This was a fun costume! everyone loved it! I sprayed the freezer with fake snow to give it the frosted look, used a fake packaged “heart” and a little make up, slit throat and frosted hair were perfect touches. He Loved IT! I used poster board which was pretty light, and cut it to the … Read more
Huge spaghetti and meatball dinner with salad, garlic toast and the chef! My daughter is afraid of everything so food was a safe bet for this Head on Platter Homemade Costume! Spaghetti is her favorite dinner so I just had to bring it to life. I began with craft foam, cut out the shapes for … Read more
You know how hard it is to please the family for those big holiday dinners? You can’t go wrong with this meal! I made this Headless Costume with a thrift store dress, an old backpack, some newspaper, masking tape, and craft paint. I took two long cardboard wrapping paper rolls and put wadded up newspaper … Read more
The year my daughter wanted a Skeleton Costume, I was not impressed at all with the store costumes as it involved more cheesey glow in the dark stuff instead of anything even coming close to real. Instead I purchased black sweats, 1/2 a yard of white material, some stitchery witch, a white knit hat, black … Read more
I really wanted to do a zombie, but I don’t like the look of fake blood after it dries so I decided not to be a bloody zombie, guess I’m a hungry zombie? I decided my Hungry Zombie Costume had just risen, so I took regular clothes, cut them up and smeared them with red … Read more
I made my zombie homemade Cruella DeVille costume as part of a themed fancy dress of horror Disney outfits. I simply wore a black dress and stockings, red gloves and fur coat. For my hair I cut off pieces of a blonde wig, back-combed them and gripped them into my hair, then sprayed the whole … Read more
Every year we make our costumes, and this year we decided to make a Homemade Sensational Stainless Steel Refrigerator Costume. It took me about 10 hours all together to complete. What I did was put gray duct tape evenly around the outside of two boxes. One box should be a little smaller than the other. … Read more
My son wanted to be a devil for Halloween, but I wanted to add to it to make him stand out from the rest. I bought a devil costume and then added poster board for flames and put him in the basket. This one was a winner at the Halloween contest. Total Spent: $25
I had just found this new job, and been working there for less than a month when they announced that we should dress up to come to work on Halloween day. I had nothing to use and I wasn’t going to buy a costume only to wear to work so my daughters and my wife … Read more
I won for best for this head in fridge Halloween costume! Very easy to make.
