From the very start, I have always encouraged my daughter to be an individual..to think outside of the box and to go over and above what is required. Of course, I thought that this would help make me a good parent, but in reality, it has given me one imaginative, creative young lady but also … Read more
I cut a hole in a box, put a belt through that hole and attached it to my pants. I also put candy inside the box for added effect. The suit part I already had. Its a pretty simple, easy and fun costume. Its important that, to make the box fit right, your pants might … Read more
My mother is 99 years old, confined to a wheel chair, but yet still filled with life. Each year a Halloween costume parade is held at the nursing home where she resides. She loves to participate in it, so I try to think of an original idea to use which will also incorporate her wheel chair. This … Read more
Our family loves sushi. If you ask my 4-year-old what she would like for dinner, the answer is always the same… SUSHI! For this Sushi roll costume I used two cardboard circles that came from underneath frozen pizzas, two narrow strips of cardboard (about 4 or 5 inches wide) that were long enough to wrap … Read more
The theme in our house last year was Batman Villains! I settled on Poison Ivy, my brother on The Scarecrow and my other bro and his friend couldn’t decide who would go as Bane, so they went as Double-Bane. So here’s how the costumes went: Poison Ivy: I bought 10ft of fake ivy on eBay … Read more
My original idea fell through and it was two days to Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas and Pacman and Pinky seemed like a great choice with the supplies I had. Thankfully, they worked out well and the kiddos at our trunk-or-treat loved the costumes. I kept hearing, “How can they see me?” Supplies: … Read more
This year, my 10 year old daughter informed me only a week in advance that the local carnival was taking place the following weekend. The big deal being that our local carnival has a different theme to it every year, and so this year, it was “delicacies”… With such a short notice and very small … Read more
Before I get started on this, let me just say that I cannot sew for the life of me. I have tried several times – astoundingly awful, but I have a real liking for costumes, so I improvised a lot in this, to say the very least. My friend here in the pictures is not … Read more
We made the soup can out of an old collapsible laundry hamper. We painted the Campbell’s logo on a white cloth then sewed it around the top of the hamper. Andy was simple enough, black pants, stripped shirt, and a homemade camera made from a cardboard box and some bottle caps.
Wonder Woman! I found an old blue field hockey skirt at my local thrift shop which was my inspiration for my entire costume. For the stars on the skirt, I cut out starts from white duck tape and simply stuck them on to the skirt (was a quick fix for one night, but by the … Read more
After finding out about a Halloween costume party at the last minute, my boyfriend and I knew we had to make awesome costumes. We decided on the married couple, Barbara and Adam Maitland from the movie Beetlejuice. 1. We started with making rough shapes of the masks with cardboard. His was easier than mine, but … Read more
If you want to get your boyfriend to dress up with you in a Couple’s Costume for Halloween, sometimes you have to be a little dark and creepy about it. Like, for example, being a corpse while he is the coroner that will carry you around in a body bag! The idea came about because … Read more