My boyfriend was skeptical about my homemade Christmas tree Halloween costume, but when I showed it to him, and then lit it up, he was thrilled. Although sewing fake pine garland to sweatshirt material is no walk in the park (and quite a job for the vacuum cleaner), I knew that the costumes would be … Read more
This year my wife and I wanted to do something a little different so we went with classic cartoons from our childhood. We decided about a week before Halloween that we had this homemade Heat Miser and Snow Miser Halloween couple costume idea from the children’s holiday classic “The Year without a Santa Claus from … Read more
My twins love the book Gingerbread Baby. So when it was time to pick Halloween costumes Alison wanted to be a gingerbread. I was quite scared to attempt this costume since I don’t sew, but much to my surprise it turned out better than I expected and no stitching required. I got brown felt from … Read more
There is nothing better than making your own Halloween costume. I started this Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas Costume with the fabric store and purchased some very cheap pieces of fabric that were similar in color to the ones in Sally’s costume. I then found an old dress that fit my daughter and laid … Read more
I love the film ‘A Nightmare Before Christmas’ so I decided to make a homemade Jack Skellington and Sally costume for my boyfriend Roger and myself. For Roger’s homemade Jack Skellington costume we painted stripes onto an old suit jacket and trousers, I made the bat dickie bow using wire bent into the shape of … Read more
What could be better than Halloween? Combine it with Christmas! I wanted to pay a true homage to the characters by making my own costumes. Originally I started making my Sally costume completely from scratch by taking my measurements and trying to create my own pattern, but my measurements got off and I knew I … Read more
I put Ebeneezer Scrooge together for SantaCon 2009 in New Haven. I figured that with dozens of red suited Santa Clauses running around, I would try and ruin everyone’s Christmas. Bah, humbug! I thought nobody would know what the character was, but everyone figured it out right away. This Homemade Ebeneezer Scrooge Costume is quite … Read more
The hardest part of this cute Homemade Cindy Lou Who Halloween Costume is finding all the pieces to make it as authentic as possible and still remaining within budget. If you start early enough most items can be found at a second hand store or borrowed from friends/family. The key pieces are the plaid dress … Read more
Based on the 1964 Rankin and Bass holiday classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the Homemade Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Character Costumes were created to capture the true fun of the characters Rudolph, Yukon Cornelius and Bumble, the Abominable Snow Monster of The North. Rudolph and Yukon costumes were hand-stitched, using very simple patterns. And … Read more
I wore a homemade Christmas tree costume. I bought a tutu on and sewed on ornaments throughout the skirt. I then strung battery operated lighters that actually lit up throughout the night. There was also garland along the waist band. The head band was just a basic head band that I then used wire to … Read more
Here is a photo of my two boys as Heat Miser and Snow Miser from the movie, “A Year Without A Santa Claus”. This is an old favorite movie of mine that I shared with my boys and they loved the movie and the songs that Heat and Snow Miser sing. So together we decided … Read more
My son Zedd has always been infatuated with Tim Burton so Jack Skellington costume was a natural for him this Halloween. We researched the Jack costumes from this site and used some previous readers tips. (Thank you so much). We were fortunate to find a petite ladies suit with pinstripes at Value Village for $12. … Read more