Draculaura Monster High Doll Costume and Makeup

Draculaura Monster High Doll Costume and Makeup

For this Draculaura Monster High Doll costume and makeup we purchased a pink long sleeve shirt, a black lace shirt and a white skirt from our local thrift store. I cut the sleeves off the pink shirt. We added white tulle trimmed with hot pink and black tulle accents to the skirt. I finished the skirt … Read more

Cheap Shabby Chic Girl’s Owl Witch Costume

Cheap Shabby Chic Girl's Owl Witch Costume

My middle child has been obsessed with owls lately, so of course she wanted to be one for Halloween. Owl costumes are not too hard to find for little kids, but I wanted her to look unique and a little glamorous. I already had a dress that went to a witch costume that had been … Read more

My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Princess Twilight Sparkle Costume

My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Princess Twilight Sparkle Costume

My Little Pony EG Princess Twilight Sparkle costume, in humanoid form. Costume deluxe. Complete set with wig, ears headband and crown. Homemade by Izobel (me). This little number was inspired by the My Little Pony Equestria Girls the movie. It premiered June 16th, 2013 and showed at select theaters later in the month for only … Read more

Homemade Cardboard Box Halloween Wall-E Costume

Homemade Cardboard Box Halloween Wall-E Costume

I used different kind of cardboard boxes, yellow, silver, gold and black paint,  a lot of tape, bottle caps, 3 LED lights (on eyes and at the front), bicycle helmet, gloves, Velcro. Front can be open up and close (I used Velcro) and my son collected there his sweets. My son collected twice as much candy on Halloween night than … Read more

XIV Century Knight Costume

XIV Century Knight Costume

This XIV Century Knight costume is 100% hand-made costume. I was making this costume all week for my 7 year old son Olek. This is costume a Polish knight from XIV century. This eagle in the coat of arms is also from XIV century. Knight in his armor has OUR family coat of arms – TRZASKA … Read more

Gorgeous Girl’s Peacock Costume

My oldest daughter, who is 9 years old, loves peacocks. So it was no surprise when she told me that she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween this year. I began looking on Etsy and online for peacock costumes, but I was disappointed with what I found. Everything that I found that looked cool was … Read more

Cute Little Johnny Cash Costume

Cute Little Johnny Cash Costume

Cute Little Johnny Cash costume. This costume really was perfect for my son Crue who loves music in general, but especially county music. He loves to sing along to the radio and strums his guitar. “Hello I’m Johnny Cash”  This costume really could be simple. It’s all about “black”.  “The Man in Black” or in … Read more

Prize-Winning Mad Hatter Costume for a Boy

My son absolutely LOVES Alice in Wonderland right now. So this year he wanted to go as his favorite character: the Mad Hatter. For this costume, I started where I do with every costume: local thrift stores. We purchased pants, an old jacket, a vest, a button-up shirt, a tie, and a blonde wig. We … Read more

Cute Mummy Princess Costume

My daughter decided that she wanted to do a ‘spooky’ costume this year. We don’t generally do scary costumes, so we made a compromise on this one. First, we bought a white T-shirt, a long white dress, white lace curtains, a white sheet, and house slippers that we bleached white. All of these items were … Read more

Child’s Rocky Balboa Costume

Child's Rocky Balboa Costume

Our family always dresses with a theme. Pirates, Harry Potter characters, etc. This year I picked our favorite city- Philadelphia! I was Betsy Ross, my husband was the Comcast Center, our youngest was an Eagles player and my 6 year old was… Rocky Balboa! He is very enthusiastic and loves costumes as much as I … Read more

Scary Child’s Hellraisers Pinhead Costume

My kids LOVE Halloween, and the scarier the better! We were visiting a Halloween store and my 9 year old daughter sees a costume for Pinhead from Hellraiser the movie, she says “mom, can I be this?” My thought was “Whoo Hoo, finally a great costume to make!” I say, “yes, I will make you it, … Read more

The Coolest Jack Skellington and Zero Costume

My son wanted to be Jack Skellington this year and wanted to make his own costume. My son is four so I knew I was in for a treat with doing most of the work. But I didn’t mind at all we are very crafty people.  I started looking up on how to make Jacks … Read more