My daughter and I went as Mommy and Baby Jellyfish this Halloween. The glowing jellyfish costume idea was a hit. And we had comments and compliments all weekend long! The legs/tentacles/stingers/not-sure-what-they’re called were glowing too, but you can’t see it very well in the pictures. These cost me about $28 total to make both costumes. The … Read more
I built a fireplace with a mantle out of foam core and covered it with brick contact paper. The Homemade Deer over a Fireplace Costume was affixed to me using 2 straps/belts that crisscrossed in the back and attached to the foam core above and below the mantle. On the mantle itself, I created a … Read more
Every year the University of Hawaii Parking office purchases over 100 traffic cones, of that approximately 50 cones go missing every year. In memory of those lost cones this costume was a tribute to them.
Saydee at age 20 months is the epitome of girl power with her “cowboy boot” slippers, pink kerchief, cowgirl hat with gold star sheriff badge and rugged but girly denim jumper. Of course, a gunslinger has to have her 6 shooters; notice that Saydee’s holster is blinged out with pink flower decorations. Not seen in … Read more
My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more
My son was obsessed with the cable guy. If we were driving and we saw a truck we had to follow it. So it was no wonder what he wanted to be for Halloween that year. I purchased a blue shirt and made an iron from their logo from a bill. And put his name … Read more
I began working on this couch potato costume in September 2007. My little brothers have a most creative Halloween Costume Contest at their school so we are always up against some pretty tough competition. It only took a few days to finish the costume, it would have been a little sooner, but I had to … Read more
I had tons of fun making this Indian costume. I started with some fake suede from the fabric store. I used a shirt as the template for the top. It fitted like a vest and was all one piece. I didn’t want to have any stitching so it would be more authentic. I cut long … Read more
I am a HUGE M&M collector. I have an entire room full of M&M items. Everyone tells me it looks like a store. I have M&M candy dispenser, many many pins, magnets, clocks, radios, everything you can image in an M&M. I also have M&M towels sheets pillows, plates, cups, mugs, silverware. M&M items in … Read more
We put this outfit together when we were invited to a “Saturday Night Live” themed costume party. Without the pillow, it also works as Patrick Swayze’s character, but the Chris Farley character is just much more hilarious! It even comes with its own theme song: “Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend!” What you need: Tuxedo cuffs … Read more
My Daughter wanted to be a DJ, So my brother in-law went out to the thrift store and purchased an old turn table. He mounted the turn table to some particle board. We hooked it to a pair of suspenders. We took a black plastic bag and added the vinly letters to the bag. Got … Read more
My two daughters wanted to be a magician and a rabbit in the hat. For the Rabbit in the hat I took an ice cream bucket from 31 flavors and covered it with black shiny material. All I did was hot glue the material, add a Styrofoam brim also covered with material, and to hold … Read more