My son told me one night at age 4, that he really wanted to be a hippo for Halloween. I looked everywhere and couldn’t find a Hippo costume or any sort of ideas or patterns. I bought a frog pattern a few years prior on a clearance at a local fabric store thinking that at … Read more
For her first Halloween I thought I’d turn my daughter into a banana costume since her name rhymes with it and it’s what we always call her anyway. I already had a white bunting bag which became the part of the banana you eat. I then stapled on foam cutouts to make the peel. Sewing … Read more
Here’s our Banana in Pajamas costume. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a mother of young children I was always on the look out for great ideas for the kids. Bananas in pajamas are an Australian cartoon (see picture) and also a TV show and seeing the live characters sparked my imagination. I … Read more
Great Gotham! It’s a day before Halloween and we need a Batgirl costume fast! This costume was created in a couple of hours. After seeing my girlfriend disappointed because a Dorothy Costume didn’t fit her, I began to brainstorm a possible solution. Going back to my childhood, it suddenly hit me like a Riddler’s riddle … Read more
My son Marquis, reminds me of a little bear so I came up with this costume. I just used dark brown and light brown felt fabric and a few snap buttons. I made my own bear pattern and sewed it together. Enjoy making your own Bear Costume!
For this beer costume I took some wire to form the bottle neck and then used newspapers and starch. I dipped the newspaper into the starch and layered it all around the form of my wire to keep the wire sturdy. After it dried, I took 1 yard of material, wrapped it around the neck … Read more
Here’s my Beetlejuice costume. Anyone who has seen the movie “Beetlejuice” will recognize me as The Receptionist from the offices of The Recently Deceased. She was a deceased Miss Argentina. My boyfriend wanted to be the Beetlejuice character for Halloween so I decided to dress as her since we always joked that she and Beetlejuice … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Cindy Lou. So off I went shopping. First I went to Value World (like Salvation Army). I was really lucky to find a black checkered dress. I bought an oversized red velvet robe at Value World. I cut it to the size of a cape. Then I went to the … Read more
This was the best Halloween costume I have made. You will need for the Cave Man Family: Animal Print Fabric, plastic bones (variety of sizes 3), Plastic Bone Jewelry (necklaces bracelets), some sort of clothing for underneath your animal print shift (shorts and T-shirts leggings or tights- whatever you have in the closet that works!), … Read more
Since she had the natural resemblance to “Boo” from Monsters Inc. we decided to run with it. Found the purple fabric and quilted it with a liner then turned it into a tube for the body, sewed crescent shapes together to create the hood leaving a hole in the top for mop hair and googly … Read more
I have never sewn in my life but I was determined to make this Britney Spears costume. This is pre crazy Britney with the python that she did at the MTV music awards in 2001 to “slave”. Total Spent: $50
Here is a one-nighter costume I made for a youth group camp I went to. The theme was ‘God’s Weird & Wonderful Creation’. Materials: black smooth fabric, polyester wadding, acrylic paint and brushes, a black headband and black pipe cleaners. It’s pretty much a flat quilt-like design with a fabric sash/bow to tie round the … Read more