My son wanted to a great white shark costume for Halloween. I want to encourage his love of marine life and DIY crafting, so he helped in construction whenever possible. I wasn’t about to let my kindergartener work the hot glue gun though. Our great white shark costume goals were: 1) working mouth; 2) he … Read more
Here’s the story behind our homemade Maleficent costume. Before I was even finished making last year’s Halloween costume, my then-10-year-old daughter declared that she wanted to be Maleficent. But she wanted to be the version of Maleficent with the long flowing hair around her horns. After a lot of searching online, I decided to make … Read more
This year we decided to be Dumb and Dumber for Halloween. I really wanted to make it extra special this year, so I decided to use our carpet fragments from a recent remodel in our home to create the Mutt Cutt’s car! My hubby has a cute little vintage MG, and it was the perfect … Read more
Grrr. There is a very scary lion in this cage! Do not feed! Lion will attack! This costume was for Zoo Day at my school. Materials: BIG cardboard box Tubes that are used on large paper rolls (talk to any store that carried large paper rolls) Orange boa Orange, black, and yellow paint Ivy Computer … Read more
Once again it’s that time of the year for my sister’s annual Halloween party! I had just gone to Las Vegas and saw a show and that’s how I came up with the idea of being a showgirl for Halloween. I looked online for a real showgirl outfit and they were about $2,000 and the … Read more
I want to share with everyone the product I use that has truly changed my Halloween costume making and has made anything possible. After years of experimenting with paper mache (too heavy), wire and fabric (not stable enough) and many other methods, I finally found plumbing pipe insulation. This is extremely light weight, bendable, sturdy … Read more
Homemade butterfly costume designs: So my girls wanted to be butterflies for Halloween this year. Well, I did not want to go and buy some cheap (or not so cheap) butterfly wings, when I knew that I could make them myself. And while I was at it I did not want them to be tiny … Read more
A group of eight young women decided to transform themselves into a Homemade Magic School Bus Group Halloween Costume for Halloween. We acquired eight boxes and a ton of yellow paint. We painted the outside of all the boxes yellow, with black stripes and wrote “Magic School Bus” across the side of all four. The … Read more
My daughter loves the newer Alice in Wonderland movies, especially Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. I’ve always been a costume hacker for the kids, looking at photos and figuring out what we have around the house that could be altered or tricked out to make the costume (actually for adult costumes too)! For this … Read more
My best friends and I did a Homemade Yard Art Group Costume for Halloween this year and posed in a yard for pictures at a Halloween party! From left to right we were: a flamingo, a peeing cherub fountain, a garden gnome, and a pinwheel. The flamingo was created from pink cotton fabric, elastic sewn … Read more
After weeks of debate, my husband and I finally agreed on the perfect “couple” costume – Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Garden Gnome Costumes. We had an absolute blast making our costumes together too! Our costume-making adventure began with a trip to the local second-hand stores where we found the base outfits. For me – a … Read more
I’ve always been a fan of the show Dinosaurs, so I decided to give it a shot. Robbie’s dinosaur beak is originally a dragon mouth piece which was purchased online and cut to fit around my mouth. His red varsity jacket was found at a thrift store along with the green shower cap. I couldn’t … Read more