Making My Little Pony Toddler Costumes My daughter (3 years old) is OBSESSED with My Little Pony. So, for Halloween, she insisted on being Fluttershy. I have to admit, I was not very keen on the costume choice. I Googled for ideas. My options were pretty limited to an outfit with a silk screened pony … Read more
From the moment my daughter April cracked her first smile — a wide, brilliant grin like the shape of a capital D on its side – I had a vision. She was only 10 weeks old at the time, and Halloween was over four months away, but that smile (not to mention April’s adorable baby-chubby … Read more
As soon as my son saw Dispicable Me, my son immediately knew he wanted to be a minion. I had made his costumes for the past several years (Coolest Homemade Luke Skywalker Pilot Costume 2 and Coolest Bumblebee Transformer Halloween Costume 24), so I started working on this new challenge. He can be pretty shy, … Read more
To make Echo’s handmade Scorpion costume, a combination of latex, wire, stuffing, knit fabric, Velcro and sewing machine are required. First, measurements were taken of Echo’s neck, torso length, waist, and shoulders to make the knot bodice for her costume. This stretchy fabric has lots of give to make it very customizable. The neck is … Read more
This baby golfer in a golf cart stroller costume is so easy, all I used was: Single Stroller, large sheets of card board , several different sized boxes, 4 wrapping paper cores, hot glue and glue gun, newspapers, water, flour, and large bowl for paper mache, long bolt (longer than 3 inches) with matching wing … Read more
This “Greg” from ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ cartoon drawing is very simple to make and only requires a few materials. Though I have written quite a bit on how to make this costume, overall the task is quite simple. Don’t let the length of these instructions discourage you from attempting. I have gone into … Read more
I asked my 8 yr old daughter Trinity what she wanted to be for Halloween, she replied with “a cemetery angel” – a challenge was made! I bought 2 pieces of foam core board to use as the wings, free handed the wing shape and cut out with a box cutter. I used craft foam … Read more
My first thought for Halloween 2011 was to be a giant. That should make some impression on the other guests. Of course, the ceiling is a problem when the party in inside so I had to make do with a half-giant: Rubeus Hagrid. I wanted the effect of the costume to be big so stilts … Read more
How I Made My Aquarium/Scuba Diver Costume: I got the idea from this website and added my own touches. This is a 2-part costume – a scuba diver inside an aquarium. This was very involved and time consuming, but I enjoyed every minute of it! As you can see my bad kitty had to be … Read more
We had just moved to Mesa, AZ… in honor of the heat and the local flora, we decided our six-month old daughter just had to be a cactus! After scouring the internet and only finding a few very ugly cactus costume ideas – I knew there was a way I could do it and make … Read more
Well this is what happens every year!! After a flash of inspiration and about 30 hours of handy work. Its quiet strange what materials you find laying about the house. Everything you see was made from scratch even the suit itself is made from faux leather. The helmet was paper-mached over a large ballon, other … Read more
Lemon Laura’s Ice Cream Truck was a big hit at a school Halloween dance and town parade where she could easily maneuver around with the lights glowing, ice cream truck song playing, ringing her bell. She could also relax in a chair inside the costume while children drew and wrote on the whiteboard side of … Read more