I consider myself a pretty crafty person and have just recently really taken to sewing. I decided to attempt to make costumes for my kids this year. I have 3 kids and they’re all dressing up as different types of hippies. The older two turned out ok, they’re more of the nature, free spirited hippies, … Read more
This is our Homemade Jellyfish Halloween Costume for our daughter. We bought a foam hat from JoAnns, cut a ring of poster board out and attached it to the brim of the hat to extend its width. We then used a glue gun to attach, firstly, a layer of iridescent basket wrap, then secondly, a … Read more
This is our Not-So-Happy Homemade Camping Tent Costume I created for my 7 year old son this year! We got the idea after reading a little about similar ideas using only clothing to get the image but we took it a step further and created the entire tent of doom! I started with a square … Read more
This Homemade Deep Sea Diver Costume came up from exploring the depths of the ocean to show everyone how useful and exciting recycled materials can be. We had a blast creating this costume. It is unisex, versatile and durable. The diver’s helmet is made from recycled cereal boxes, hot glue, paper mache, recycled plastic bottles … Read more
I made this Octopus Baby Costume completely by hand using needle, thread, material, and a bathroom tub mat. I made this for my 1 year old grandson, measured the height he was then cut the material 1 inch above so it wouldn’t drag. It was like a dress below the bottom so he could move … Read more
My Homemade Angler Fish Halloween Costume was a real party pleaser! I used some foam from a couch cushion and carved it out to make the body of the Angler. I then made the additional pieces like the eyes, the fins, the esca (or lure-like antenna), and the lower jaw. The teeth are styled from … Read more
My 3.5 year old son insisted on being a Hammer Head Shark; a regular shark would not do, it had to be a Hammer Head. Naturally, we searched for examples but found very little. I started with a grey hoodie sweatsuit and created fins from foam and grey felt. The head is grey felt stuffed … Read more
Makinzi is 6 years old and a dreamer. She wanted to be a LITTLE MERMAID for Halloween. The problem with store-bought mermaid costumes is that the tail restricts movement so we decided on a Homemade Little Mermaid Costume. I made her tail fin from 6 in strips of overlapping twill. This allowed her to move … Read more
We made our own costumes this year. I like hunting so we came up with the idea of a Homemade Hunter and his Dead Dear Costume. My camo hunting pants, rubber boots (which you cant see in the pic) carhart vest, blood smeared white Tee shirt, unibrow and handlebar mustache (black makeup) dirty looking face … Read more
Here I am roasting marshmallows: Cardboard Foam (red, yellow, orange) Puffy Fabric Paint Foam soda can holders sticks red shirt brown pants sharpie Red and Orange Hair Paint Cut and paint cardboard to resemble logs Cut foam into flame shapes adding puffy paint for detail Use sharpie to draw log pattern on pants Paint foam … Read more
I first thought of this costume on 2nd November 2008. I wanted something that combined scary, sexy, big and original; mermaids and pirates immediately came to mind. I therefore created this homemade Mermaid Optical Illusion costume. My upper body was that of a mermaid, and my lower half was that of a pirate. For the … Read more
I loved the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ and came up with the idea to make an Homemade Angler Fish Costume this year. I started with a chickwire frame. As you can see, it came out better than I expected. Over the wire I put duct tape to help keep the shape. I then put paper mache … Read more