Coolest Homemade Lumpy Space Princess Costume from Adventure Time

Coolest Homemade Lumpy Space Princess Costume from Adventure Time

My tween daughter loves the cartoon, Adventure Time. Her favorite character is a floating purple cloud called Lumpy Space Princess. This year she requested a lumpy space princess costume but I couldn’t find anything decent online or in stores. So I began my quest to make her the LSP costume. I bought 3 yards of … Read more

Prize-Winning Homemade Cupcake Costume

Prize-Winning Homemade Cupcake Costume

We used an old lamp shade, but wanted it longer so added tag board , then cover with material. Hung it on her shoulders with ribbon.  Sewed a round top stuffed it, then glued stuffing on the outside & added sprinkles with sticky back foam paper. Red stocking hat with a pipe cleaner finished it … Read more

Scary DIY Headless Football Player Halloween Costume

Scary DIY Headless Football Player Halloween Costume

This costume was made relatively easy. We put his picture on Facebook and everyone went crazy over it. People we didn’t even know was sharing the picture. Everything was purchased at a thrift store or items we already had. The total cost was about $25 from items purchased at local thrift stores. Here is a … Read more

Astrid: Viking Dragon Warrior Costume Homemade for Preschool Age

Astrid: Viking Dragon Warrior Costume Homemade for Preschool Age

My four year old Abby had been saying for months that she wanted to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid for Halloween.  But then in September she saw How to Train Your Dragon and fell in love with Astrid.  Her answer to “what are you going to be for Halloween?” automatically changed to “I want … Read more

Creepy Clark Kent Superman Zombie Costume

Creepy Clark Kent Superman Zombie Costume

My 4 year old son came up with this idea all by his self. The silver ball is zombie kryptonite, after all Superman, has to become a zombie somehow. The evil Lex Luther captured him and put a chunk of it around his neck and Clark Kent turned in to a zombie. If you notice … Read more

Easy Homemade Goofy Costume

Easy Homemade Goofy Costume

When thinking of what my four year old could be for halloween, he at the time loved mickey mouse club house and particulary goofy! He then picked up the name goof troupe (troupe being his last name) so challenge accepted. I then studied a few clipart images and started inspiration from there. I did have … Read more

Coolest Claw Machine DIY Halloween Costume

Coolest Claw Machine DIY Halloween Costume

When my daughter told me that this would be her last year trick or treating it broke my heart. I knew right then that we had to make it the best one yet. We sat down and talked about what she wanted to be. She has had some awesome costumes in the past. She has … Read more

Awesome Homemade Gorilla Costume for a Boy

Awesome Homemade Gorilla Costume for a Boy

So, every year my husband and I ask our boys what they want to be for Halloween, our most favorite-est holiday of the year. We are sure to ask in plenty of time, so that we can envision and create totally awesome costumes for them. It is a family tradition I suppose you could say. … Read more

Sweet Homemade Cupcake Costume for a Girl

Sweet Homemade Cupcake Costume for a Girl

It was that time of year again. Time for me and the kiddos to go costume shopping. We were at our local retail store for a while and my daughter could not find what she was looking for. I asked her what exactly what she wanted to be and I couldn’t belive what her response … Read more

Head-Turning Minion Costume for a 5 Year Old Boy

Head-Turning Minion Costume for a 5 Year Old Boy

I bought my son an inflatable Halloween costume and he was so excited! After attempting to have him try it on it was clear that this was just not going to work. He had a meltdown and was completely terrified of the costume.  That is  when my creativity kicked in to overdrive with only a … Read more

Last Minute Frankenstein’s Monster Halloween Costume for a Boy

Last Minute Frankenstein's Monster Halloween Costume for a Boy

My 8 year old son, Thomas, has Asperger’s and wanted to be something totally different from anyone else! As always, every year, we make a costume rather that get a shop bought one, we like to be unique! He said he wanted to be Frankenstein’s monster. We started by thouroughly cleaning out a car fluid … Read more