I was 8 months pregnant at Halloween last year and there was no hiding that bump! I needed to be comfortable but still wanted to be clever. The mummy idea popped into my head and I was determined. I found some very inexpensive white lounge pants in XL and a large long sleeve white T … Read more
My wife (real wife, not only mummified wife) and I dressed up as Mummies from this year Carnival parade as part of our neighborhood theme Egypt (we participated in Ispra, Gavirate and Laveno Italy) plus image of the kids and friend costume that I made for the same events. Artistic wise both masks were made … Read more
This mummy costume I made for my son Terrell. It wasn’t hard to make but looked as if it was. All I paid for were some glue sticks and some fake bugs from the dollar store. This is how I made it. First I found some old top sheets in my closet, tore them up … Read more
All fall I was thinking of a Halloween costume, when I finally thought of a mummy. Tried to find an already made one online, but none of them appealed to me. I also wanted to be a cute mummy. So I decided to make my own Homemade Mummy Girl Costume. I started by buying a … Read more
This Homemade Mummy Halloween Costume was the inspiration came from a Hallmark Halloween ornament. I am a graphic designer and love creating costumes as a creative outlet. I always put extra time into my 3 kids costumes due to a local parade we enter yearly. The mummy was put together with staples and a hot … Read more
I decided to make a mummy costume because I wanted to be something that is typically associated with Halloween, but also something that you don’t see very often – especially homemade versions. I’ve seen many mummy costumes from a package, but never a successful homemade one that also looks flattering. Hence, the idea was born. … Read more
I have 4 children, the oldest being 10, and have never purchased a costume. I love the challenging ideas that the kids come up with every year. Well, this year my 5 year old wanted a Homemade I Love My Mummy Costume. I didn’t think that this was going to be very challenging at first, … Read more
There is a history behind this Ninja Mummy costume. :-) My 12-year-old son wanted to be a “furry character” for Halloween this year, so I went shopping. I found a great gorilla costume for $39 at a Halloween costume shop, but my hubby saw the price tag & said “Absolutely NOT! He has to do … Read more
This costume is literally a white shirt, black stretch pants and 10 rolls of gauze. We wrapped her from head to shoes in gauze. Don’t wrap too tightly, so it can be removed easily later. We ran out before we got to her arms, but because her shirt was white she was able to pull … Read more
My son’s mummy costume was a huge hit. I stared with his old karate costume, bought some gauze fabric for $3 at Walmart and used fabric glue. I cut the fabric into strips about 12″-18″ long and began gluing them onto the karate outfit. I left lots of pieces hanging off. I found a bit … Read more
my son is 2 in this picture. I didnt want to dress him up in a plastic superhero costume, so I made this Homemade Baby Mummy Costume out of spooky fabric at the Halloween store. I started at his feet and wrapped him like a mummy. He loved it and got tons of compliments. Super … Read more
Homemade Mummy Costume, Good Old-Fashioned Monster Fun! All the pre-made mummy costumes we found were crummy, looked like uniformly layered petticoats! This costume took 20 hrs to make (including the time to figure out what I was doing!) but he looked like a movie monster and got lots of compliments. Inexpensive. Minimal sewing in straight … Read more