Each year my children pick costumes for us to make for Halloween. This year was the most challenging, Heat Miser and Snow Miser from “A Year Without a Santa Claus.” The hardest part of the Homemade Heat Miser and Snow Miser Costumes were the masks. We made them out of paper-mache. As a form, I … Read more
The Jack Skellington Halloween costume is totally a home-made costume. I made the tie out of cardboard, fabric and paint. For the jacket I bought a used blazer and attached tattered coat tails on to it. For the pants I wore tight-fitting thermal athletic pants, making me appear taller and lankier. I wore a plain … Read more
This Homemade Jack the Pumpkin King Costume is for my son, Gabriel (5 years old). I wanted to make the mask of out paper-mache so I started by measuring my son’s head and blowing up a balloon to a size that was about 2-3 inches taller and larger in diameter than his actual head measurements. … Read more
I made 4 of these masks. The one you see is the second made one that was used as a backup (it was not the best one in my opinion lol). They all started out as pumpkins! I covered them in a healthily layer of paper mache. Next I took crayola air dry modeling clay … Read more
Here we are as Jack and Sally from “The Nightmare before Christmas.” I made Jack’s head out of paper mache – which is flour, water, and newspaper draped over a balloon and then left to dry. Once dried, I stuck in a pin and popped the balloon, then I cut off the bottom for the … 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
My idea for this Halloween came a week before last Halloween. I am a costume NUT! I already have some ideas for next year. I am into family themes as you can see. I have two girls and a boy. Luckily, my oldest 4 year old is pretty much game for anything as long as … Read more
The Homemade Pumpkin King Costume idea isn’t original but I decided to host a Nightmare before Christmas Halloween party at my house this year. There were several ways I wanted to approach this costume idea. The easiest way was to buy one, but where’s the fun in that? So I got the sewing pattern at … Read more
Introducing Jack Skellington and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas! My wife is a creative genius and gets full credit for this one. Though the movie is now several years old, we knew that the characters were easily identifiable and would have a lasting impact that could make for a fantastic costume. We wanted a … Read more
My boyfriend’s favorite movie is Nightmare Before Christmas, so naturally we chose to dress up as them. We were not impressed by store bought ones so we decided on our own homemade Jack and Sally couple Halloween costume ideas. I did not want to wear an extremely long dress so I opted for a shorter … Read more
First off, Thank you Jeremy Andrew (Costume 17) for the inspiration of making a Homemade Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume. As he mentioned in his tutorial, this is a very long and tedious process, so be forewarned. And, unlike him, I took a slightly cheaper route. I also asked a co-worker, who happens to … Read more