We decided that we wanted to dress up as Jack and Sally from Nightmare before Christmas but weren’t impressed with the costumes sold at the Halloween store, so it was off to make our own Homemade Jack and Sally Nightmare Before Christmas Couple Costume . We started out by making a list of EVERYTHING we … Read more
My son was born in October and I’m a huge fan of Halloween. I wanted to dress him up for his very first Halloween and needed an easy costume for a 1 month old infant. We are also big fans of Tim Burton and we decided on doing the Nightmare Before Christmas. Daddy and I … Read more
Well my daughter just loved the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas and of course she wanted to be Sally for Halloween but after much searching, the store-bought costumes were just not as cool as I thought they should be, so I decided I would make it. I went to the fabric stores and very carefully … Read more
A Christmas Story has always been one of my favorite movies and now that my two youngest sons are the right age I decided to make them Ralphie and Randy Parker Costumes from A Christmas Story. We got the greatest comments all night. My little Ralphie had the facial expressions down pat and my little … Read more
For this Cindy Lou Who Costume, I found a houndstooth print dress at the thrift store (though any crazy black and white pattern will do). I paired it with red tights, and black shoes. Her cape is made from a piece of red felt with a white boa glued around the edge, and I stitched … Read more
Every year we try to have fun and original costumes. Over the years we have learned to make our own costumes. This year we decided to go with a Disney theme. Babette and Lumiere are from Beauty and the Beast and these are characters that are rarely seen. We made every single aspect of these … Read more
My son’s favorite character is Jack Skellington and I promised him that I would make him a costume. I also told him that my version of the head would be makeup and his father thought that Jack should have a mask! I bought an old black suit at the Salvation Army, taped it off and … Read more
I had been contemplating this idea of a Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume for quite some time (since the movie first came out). I have seen other costumes that were really great. But one thing always seemed to bother me. The proportions of Jack are so surreal, that no costume worn by the average … Read more
My son is obsessed with the Nightmare before Christmas movie. Obsessed!! It has been his favourite movie since he was 3. So when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, I should not have been surprised when he announced Jack Skellington. Little did I know this costume would become my obsession over … Read more
First I drew a sketch of Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas costume, while watching the movie and labeled the colors and design of the patches. I then went to the Salvation Army store and bought a brown dress and three shirts, yellow(not very bright),purple,and a greysih blue. I don’t know how to use a sewing … Read more
Well, I lost my leg about 10 years ago. Since then, I’ve strived to prove that having one leg (being a monopod) is actually better than two (being a bipod). This year’s Halloween was the muse I needed for yet another feat (errr…foot) for the cause. I know it isn’t scary, but for originality’s sake, … Read more
You cannot buy a children’s Grinch costume, so I had to make my own Homemade Grinch Costume. I bought 3 yards of green fleece fabric, a red sweatshirt, a Santa hat, 3 yards of white fur trim, white buttons, elastic and white ribbon. I also bought a scrap of brown fabric to make the antler … Read more