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
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
My daughter really wanted to be an artist so we started looking at pictures on the internet, books, anything we could get our hands on. We finally found a cute outfit on the internet that my daughter loved. I first found a broom at a Halloween store. I tied the top with a rubber band … Read more
Ryan Schultz, our 3 year old son, was determined to be a UPS Man for Halloween this year. When looking at Halloween costume catalogs on various occasions, we asked Ryan what he wanted to be for Halloween. There were a lot of things that caught his eye, but he kept saying he wanted to be … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a cop this year. So I found some size 24 mth boys fleece cargo pants and a polo style shirt both in navy blue. I made patches, name tag, and all the little details. I just used fabric paint to paint on fabric then cut the ones I liked out … 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