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

My son Landen wanted to be a mummy this year. Instead of just wrapping him in gauze I took white fabric that I had on hand and ripped it into strips. I then soaked the strips in tea overnight, in the morning I put them in the dryer. I bought a pair of stretch pants … Read more

This Homemade Mummy Halloween Costume was very easy to make and very inexpensive. We started with some old sheets. My daughter had lots of fun helping to tear them into strips (make sure you tell them NEVER to do this with your good sheets). Then we soaked them in tea in the kitchen sink to … Read more

I made this Mummy Spider Webbed Costume for my nephew, but he didn’t want to be a regular mummy so I made him a webbed mummy being eaten by spiders. First I had him wear a white turtle neck and some long thermal pants. I cut a sheet into long strips. I started to wrap … Read more

I am a mother of two wonderful children, my son is 5 and my daughter is 3. I am also the daughter of a very artsy, creative mother who shared her secrets with me at a very young age. Thank you Mom! Halloween costumes and Birthday cakes are my forte. I am told every year … Read more

This year was my son’s first Halloween going to school. He wanted something unique but really likes mummies. My first thought was “ok mummies are boring costumes” but I wanted him to dress as something he’d like, so went ahead and went with the Homemade Mummy Halloween Costume. I didn’t know what kind of material … Read more

My daughter always enjoys being something scary for Halloween. This year, she had a Homemade Mummy Girl Unique Halloween Costume Idea. I didn’t see anything in the stores that I liked, so I decided to make the costume myself. I started with an old turtleneck, pants, thin cotton gloves, and pair of Crocs from my … Read more

I went to a thrift store and purchased a white long sleeved shirt and a pair of white pants for this Homemade Mummy Costume. I then went to a local fabric store and bought 9 yards of fabric in an “undead” color. Then I cut the fabric by hand, into about 150 small jagged strips. … Read more