Coolest Wheelchair Dracula Costume

Coolest Wheelchair Dracula Costume

Editor’s Note: This Dracula costume is not technically a wheelchair costume, but was made for someone who requires a wheelchair. It is an awesome idea for children who need to use a wheelchair, walker, or dynamic stander to get around. Dracula Costume Every year we try to make it feasible for my son to participate in … Read more

Little Flynn Rider Costume

Little Flynn Rider Costume

At last I saw the light and decided to make a Flynn Rider costume for my little boy this year! He loves Tangled & requested to be Flynn. For his costume, I already had most of the basic elements on hand – namely, the white shirt, khaki pants, brown belt & a teal vest (totally … Read more

Cool and Simple Day of the Dead Skeleton Costume

Cool and Simple Day of the Dead Skeleton Costume

Items needed for this simple day of the dead skeleton costume: (1) Black long sleeve shirt (1) Pair of Black Leggings (1) Bottle of White Acrylic Paint (1) Bottle of Glow-in-the-Dark Paint (1) Makeup (I only used white Halloween make-up, the rest of the make-up was cosmetic make-up) First, locate some black leggings and a … Read more

Vending Machine Costume for a Child

Vending Machine Costume for a Child

So I needed a box, the absolute right size box. I drove my minivan around town on recycle day scouring the town for just the right size. I think I brought home about five boxes before I found “the one”. My husband thought I was crazy. I then cut out the arm holes, neck and … Read more

Nightmare FNAF Foxy Costume

Nightmare FNAF Foxy Costume

My 9 year old son has been obsessed with the Five Nights at Freddy’s game for a while now, so naturally he has been begging his dad to make him a FNAF Foxy costume for Halloween. It took a while to make, since everything (including the head) is made from foam and hard foam materials. And it … Read more

Alanadragon – Purple Lightening Breathing Dragon Costume

Alanadragon - Purple Lightening Breathing Dragon Costume

My 9 year old granddaughter Alana loves the video game Skylander, and I love dragons, so together we designed the Alanadragon with traits from all of our favorite dragons. Once we made our sketches, decided the colors, shape, characteristics etc. we were very lucky to find the perfect purple fabric that already had scales! We … Read more

Cool Minecraft Costume – Stampy Comes Alive!

Cool Minecraft Costume - Stampy Comes Alive!

This Minecraft costume was last year’s success. My granddaughter Alana loves the game Mindcraft and asked if I could make her a Stampy costume for Halloween. Always up for a challenge we started saving cardboard boxes, construction paper, tape and glue in July. I started assembly in August! Since the character is pixelated in the … Read more

Coolest Anger form Inside Out Costume

Coolest Anger form Inside Out Costume

My son came to me after seeing the commercial for the DVD’s release of Pixar’s Inside Out and said: “Mom I want to be Anger for Halloween!” Sounds great, let’s get to it. We bought the basics: poster board, red felt, red and orange tissue paper, spray adhesive and some red gloves. We cut out the basic shape and adhered … Read more

Double Trouble Team Rocket Costume Ideas

Double Trouble Team Rocket Costume Ideas

I was amazed when I thought about these Team Rocket costume ideas and found out that it wasn’t too common anywhere really. Especially because it didn’t take much time whatsoever to put it all together; which is always a plus in costumes! The only thing that took time was ordering both Jessie and James wigs and … Read more

Incredible Optimus Prime Transformer Costume

Incredible Optimus Prime Transformer Costume

This Optimus Prime Transformers costume was not an easy project. My son, who is 6, loves Transformers, his favorite is Optimus Prime. He wanted to be Optimus for Halloween, but he wanted it to actually transform. I know you can’t just go to your local halloween costume store and pick up a “transformer” so I … Read more

Medusa Costume for a Girl

Medusa Costume for a Girl

My daughter is wearing this Medusa costume. She wanted to be something or someone scary for Halloween. So after some thinking we came up with Medusa. For the costume we used black leggings (which I pulled fishnet hose over and spray painted green to make it look like scales), black combat boots, black fishnet gloves, … Read more

Terminator Costume for Tween Boy

Terminator Costume for Tween Boy

I created this The Terminator costume for my son this year.  We love watching  sci-fi, action, and fantasy movies together. And every year he picks a character from one of the movies we watched. For the actual costume I used black jeans, black shirt, black pleather jacket, black combat boots, and a pair of my husband’s … Read more