In honor of the Crocodile Hunter who my boys loved to watch, we came up with this Crocodile hunter costume. I went to a local thrift shop looking for a khaki colored shirt and found one that actually had zoo animals on it which was perfect. I also found Safari hat/binoculars and a pair of … Read more
For this Curious George costume I made a headpiece and feet out of craft foam sheets. Shirts and leggings I purchased at Wal-Mart. I scanned CG logo and placed it on shirt. I made a yellow hat out of Papier-mache. Found shirt/pants at discount store and dyed yellow. The tie is made out of craft … Read more
I got an idea for turning our six month old into the Pillsbury Doughboy for Halloween. We already had a long sleeve white onsie and white cotton pants so I bought a small piece of white material to make his neck handkerchief. I went to a restaurant supply store for the chef’s hat and had … Read more
Here’s the story behind our homemade Darth Vader costume. Every Halloween my son dresses up like the character from his birthday party theme. This year he had a Star Wars party and it was centered on Darth Vader. I made a life size costume of Darth Vader and stuffed it with plastic bags and stood … Read more
My son wanted a Digimon costume. He wanted to dress up as Metalgreymon for Halloween parade in school. However I can not find any Metalgreymon costume. There is no pattern available either. So I decide to make him one myself for the first time. I first made the head structure with cardboard then I patched … Read more
First of all we would like to say “Happy Halloween!” to everyone out there. We got the idea of making a scratch off lottery ticket because we like scratch off lotto. Instead of making two tickets we used the second costume as the coin. To make the lotto ticket we went to our local craft … Read more
Looks hard…but this was one of the easiest do it your self costumes I’ve made. If you know how to cut things in half and sew, then this is the costume for you. The idea came from my 10 year old daughter wanting to be a boy for Halloween and I said “It would be … Read more
My daughter has an extremely creative mind and thought up this one last Halloween. Since this is one of her favorite games she thought she could be the playing card herself! I simple bought two white, thick poster boards and covered them with the appropriate color fabrics. I used a combination of felt and cotton … Read more
This was a real do it yourself Halloween costume and fun to make! Just find a large square box, colored construction paper and black electrical tape. Place the paper on the side and tape down with the black tape. With each side make sure your colors are lined up. Cut the top out for head … Read more
Here’s one of the coolest do it yourself Halloween costumes! I recently had to have some medical test done and this is how I came up with the idea for my costume. I got a large square box and cut holes for my head and arms. I then put a divider in the box so … Read more
I had a Chihuahua as a pet. I wanted to be the Taco Bell dog. I started this dog costume by trying to make the head out of paper Mache’. It burst and I made a mess in the kitchen. I went to the store and purchased four different size balls. I taped them all … Read more
My son was VERY into Dragon Ball Z for more than one year, so I made this Dragonball Z costume for the first time in 2002, and then I perfected it in 2004. I used his action figures as my models. I used a dark blue sweat suit that I picked up from Wal-Mart for … Read more