Homemade Elsa Costume – an Evil Twist on a New Story

Homemade Elsa Costume - an Evil Twist on a New Story

Okay so this costume started off as a joke while my friends and I were shopping at Goodwill. We were looking through dresses and talking about halloween costume ideas when one of my friends said that we should do Disney. I was upset because I didn’t want to be so unoriginal but while we were … Read more

DIY Wall-E and E.V.E. Costumes for the Happiest Kids Ever!

DIY Wall-E and E.V.E. Costumes for the Happiest Kids Ever!

Every year we creative loonies have the challenge of coming up with original and fun Halloween costumes.  Once we have children, that tradition gets passed down to them (whether they fully appreciate it or not.)  Thankfully, I have a 4 year old daughter who genuinely seems to love crazy costumes, and definitely loves being unique.  … Read more

Homemade Jack Skellington Toddler Costume

Homemade Jack Skellington Toddler Costume

My daughter is two and a half, and this year would be her first time really trick or treating. When I asked what she wanted to be for Halloween, she said “JACK!”( from the nightmare before Christmas-> her favorite movie, she watches it everyday) so naturally, I started trying to find a costume online. I … Read more

DIY Magnificent Maleficent Costume

DIY Magnificent Maleficent Costume

Right from the moment I saw the trailer for Maleficent, I was inspired to create this modern take on one of the classic villainess from Disney. Also, Maleficent is just an all around strong female character a.k.a. she’s a badass, I said it! But creating this whole look did take some time, especially the horns. … Read more

Homemade Winged Maleficent Costume

Homemade Winged Maleficent Costume

I enjoyed creating this homemade Winged Maleficent costume so much. Ever since I was a child I wished that I could have wings. One day I was watching TV and then I got the idea of wings from the Black Swan movie especially the transformation scene. I then started to think how to make the … Read more

Jake and The Neverland Pirates Costume with Izzy and Cubby

Jake and The Neverland Pirates Costume with Izzy and Cubby

My son wanted to be Jake for Halloween. So we decided to be his crew. My husband went as Cubby and I went as Izzy. I bought about 1 and 1/4 yards of blue felt, half a yard of brown felt, yellow felt squares, two extra large yellow buttons, pink bandana, blue bandana, a light … Read more

Best Elsa Costume Ever

Best Elsa Costume Ever

My Granddaughter Hallie had friends over visiting and they were all talking about what they wanted to be for Halloween. Hallie said “I want to be Elsa from Frozen”. Her little friends told her that she could not be Elsa because she wasn’t a princess. Hallie cried. My daughter called me and asked if I … Read more

Fast and Easy Toy Story Jessie Costume

Fast and Easy Toy Story Jessie Costume

My 12 year old niece Cassandra is wearing the costume. We got a white long sleeve button shirt and painted it with yellow fabric paint. Then with red puff paint, made red swirls. On the blue jeans we sewed cow print material as chaps. For the arm cuffs we got yellow foam squares and cut … Read more

Cool Homemade Olaf Costume

Cool Homemade Olaf Costume

My grandson Landon loved Olaf from the movie Frozen.  One night he called me enthusiastically and asked “Grandma will you make an Olaf costume for me?”  I said absolutely!! not realizing what I was getting into… I had yet to see the movie Frozen.  First I watched the movie.  Then I spent hours combing the … Read more

Jake and the Neverland Pirates Family Costume

Jake and the Neverland Pirates Family Costume

It took two and a half months to make the ship. Made entirely out of cardboard and duct tape, and put together using a hot glue gun and super glue. I came up with the idea when my then four month old started to “watch” the Disney show “Jake and the Neverland pirates”. I got … Read more

LEGO Princess Elsa Costume

LEGO Princess Elsa Costume

Our 4 year old daughter could not decide if she wanted to be Princess Elsa or a Lego girl for Halloween.  We decided we would combine the two and make a Lego Princess Elsa Costume. My husband conveniently works at a packaging company, so we figured  making a costume based on boxes would be easy. … Read more

Young Maleficent Homemade Disney Costume

Young Maleficent Homemade Disney Costume

My kids choose the next year costume as soon as they take off that year costume so I have time to plan, get supplies, etc. When my 8 year old Isabella went to the Maleficent movie premiere she decide that she wanted to be young maleficent and I had to start all over again, but … Read more