These are our Jack Skellington and Sally Ragdoll Homemade Costumes. The Jack costume 100% homemade! I bought the Sally dress, and the wig. I used make up and some acrylic paint to make my face color (lots of mixing to get it right)and used black eyeliner for the stitches, I even painted my hands where … 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
Found under the tree Xmas morning. Not! This Christmas Elf costume took me weeks to fabricate. I used curtain material for the body, satin for the cuffs and trim , felt for the ears. (add some bells and whala!) I was due to go out for a Christmas eve drink with my girlfriends I finished … Read more
For the boy’s costume, I couldn’t find a pin striped suit in his size so I bought a “Beetlejuice” adult costume and hemmed the pants and sleeves. I attached a rubber black bat to his neck as a bowtie, pinned a Jack button that I bought at Hot Topic to the center, and painted his … Read more
This is my 6yr old son Tyler. He wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween this year. I did not like any of the Jack Skellington costumes I found so I decided to make my own Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume. I started out with a tux he wore to a wedding. I painted the … Read more
My husband and I love making homemade Halloween costumes. We usually try to come up with something that is unique and works as a couples costume. This year we decided to be Jack Skellington and Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. We were so excited about this idea and started trying to figure out the … Read more
My daughter in her Homemade Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas Costume. We started with a plain dark gray dress from Goodwill. I bought different fabric pieces for the patches like Sally’s dress. I couldn’t find the exact fabric so I improvised. The large spots on the teal fabric were done by me with a sharpie. … Read more
After searching for an authentic looking “Jack” mask and realizing there weren’t any, I gave up the search and decided to try to make my own Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume. Looking at several “Nightmare before Christmas” web-sites I found my favorite “Jack Face” picture. Tried looking at a variety of baskets, bowls or anything … Read more
I have always wanted to do this Christmas Story Leg Lamp Costume, but wasn’t sure exactly how I wanted to do it. I saw the official dress costume online and was unhappy how unflattering it was. Thus, I decided to have the shade as a skirt. I didn’t have a pattern, but I suggest to … Read more
I have been making my kids costumes every year after their first birthday. I love to dress my kids up in costumes that will make them feel really special, and no one will look just like them! My daughter wanted to be Cindy Lou from the “Grinch”, so we decided to do a family theme … Read more
I used an old satin sheet, cut it into a Christmas tree pattern and sewed it together. For trunk of the tree I just used a piece of brown scrap material and pined it to the bottom of the tree. The decoration on the Christmas tree costume was made out of red and white pieces … Read more