DIY Scarecrow Costume

DIY Scarecrow Costume

Friday afternoon, last minute, I decided to come up with a new costume idea for Max. Originally I was just going to re-use one of Jack’s costumes from the previous years, but that’s no fun. Instantly when I seen Max’s plaid shirt sitting next to his straw hat, I knew I wanted to dress him up … Read more

DIY How to Train Your Dragon Toothless Baby Costume for $12

DIY How to Train Your Dragon Toothless Baby Costume for $12

How To Train Your Dragon is one of my family’s favorite movies and my husband and I thought it was quite fitting that our 9-month-old (who has no teeth yet!) dress as Toothless the Night Fury for Halloween. My husband and I went as Astrid and Hiccup from the movie as well (not pictured.) I … Read more

Adorable Baby Cupcake Costume

Adorable Baby Cupcake Costume

This costume turned out better than I imagined. The idea came from daddy. Right after Malia was born (in February) her daddy called her his cupcake and said she should be a cupcake for Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas for a baby cupcake costume and just did not find one that I loved … Read more

Real Life Pebbles and Bamm Bamm with Working Flintstones Car

Real Life Pebbles and Bamm Bamm with Working Flintstones Car

We had been wanting to do this ideas since out babies met each other, unfortunately Pebbles didn’t had hair and it took her a while. Luckily for us she got a good amount of hair right before Halloween so we knew he had to go for it. Bamm Bamm’s outfit was made by grandma and … Read more

Queen of Hearts Baby Costume

Queen of Hearts Baby Costume

This is my one year old daughter in her Queen of Hearts costume. After getting some ideas online I knew this had to be her costume, it totally fits her personality. The whole costume cost just under $30 and I still had tons of stuff left over. I used an 8 inch crochet top that … Read more

Cute Alfalfa Baby Costume

Cute Alfalfa Baby Costume

This is baby Rhiot sporting the alfalfa costume from the little rascals. This costume was homemade and I ordered the accessories from etsy online. The clothing I just shopped around for until I found the exact shirt I needed. The total cost was around 25$. What inspired me to do this costume was my sons … Read more

Pacman Arcade Stroller Costume

Pacman Arcade Stroller Costume

My 8 month old son was the inspiration. I knew he would be in the stoller the entire night, therefore I wanted his costume to be part of his costume. I started with an large size U-haul box, that fit perfectly over the stroller. I then drew where to cut out the box to make … Read more

Coolest Maggie Simpson Costume for a Baby

Coolest Maggie Simpson Costume for a Baby

My daughter was the exact right age to dress up in a Maggie Simpson costume this year. I created her dress by placing one of my old blue long sleeved shirts on a flat surface and tracing one of her long sleeved outfits over it so I could get the right fit. Then I cut around the … Read more

Baby Flintstones Dino Costume

Baby Flintstones Dino Costume

This year, my husband and I decided to dress up as the Flintstones as a family for our annual Halloween party and trick-or-treating. As it was our first year in our new house, we had a lot of other decorations to make for the house and I knew I wouldn’t be able to make costumes … Read more

Aviator Baby Costume

Aviator Baby Costume

With his ride-on-truck lying around the house, I wanted to put it to good use and so I started brainstorming ideas like carriage, police car, plane, etc. Plane sounded the coolest even though it meant some more work with initial designing, prototyping for robustness and finally constructing. Items used: Yellow thick gift wrapping paper Velcro … Read more

Live Cabbage Patch Baby Doll Costume

Live Cabbage Patch Baby Doll Costume

Ever since my baby girl was born people have been telling me how much she resembles a cabbage patch doll. So of course on Pinterest I saw the idea of the doll box being attached to a stroller, with the ‘doll’ dress up inside. It was obvious to me that this is what Brantli HAD … Read more

Baby Carrier Rocket and Astronaut Halloween Costumes

Baby Carrier Rocket and Astronaut Halloween Costumes

My dear daughter desperately wanted to be an astronaut for Halloween. Who better to be her space shuttle than her baby brother? I made his costume out of cardboard, spray paint, tape, stickers, plastic cups and ribbon. I cut all cardboard to the shape most similarly resembling a real space shuttle. The main portion was … Read more