My 4 year old son loves airplanes, so I decided to build a Homemade Pilot and Airplane Halloween Costume for my future pilot for his Halloween costume. First, I constructed a model out of construction paper just to figure out the design. I modeled it after a Classic Piper Cub. Then, I bought some supplies: … Read more
My name is Brinklee, I wanted to get creative this year with my costume so I thought of the Brinks truck. I have never seen anyone else pull this off, but I think it suited real well with my name. To make the Homemade Brinks Truck Costume I just got two boxes and cut them … Read more
We made this Zoltar Halloween costume using a box from a microwave. We painted it to roughly match the colors of the Zoltar video game machine from pictures we found online. I’m not sure if this game even exists anymore, but everyone recognized it immediately. I used a box cutter to cut out the window … Read more
For Halloween this year, my construction-obsessed 3-year-old wanted to be a backhoe driver. Dressing him up as a construction worker was going to be easy – a hard hat, construction-style boots, jeans, a flannel shirt and a ‘safety’ vest with reflective tape – but how would people know that he was more than just a … Read more
I love the play on words possibility behind “a roll in the hay”. I had two days to get everything and pull off the creation with limited funding! No pressure! I ended up spending $20, half of which was for a can of 3M 77 Adhesive. Many people asked if I had hollowed out a … Read more
My son loves John Deere Tractors so what else could he possibly be but a DIY John Deere tractor child Halloween costume idea. I used two cardboard boxes painted them green with spray paint for the main part of the tractor. I then painted a paper towel roll black for the stack on top of … Read more
Every year the Aramini family does a “theme” for Halloween! This year, we had a DIY fast food family Halloween costume idea… Mommy as Ronald McDonald – I went to the local salvation army and scored a pair of yellow adult footed pajamas and a red & white striped sweater.. I cut the arms and … Read more
We had twins day in office and my friend and I wanted to do something interesting. But we had no time and we didn’t want to spend too much… Our motive was just to figure out something that will give healthy competition to other contestants :). So we first thought of what are the outfits … Read more
Zoltar Speaks and Gypsy Halloween Costume Ideas: ZOLTAR COSTUME- BOX: Using duck tape, I taped together 3 boxes that I got from a clothing store at the mall (I just asked the manager and he was happy to give them to me). I spray painted the box with gold spray paint, taped a red piece … Read more
I was looking online and through magazines last year for couples Halloween costumes. Everything I found had been done a million times and we wanted to be something unique. I found a costume in a magazine of a small child in a vending machine costume with candy stuck all over the front of it with … Read more
We made our “drive thru girl” and “fry cook” costumes by wearing black pants, black visors and red color shirts. We printed and taped fast food logos the visor and shirt. For the drive-thru girl, I picked up a kid’s meal that day and used the container as purse, used a head set and black … Read more
I love making costumes and this Hot Air Balloon costume was perfect for my son! I found a basket at a second-hand store and had my dad cut out a circle out of wood the same size as the basket and attached PVC pipe for the polls and another circle for the top, then I … Read more