Well first off I had no idea how to make this Yip Yip costume. This costume was made for my oldest daughter. I think she was born in the wrong era! Her birthday is June 20 1998 and she loves anything and everything from the eighties. So it began the making of a Yip Yip costume. A Yip Yip is … Read more
Start with one med. storage box and one large storage box, duct taped together. Spray painted the top and bottom. Cut out three sides of the top box and glue on clear vinyl to the openings. Wire two kitchen tongs together for the ‘claw’.Attach handles to the inside of the large box, for carrying. Decorate … Read more
My husband’s nickname is “Big Orca” for Halloween. He was a killer whale and I was a sea world trainer. We used all materials from Walmart, just a black hoodie and print and iron fabric! We bought the hoodie and ironed on the outline of a killer whale so when he overlapped his arms, it … Read more
As a senior in junior, I was tired of seeing the same costumes being recycled year after year (myself being guilty of this as well!). After walking out of my third costume shop feeling at last defeated and hopeless regarding my search for that perfect costume, I decided it was time to go the homemade … Read more
My son wanted to be a garden gnome. We started looking for ideas and came up with a garden gnome sitting on top of a mushroom!. We used a plastic snow sled turned up side down as the top of the mushroom. We cut a hole in the center large enough for him to fit … Read more
For the girls costume, I bought stretchy fabric for the skirt and sewed it to fit properly and cut two long strips for the suspenders. After the skirt was made, I sewed big yellow buttons onto the skirt. I took a plain white tshirt and used fabric spray for the polka dots. Add yellow ribbon … Read more
I was trying to decide what would be a unique costume for my 2 pugs to enter in our annual Halloween dog parade/costume contest. I always make my own costumes and I wanted them to be something no one has ever seen. I decided to make cupcake costumes, since cupcakes are so popular. I changed … Read more
This woman’s sexy Big Bird costume started with a Big Bird headband I bought at a second hand store. I thought, “This will be easy!” I was wrong, this was complicated but well worth the time. I went to every Dollar store and Wal-mart in the area and rid them of their white feather boas (the amount … Read more
We attended an 80’s prom themed Halloween party, located at an old school house. We created our own prom Zombies couple Halloween costumes, all for around $30. That’s including a Goodwill shopping trip and makeup. For the open wound look, we used one ply toilet paper, and liquid latex, and of coarse makeup. We rolled … Read more
Under $10! This cheap and easy Lady Gaga Halloween costume was soooo fun to make. This is me on the right. I used one roll of black trash bags and one roll of packaging tape! Started by cutting up strips of trash bags and just taping them onto a flat trash bag. Next I just … Read more
1st off…let me tell you I had NO clue what this scarecrow was. With lots of searching, well I got pics, but no real help. So I got my creative mind going! Off to the hospital, Goodwill, Menards, Meijers…..you name it I was there looking around thinking, probably looking like a crazy woman. But I … Read more
We are big Family Guy fans so when we were trying to think of a costume idea for a group, Family Guy Cast group costume was a perfect idea! We got the outfits for everyone but Brian at Goodwill. Brian (the dog) was made by using a simple white Hanes sweatshirt and sweatpants, an actual dog … Read more