I wanted to be cute and original so this is how I came up with my homemade Mountie costume. I live in the Cayman Islands and Halloween is huge! There are also a TON of Canadians that live here. I also work for a radio station, we throw a massive Costume party in the lobby … Read more
This was a real homemade Halloween costume. You will need: one box, depending on the size of subject, red material, white spray paint, ketchup and mustard bottles, hotdogs and buns (two each), hot glue, newspaper and black markers, coffee filters (2) and duck tape string. I started off with a box and enclosed it completely … Read more
So, as most kids, my 1 1/2 year old son wouldn’t wear his costume. So instead of making a fuss, my husband and I decided to do most of the dressing up. My son loves Bob the Builder (and I have to agree, it is pretty entertaining) and after he found a hardhat at a … Read more
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
For my son’s 2nd Halloween I wanted something comfortable for him to wear and easy to walk around in. The Plumber Costume was simple: jeans, shirt, work boots and a tool belt to carry the very necessary plunger around. What plumber costume would be complete without the union required “crack.” I had his shirt lettered … Read more
For ninth grade school spirit week on extreme weather day, I wanted to stand out in the crowd (besides being 6’4″). Instead of wearing the average rain poncho or ski suit, I went with the hot and dry desert clothing and made a Homemade Safari Tour Guide Costume. The walking stick, aviator sunglasses, and cowboy … Read more
For Halloween this year, my construction-obsessed 3-year-old wanted to be a backhoe driver. Dressing him up as a construction worker was going to be easy – a hard hat, construction-style boots, jeans, a flannel shirt and a ‘safety’ vest with reflective tape – but how would people know that he was more than just a … Read more
The Mona Lisa costume was from a long black dress that I bought at the Salvation Army for $5, and I made the alterations necessaries with more black fabric for it to look like the 16th century and more Mona Lisa like, the frame is cardboard with a gold fabric I had at home. Makeup … Read more
This is for the Hot Dog Vendor costume (the one in the middle). Supplies: White shirt Red Tie Cardboard Box (kind used for carrying canned cokes) Stick on Letters Empty Ketchup & Mustang bottled Hot Dog Buns & Aluminum Foil Rope We took a cardboard box (kind canned cokes come in) and used stick on … Read more
My son loves to watch marching bands. We live in Ottawa and follow the Changing of the Guard throughout the summer. This year our son asked if I could make him a Homemade Grenadier Drum Major Costume. I figured it would be fun to try and make it. I started with the jacket. I used … Read more
One year, my friend Liz and I had waited a little too long to buy a Halloween costume. We were going to a party, and obviously wanted to look a little bit sexy… but neither of us wanted to spend $60.00 on one of those “sexy fill-in-the-blank” costumes. 1) A huge waste of money and … Read more
My 4.5 year old son, who is fascinated by construction equipment, decided that this year he would like to be a backhoe. Knowing right off that there would be no store bought costume available, my husband and I set about devising how to construct a Homemade Backhoe Halloween Costume. First off we started sketching out … Read more