Awesome Ursula and Ariel Costumes

For the Ursula costume I used a tulle tutu with tentacles attached. Purple shirt with Black satin sewn onto it to give Ursula a great appearance.  Wig was super-sprayed with hairspray! For the Ariel costume, I used a white shirt with bikini top attached. Mermaid tail with tulle accents attached to give Ariel a great … Read more

Coolest Two Face Costume for a Boy

Coolest Two Face Costume for a Boy

Our 5-year-old wanted to be Two-Face for Halloween 2013 and it was the most fun to put together. We found most everything at the thrift store (suit jacket and pants, tie, dress shirt) and only had to purchase the spray paint at Home Depot. Materials Needed: Child’s “business suit” White long-sleeved dress shirt Suit vest … Read more

Captain America Monster Truck Costume

Captain America Monster Truck Costume

My son watches monster jam all day long it is his total favorite!! so of course he wants to be a monster truck for Halloween!! I recycled a box and some packing from my husbands work. We cut the body parts out individually, and taped it all together. The hot glued all the other parts … Read more

Cool Nigel Parrot Costume from the Movie Rio

Cool Nigel Parrot Costume from the Movie Rio

This is the first costume I have ever made. I have 2 little ones. A 7 month old boy, and a 4 year old girl. My girl wanted to be Nigel from the movie Rio for Halloween. I knew in order to really represent Nigel in all his glorious madness I would have to make … Read more

Comfortable and Unique Unikitty and Angry Unikitty Costume

Comfortable and Unique Unikitty and Angry Unikitty Costume

We started with a plan to make a costume that would show the true emotions of unikitty from The Lego Movie, be comfortable to wear, easy to put on, allow my daughter to sit down in it, and win a local contest in our hometown   We were successful!  My daughter won first place in a contest against 40 contestants … Read more

Super Easy Lego Ninjago Jay Costume

Super Easy Lego Ninjago Jay Costume

This is my 4 yerar old son Dominic, he loves Lego Ninjago Jay! So mommy thought it would be really cool to  dress him up as Jay for Halloween. Of course I searched online for something, but could only find a normal boy costume and not a lego man. So my creative juices started flowing. I … Read more

Cool Homemade UFO Alien Costume for a Boy

Cool Homemade UFO Alien Costume for a Boy

This was a very difficult & fun costume to make. I used things I had around the house. First I cut a laundry basket attached a cardboard ring at the bottom covered it with alum foil added green an blue material inside with battery operated lights covered the whole thing with clear heavy plastic. I used … Read more

Awesome Peanuts Gang Group Costume

Awesome Peanuts Gang Group Costume

Making the Peanuts costumes for our school Halloween skit, I first tried to make the head out of paper mache but the punching balloons kept breaking and it was a messy disaster. So to Home Depot and craft stores I went  to see what I could find. After walking around placing items on my head … Read more

Practically Perfect 5-Year-Old Mary Poppins Costume

Practically Perfect 5-Year-Old Mary Poppins Costume

My daughter’s favorite movie is Mary Poppins, so of course that’s who she wanted to be for Halloween this year. At first I thought this would be a super simple costume but I was highly mistaken. First I bought a Navy uniform jacket and took white piping and hot glued it to the front. Luckily, … Read more

Steve from Minecraft Halloween Costume

Steve from Minecraft Halloween Costume

My son (5yo) loves Minecraft and he was asking to be Steve this year 2014. I checked online and there is no Steve costume I can buy. So…. This is once a year big thing for my son. (I know he likes Christmas, But Halloween is more mean it for him). I decide to make … Read more

Enormous Tic Tac Container Costume

Enormous Tic Tac Container Costume

My son has an affinity for orange, and has recently discovered Tic Tac candy.  He likes how the box opens and closes, and makes a cool rattling noise in his pocket.  So, I set about making a giant tic tac costume! He won Most Unique costume in our local contest, and posed for more pictures … Read more