When my four year old son, Jet decided he wanted to Sackboy this year my husband was all sort of excited to make his costume. The cool thing about this was once the Sackboy was made he could then dress that up in any costume he wanted as in the video game you go around … Read more
This DIY Jessie costume was a super-quick turnaround costume, but I had a lot of fun making it! First, I made the hat out of some red stiff felt. I had to combine the pieces a bit to make the brim wide to match Jessie’s. I used white cording to glue between two pieces of … Read more
For a Halloween party we made a Bob Ross and his “Happy Tree” couple costume. For Bob Ross we used a wig, attachable beard, and a paint palette from the Dollar Store. The tree was created from a dress that was hot glued with over 150 fall leaves. A nest with birds was put in … Read more
Here’s my original DIY Turkey costume. What’s on the menu, you ask? Creativity! Fun! Family! Friendship! And Entertainment! Annually, the Eastside Turkey Trot 5k Run is held Thanksgiving morning at the Eastern Community YMCA, Oregon, Ohio. Matt Folk from Second Sole of Toledo, Perrysburg, Ohio coordinates the event with proceeds going toward the YMCA Scholarship Fund. … Read more
This year my almost 12 year old daughter ambitiously announced that she was going to make a costume – a Sock Monkey costume to be exact. Not wanting to squash her ambitions I enthusiastically agreed that it would be a great idea. I knew this was a task bigger than both of us because her … Read more
My mother in law actually made this Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head couple Halloween costume. She started with the egg crate type foam you use on top of a mattress. She cut it into a generic potato shape. One side was hot glued shut and the other had Velcro hot glued on each side so … Read more
The Old Woman who lived in a shoe costume was super fun to make! I wanted it to be on a stroller so it would be easy to get my little one around. I started with a stroller, then bungeed a seat to the top. Used PVC pipe, chicken wire, and a ton of zip … Read more
Like many 2.5 year old boys, my son is an avid train and Thomas fan. But as many have noted, the costume selection is lacking. Being a major DIY-er, I thought of making him a costume to wear, but knew he would likely accidentally destroy it before we got out of the house. I did … Read more
About a month before Halloween I had to have knee surgery so I had to have crutches for my Halloween costume and had to get a little creative. I decided to be the referees on the side line that measure the 10 yards for the downs. I turned my crutches into the polls and even … Read more
My eight year old daughter is a big Star Wars fan so this year I made her a landspeeder costume. The vehicle is from Episode 4: A New Hope and is the vehicle Luke Skywalker has on Tatooine. My daughter’s wearing a Karate gee and thick brown belt to duplicate his shirt and a pair … Read more
If you don’t remember, Benny here is the cab driver from Halloweentown. One of the movies most of my generation would watch every year around Halloween as kids. I decided to make a mask of Benny for my Halloween costume by using liquid latex mixed with flour to mold the mask onto a mannequin head. … Read more
Tap Tap the chiseler is Underdogs evil twin. He was in several episodes of Underdog. I decided that since I have never seen a Tap Tap cosplay that I should do a shout out to him.Tap Tap dressed as Underdog to escape prison. The main difference in each cartoon is that Tap Tap always had … Read more