My name is Sherri and it had been years since I dressed up. But I was invited to a Halloween/Birthday party so I thought I would throw something together plus my daughter wanted me to dress up as I walked around with her trick or treating. It seemed like every idea I had I couldn’t … Read more
I had a homemade cereal killer Halloween costume idea. I made it all with things I have at home. I took a pair of old cloths and glued small cereal boxes to the shirt with knives coming out of them with the fake blood coming out and splattered over it. I had blood splattered over … Read more
After being inspired by the costumes on the website we decided that “Holy Cows” were the way to go! We bought scrub bottoms and long sleeve t-shirts as our base and then cut out cow patches in black & white felt. We then added a big pink felt belly and stuck a blown up plastic … Read more
Each year I like to dress as something topically relevant from the past year. Last year was a Political Twister, this year it’s the Stimulus Package- the Stimulus Package that the American people really want. My homemade Stimulus Package costume was complete with an address label to the American Citizens from The Obama Administration and … Read more
My friend and I couldn’t decide what we wanted to be for Halloween so we looked up different compound words and figured we would each be half of the word we chose. We came across “blackmail” and thought that it was perfect. One of us wore all black and the other made a mail envelop … Read more
This is a homemade, life-size cutout of Wayne Brady and me being his biggest “fan.” I printed Wayne Brady on regular 11×8 paper, glued them on Styrofoam board. For my costume, I also used Styrofoam board and sewed some parts together. My fans also work/spin! This Celebrity Fan Costume cost me about $20 to make, … Read more
I needed something quick and easy, and something that I could still do my job at work in. I started looking around the house for things I could make a costume with when I spied the tape that I use to send packages with. I then came up with this mail order bride costume idea … Read more
My daughter was having a hard time deciding between a rapper or a clown costume this year so I suggested that we combine the two ideas to a Homemade Candy “Wrapper” Costume. The costume comes complete with cotton candy hair, candy corn painted finger nails, baggy pants that show boxers underneath, a rainbow belt, rainbow … Read more
For this homemade trash costume I went in a more conceptual direction – literal trash, but also trashy trash, i.e. fishnets and smeared lipstick. Our friends went through a period of lovingly calling each other traaaaash! (yeah it’s kind of trashy) so I wanted to embody this with a homemade trash costume. I started by … Read more
My 9 year old son, Stevie, went as a ‘cereal’ killer this year. We stabbed small cereal boxes with a knife and then put fake blood on them and waited for it to dry. We used a larger cereal box and did the same, but then left a larger fake knife sticking out of the … Read more
Oh, the drama!! We decided our original “drama queen” needed a costume that would suit her for Halloween. We shopped the local Goodwill store and found the perfect bridesmaid dress. We added matching shoes to complete the look. The tiara was purchased at the Halloween store, but I have seen them year round in stores … Read more
My name is Stacey and I dress up every Halloween and I am like a kid. I have to have something new or different each year. I have been like that since I could walk. I kept trying to come up with something this year that I hadn’t used in the past 30 years and … Read more