Every year I try to outdo myself on Halloween costumes. I was ALF, Roger Rabbit, and Sloth from The Goonies previous years, so I wanted to make my own Do it Yourself Beaker Halloween Costume this year. Everyone loved the Muppets, and Beaker looked like the easiest. Making the head was the most work out … Read more
I am a HUGE Muppets fan, and never seem to like the store-bought costumes. So I decided to make my own Sgt Floyd Pepper costume. Using lots of floral wire and yarn, I built this mask. I wrapped yarn around a THICK piece of floral wire and super-glued it at both ends (a GEL super … Read more
When my daughter was three, she became enthralled with a kids show called Lazytown. The two heroes of the series are Stephanie and Sportacus, and they spend their days trying to motivate the residents of said lazy town to be active, while trying to thwart the lethargy-inducing schemes of Roddy the Rotten. (If you haven’t … Read more
We wanted to do a family theme, so we decided on Sesame Street. My husband really wanted to wear a trashcan so of course he opted for Oscar the Grouch! I started making the costume by paper maching a punching balloon. I then covered it in green furry fabric, cut out the bottom so his … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to do a Muppet theme and my friend decided to be Beaker since he has always been her favorite. She asked me to help so we rolled up out sleeves on Saturday and got busy! To make his head we bought a sheet of foam and hot glued … Read more
As a child I loved Beaker from the Muppets. I took a heavy piece of poster board and made the tube. Applied tan foam sheets, a layer of batting, ivory colored fleece. Cut out the mouth and used black mesh and left open at bottom to be able to use a tube (straw) to drink … Read more
Broke my leg and had a lot of time on my hands. Building this Homemade Oscar the Grouch Costume was my hobby for the better part of a month. I’ve seen other Oscar costumes with Oscar’s feet poking out the bottom of the trash can. Everyone knows that Oscar can’t move his own garbage can. … Read more
Every year we try to do a family theme for our Halloween. This year we decided to do Sesame Street. My 2 year old and 1 year old were easy, we bought Elmo and Cookie Monster on Craigslist, and they were all set. But my 8 year old wanted to be included, so he said … Read more
For Bunsen Honeydew: First I got a big ball from Walmart and paper mached it. Then I cut the mouth big enough so my daughter would be able to see out of it. I used clay to paper mache the big nose and ears and glued them on and painted it all green. I grabbed … Read more
These Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne Costumes from Pee Wee’s Playhouse was from Halloween 2007 – my boyfriend and I went as Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee’s Playhouse. His costume was super easy because he borrowed most of the clothes from his Dad. We used some cotton for the eyebrows and painted … Read more
Every year I am challenged to find a costume idea better than the year before. Then comes the part of bringing the idea to fruition. I am a huge advocate for homemade costumes that display creativity, ingenuity, and just good plain fun! Having other people come up to you and say how great your costume … Read more
I painted an old hat from value village purple and sewed and glued curly wig hair to it. I used Puffy T-shirt paint to paint the faces on an old pink shirt. I hand sewed the overalls with no pattern cause I’m not really a sewer. The crotch busted halfway through the night:( I finished … Read more