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
My sister and I were making costumes for a Halloween party and I wanted to make a full skull mask. I only had a day to make my Homemade Skeleton Costume and built almost entirely out of cardboard, paper and duct tape, this was an inexpensive and fairly easy project to do. I was happy … Read more
Meet “THE KREEPER”! What you are looking at is a home built STILT costume which I built based on several characters from movies and TV with a twist of medieval flair. I’ve always wondered if I could build a stilt costume that would not look like I was walking on stilts, yet be practical and … Read more
My Homemade Zombie Costume was a classic type. I only spent about $15 bucks on everything for this costume. For the fake skin I just used glycerin and gelatin, mixed with hot water. Then blended the area in with facial cream and lots of fake blood. This Homemade Zombie Costume was very easy to do … Read more
This is an inflatable yard ornament. Our 15 year old son was playing with it and wanted to make it into a costume, so he mounted it to a helmet. For power, he wired the air blower motor to a 12 volt battery and put it in a pack around his waist. We bought black … Read more
Since I was a kid I have always loved Halloween. It is a event that allows you to take some time from the day to day grind and be some else for the night. I have always been big on the classic scares such as mummies, witches, and zombies. When I was in my teens … Read more
We got the idea online for our Homemade Headless Girl Costume so we went down to the local Goodwill and bought a roll around child’s back pack, a black dress and gloves for all less then 10 bucks. Then we cut the back pack part off and lifted the handle and glued it up then … Read more
I did the makeup of this Creepy Doll costume following a YouTube tutorial and added fake eyelashes. The dress was a kids dress. I cut away the sleeves and re-attached to a black short sleeve shirt, then cut away the shirt part of the dress leaving the bib area and pinning the bag into a … Read more
I decided to on a Homemade Headless Vampire Costume. We began my costume by buying a soft foam block at the local craft store. It was rectangular in shape and very squishy foam- such as what would be used for chair padding. Using a knife I cut the basic shape of shoulders/neck and then used … Read more
This is my 4 year old daughter, she wanted to be something scary this year so I came up with this Graveyard Costume. First I found the perfect size box for her. I cut a hole in the box just big enough for her head to fit through. I bought brown fabric 2 yards to … Read more
It all began by surfing the web and seeing someone else with the same Headless Halloween costume idea from a few years ago. I thought to myself I should try to do that so I did and this is what I came up with. This costume has been in the works since August. My mother … 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