he asked me to make him a Peter built costume. I put his costume together with about five boxes. I glued and taped two together for … Read more
My son loves his tractors and he wanted to be a tractor for Halloween so we granted his wish for a unique Halloween costume idea. My sister started with a box and then cut out wheels from cardboard and attached them on. Then it was painted. We used a paper towel roll for the smoke … Read more
After seeing the cheap look of the Bob the Builder store costumes we decided to make our own Bob the builder costume. We already had the overalls and just needed a few more items which we found at a thrift store; we found the hard hat, shoes, belt and shirt. Our son loved it! The … Read more
(SORRY-in the pictures one of my lights fell off…i noticed just now, If you scroll at the bottom… you’ll find links to see my costume in a better way). This homemade Transformer (that actually transforms) Halloween costume took a whole week to make. I got the idea to make a transformer costume, but then I … Read more
My 3 year son Ean is a tractor fanatic so he wanted to be a tractor, but of course it had to be a John Deere tractor costume, not just any old tractor, for Halloween. I used three cardboard boxes one cut in half and glued on each side of the main box for the … Read more
My son was obsessed with crossing gates. I came up with this idea for a Train Crossing Gate Costume and he won first place at our park district Halloween party. I took heavy foam board and made the two cross pieces. I used black stickers for the letters and used two sided tape to tape … Read more