Sexy Little Mermaid Costume

Sexy Little Mermaid Costume

Halloween is my favorite time of year! I love to get creative with costumes and really wow everyone. Making your own costume makes you unique and not look like the typical “party city” costume. It’s always awkward moment when someone buys the same typical Halloween costume as you and you are in competition on who wore … Read more

Queen of Hearts DIY Costume for a Girl

Queen of Hearts DIY Costume for a Girl

Here is again my Ivona, this time as the Queen of Hearts. The idea I found on the net, I admit, but I sewed all alone without anyone help. Lower part of the dress is my old skirt. I attached on it deck cards and white material, it used to be a scarf, with stitched … Read more

Every Aladdin Needs a Carpet Couple Halloween Costume

Every Aladdin Needs a Carpet Couple Halloween Costume

My wife and I wanted to dress up as a couple for Halloween, but we didn’t want to do your typical couples costume. Everyone has seen the typical Aladdin and Jasmine, but have you ever seen Aladdin and Carpet? We made a trip to the local fabric store and found the right colors for Aladdin’s … Read more

Cool Toddler Boo Costume

Cool Toddler Boo Costume

I got the idea for my daughter to be “Boo” while watching Monsters Inc with my daughter and nephews in the spring. The original idea being that they would all be characters from the movie. But as time passed on, true to form, the boys decided they wanted to be Super Heroes. My daughter though, … Read more

Coolest Jessica and Roger Rabbit Homemade Couple Costume

Jessica and Roger Rabbit Couple Costume

For our Halloween Costumes for 2013 we decided to be Roger and Jessica Rabbit from the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” made in 1988. We love this movie and when deciding to dress up as these characters we hoped it would bring a smile to people faces and remind them of the movie as well. … Read more

Coolest Buzz Lightyear Costume for Preschooler

Coolest Buzz Lightyear Costume for Preschooler

My son Ezra asked for a Buzz Lightyear costume, and once I was convinced he wasn’t going to change his mind, I started working on it the first weekend in October.  I decided a few elements that were going to be essential to achieve the look I wanted were an oval-shaped spacesuit, creating a “laser” … Read more

Group Toy Story Halloween Costumes

Group Toy Story Halloween Costumes

This is a group that works at an elementary school so the theme had to be kid friendly. We had a lot of fun with these Toy Story Halloween costumes! The start To start, we all bounced ideas off one another and decided how to do certain costumes. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Mr. Potato … Read more

Homemade Carl and Russell Couple Halloween Costume

Homemade Carl and Russell Couple Halloween Costume

The adventure began when we decided we were going to Mickey’s Halloween party at Disneyland. (Oct. 21 2013), dressed up. If you go to Disney we thought we should do a Disney character couple. I’m a big guy so we wanted it to look good and fitting. When we first got married all those years ago I could … Read more

Authentic Handmade Sally Costume

Authentic Handmade Sally Costume

My mom made this Sally costume using hand-dyed colored burlap from Fabric on a Whim.  She hand-cut the patches, sewed them on and used black thread to stitch it to an old dress I had that was kind of stretchy.  She used dark purple and brown Sharpie brush tip markers to draw patterns on the … Read more

Cute Poseidon and his Mermaid Couple Costume

Cute Poseidon and his Mermaid Couple Costume

My boyfriend and I met on the Disney College Program so we wanted to be something Disney related but nothing too cheesy. The bra top was made by just buying a cheap bra from Ross ($3.99) and some shells, beads and glitter from Jo Ann’s (About $10). I lined the bra with glitter and then … Read more

Pinocchio from Shrek Costume

Pinocchio from Shrek Costume

Hi my name is Elena and this is my son Juan Manuel. I decided to make his costume Pinocchio because I think he looks a lot like him and would suit him well. I dressed him up along with his brothers who where Gingy Cookie and a Baby Shrek. His costume was made with mostly … Read more