This costume is a funny play on the better know Starbucks barista uniform. The costume consists of: 1. Green Apron 2. White Shirt 3. Black skirt or pants 4. Tip Jar that reads: “Thanks A Latte!” 5. Name tag that reads: “Mocha” or another coffee name 6. Visor or cap (with new logo sticker attached) … Read more
I have been making my own costumes for a few years now and my motto is…”The bigger the headpiece, the better”. Every year I try to come up with some kind of elaborate headpiece that no one else would think of. One year, I came up with pageant costumes. Not your normal everyday pageant but … Read more
I’ve been running a Halloween 5K for a few years now. For my first two years, I just repeated costumes I had used before. But for the third year, I was in need of an idea. For some reason, the old “is your refrigerator running” joke popped into my head. And I knew I had … Read more
I bought a kid sister doll on ebay, then a striped dress from a thrift store. i cut the dress up and made one for the doll. I duck taped the doll to my side and had the same hair style, shoes, glasses as her. It was a hit with everyone
We came up with this “Pot Brownie” Couple Costume because we didn’t want the typical slutty costume. We wanted something funny and creative. We got the skirt and shirts from Value Village, bought the socks at Fred Meyer and went to Joanna fabrics and got green and brown fabric and felts. I already wear glasses … Read more
Here’s an FBI Agent costume, a great last minute idea for a child’s costume. I used a long sleeve black shirt, black pants, black sun glasses, black baseball hat and black jacket, lanyard and photo ID using Printmaster etc, for FBI BADGE. I used white tape to add FBI to front of shirt back of … Read more
I wanted to be cute and original so this is how I came up with my homemade Mountie costume. I live in the Cayman Islands and Halloween is huge! There are also a TON of Canadians that live here. I also work for a radio station, we throw a massive Costume party in the lobby … Read more
For ninth grade school spirit week on extreme weather day, I wanted to stand out in the crowd (besides being 6’4″). Instead of wearing the average rain poncho or ski suit, I went with the hot and dry desert clothing and made a Homemade Safari Tour Guide Costume. The walking stick, aviator sunglasses, and cowboy … Read more
One year, my friend Liz and I had waited a little too long to buy a Halloween costume. We were going to a party, and obviously wanted to look a little bit sexy… but neither of us wanted to spend $60.00 on one of those “sexy fill-in-the-blank” costumes. 1) A huge waste of money and … Read more
This is not original but I wanted to submit it so people could see another version of a costume you already have on here. I could not figure out how to make the box work (like the original) so I simply cut out a “frame” from a cardboard box, taped it very securely (with heavy … Read more
My kids LOVE cereal, so why not be that for Halloween. Here they are as each of there favorite cereals. I hand make there costumes every year and they dress as trios every year. I don’t like store bought costumes so for years now I have made my kids costumes. We are very well known … Read more
My son loves construction trucks and backhoes are his favorite by far. Of course that’s what he wanted to be for Halloween. We scoured the internet and found ONE picture of this sort of Child’s Backhoe Costume, but no directions. In the end, to make this costume we needed: 3 yards yellow felt (or yellow … Read more