The inspiration for this Strawberry Shortcake costume came when I found the shirt on clearance at Kohl’s. I bought it when it was 2 sizes too big, thinking it looked like Strawberry Shortcake (when it was really not even related). I packed it away until my daughter got bigger. When I came across it again, … Read more
I was trying to come up with something creative to make my 11 month old daughter for Halloween. After endless searching on the internet I thought that a Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Baby Costume would be adorable. The costume was so easy and cost under ten dollars to make and she got so many compliments that … Read more
I threw an 80’s themed party for mine and my husbands 30th, and after watching many 80’s cartoons for idea’s, my daughter decided that she would like to be strawberry shortcake. As I am not a sewing expert, I found a perfect dress on eBay that gave the impression that it was a red dress … Read more
For this Strawberry Shortcake vintage Homemade costume I used two 1.99 a yard red fabric to make skirt using 2 triangles, piece of elastic the size of my kids waist, the blouse – used a t-shirt (cut sleeves longer to give the effect of puffy sleeves). Bought 2.00 new shoes, pink, glued felt strawberry each, … Read more
I looked at many pictures of a Strawberry Shortcake Costume, and many links to barmaid style strawberry shortcake ready-made costumes online, but didn’t like what I found. I used red flannel for the dress, following a basic nightgown pattern, but putting the buttons in the back rather than the front. I chose to make a … Read more
As I’m sure everyone else has experienced, my buddies and I grew sick of buying expensive costumes made of cheap fabric that ended up a) falling apart by the end of the night, and b) being worn by someone else at whatever Halloween part we attended. We decided to be original and came up with … Read more
I am in love with the classic strawberry shortcake look. In the 80’s she had an adorable red dress, with her ruffle apron, and cute muffin top hat. This project was my life for 4 weeks! From top to bottom the only thing store bought and unaltered was the shoes. By far my favorite piece … Read more
This Homemade Care Bear Couple Costume was my solution to the shapeless maternity costume options out there. I knew I wanted to do something comfortable (because I was 6 months pregnant) but I didn’t want to be a huge hamburger or something like that. The best part was that after I saw my husband in … Read more
Here I am as a Care bear, love a lot bear, made from an adult baby grow, a hat and pink and white material. The hat is woollen with stuffed pieces of fabric and then sewn to the hat. The Care Bear Costume itself was an adult babygrow and I just added a fluffy tail … Read more
This Homemade Care Bears Couple Costume is perfect for an outdoor Halloween party! It is so COMFY and WARM that it feels like you are wearing pajamas!! All you need need is someone who is crafty with a needle and thread. Then you can pick from the wide range of carebear colours. Great idea for … Read more
GROOVAHOLIX Dance Company needed an idea for a great, easy, and COMFORTABLE Halloween costume for a group. So what better group of characters to choose other than the CARE BEARS! We wanted something sexy yet comfortable, unique yet easy to duplicate since there were a number of us in the group. We chose hoodies (how … Read more
Every year our group of friends dress up for Halloween to take our children on a hayride and trick-r-treating. This year we decided to go as the Care Bears. There were 9 of us. We dyed painter’s jumpsuits for the body of each bear. We then created the belly patch using felt. We even made … Read more