I bought my daughter’s costume for this year last year as a way to save money but once I took it out the closet it just looked like a regular old costume for a one year old. Every other kids was going to be a little elephant. As I was talking to my coworkers yesterday … Read more
This costume was inspired by the Syfi movie Sharknado. Since this is to be worn to the office on Halloween, I decided to make a waist length version with blue tulle to represent the ocean so I can sit and work. You can easily extend the material to make a full length sharknado. Total spent … Read more
I made this costume for one of our zombie-themed school event. The inspiration of costume is the idea of a little girl being unsuccessfully dissected and turned into a zombie and started to scare people who’ve done it to her. Because of my wide imagination, I did initialized how to make such props and come … Read more
Putting this together was pretty simple. I took an old tank of mine and just covered it in different colored pom poms using a hot glue gun. I had a red skirt at home and just used duct tape to draw on the dispensary part. Although I originally wanted to use real gumballs, I wasn’t sure … Read more
My Poison Ivy costume cost me £0 to make! It’s made up of a nude vest top and a part of tights! I wasn’t keen on many Poison Ivy costumes I had seen, also most of them were leotards and I felt they looked to revealing! So, I had an idea to make something similar to … Read more
Our little boy has always been a fan of animals and we thought it was the cutest thing when he learned how to identify an elephant and mimic the sound of one; complete with an arm in the air like a trunk. So an elephant he was going to be. But Brandon had other ideas. … Read more
My original costume idea did not get much attention, so I decided to change things up a little at the last minute. Throwing together bits and pieces of costume accessories I had collected over the years…a cowboy hat, some gloves, a mask, stacker boots…added a couple dollar store bouncy balls (slightly deflated), and a pillow’s … Read more
After having made boy costumes for the past 10 years, I was more than excited to make one for my 7 month old daughter! In trying to think up a costume, I flashed back to memories of things that I loved as a child. After days of pondering, I finally figured it out! A Cabbage … Read more
I used cardboard and poster board for the costumes. I had to measure each of my children to make it the right size. It was some what complicated when trying on the body of the Lego my son got stuck and could not get out. Then I forgot to cut one side for the arm … Read more
Me and my two girlfriends did a Running Scared 5k this year and needed, easy, cheap and comfortable costumes. We even WON the costume contest! Rock (you need:) 1. Black garbage bag 2. Grey (sticks to plastic) spray paint 3. Tape 4. Some kind of stuffing (I used packaging bubbles) Paper (you need:) 1. Pins … Read more
I’m always about cute fun ideas as opposed to the run of the mill naughty adult female costumes. I realized I had a yellow shirt, and cut offs, and then yellow tights from the Red Fraggle costume a few years ago, and it all just suddenly came together before I knew it. I cut strips … Read more
I had a Halloween party for my dance team that very day and still had no idea what to be until I was inspired by the Up movie. I started being creative and found a brown straw basket that I cut out the bottom of and fit my hips around. I tied string from the … Read more