This is my Oscar the Grouch Costume for Halloween 2008. Trying to find something that could compete with the previous year was difficult. I was walking through a Wal-mart when I saw some Fuzzy green microfleece blankets on sale. It hit me that I needed to be part of Sesame Street. Deciding on Oscar was easy, … Read more
Each year, there is a 5K race done in our area around Halloween to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. Not only is this a great cause, it is really fun to be in costume running a race! We decided to go as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Both were a lot of work but, … Read more
First I used a clothes basket I found at Goodwill and decorated it with yellow feathers by hand sewing the yellow boas that I found online to the basket for my Big Bird costume. This basket made the first part of the head piece by turning it upside down and making it into a hat. … Read more
My girlfriend and I had one heck of a time figuring out what to be for Halloween this year. We both love Halloween. I wanted to do my own thing, she wanted to do a couples costume. We couldn’t agree on anything… until we thought about the most loveable best friends from our childhood- Bert … Read more
These are our very last-minute Bert and Ernie Halloween costumes. Bert’s shirt was made from a Blue v neck thermal shirt, green and orange duct tape for the stripes. Super easy and took less than 10 min! Ernie’s shirt was just a long sleeve polo shirt my husband had in the closet that happen to … Read more
I just LOVE Kermmy!!!! the entire Miss Piggy costume was handmade and part of Kermit’s was too. Kermmy! Miss Piggy and Kermit were a HUGE hit at the Halloween party we went to! Never have we had SO many pictures taken with us and of us! Kermit was a GREAT sport and got his butt … Read more
We came up with this original Oscar the Grouch homemade Halloween costume idea about a year ago, so it’s been a long process, with awesome results. The costume consists of Chris as Bruno the trash man and his arms working Oscar The Grouch. We tried to go for as realistic an Oscar as possible, hunting … Read more
My son wanted something different for Halloween so since I’m always up for a challenge I asked for suggestions. “What about Animal from the Muppets? But it has to be cool, not lame” Gulp. So starting with a batting helmet as a base I layered foam to shape the head and went from there. Lots … Read more
Bunsen: First I paper mache’d around a beach ball. It took about 3 layers to make sure it was going to be strong enough to not break if it was accidentally dropped. Once it all dried it was easy enough to simply deflate the ball. Then I placed the paper mache ball on my head … Read more
Last year, I wanted to be a clown, and I was going to make my boyfriend Krusty, but he wanted to be Kermit the Frog! I was still in love with being a clown, and thought “why not do both?” Then the idea of “Kermit the Clown”, and “Miss Piggy the Diva Clown” couple costume … Read more
Get 4 girls for each of the Teletubbies. Each girl buys at least one roll of colored ducktape and a roll of cling wrap. Someone also needs to buy silver ducktape for the squares and pipe cleaners for the head pieces. First, wrap the cling wrap around you but make sure you will be comfortable. … Read more
Oscar the Grouch: In order to create Oscar, I had to recruit a friend who was able to cut the bottom off of a metal trash can. He cut off the bottom, I drilled holes in each side and used a thick ribbon rope to create straps. I then coated the rough edges with duct … Read more