It all started out when I was having the most difficult time deciding what to be for Halloween. I always go for homemade costumes, and I was discussing with a friend last minute about how I was stumped. She told me to go through what I’d already been, so I said, well, I’ve been a … Read more
I started this Spooky Dia de los Muertos couple costume with a men’s plain brown jacket and added gold spider material to the lapel and pockets and the jacket and the entire front of the vest underneath. The black hat has a brown and gold spider ribbon on it and brown flowers added to the side. … Read more
My friend and I came up with the ingenious idea to make a creative homemade Christmas Tree and Present couple costume. Best part is they were ridiculously cheap. Everything we got was from the thrift store and it was all done in 1 day. Firstly the Xmas tree was a ton of fun to put … Read more
Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies, so when I had to make a last minute costume for a party I immediately wanted to try creating this Royal Tenenbaums couple costume. My boyfriend and I threw these costumes together in 1 day by visiting thrift shops and getting together some simple things! The few … Read more
What’s better than the classic Mad character’s of Spy vs Spy? When they are the chosen Halloween costumes for brother and sister who are just as zany and cunning as the characters themselves. Two of my children wanted to do something together and came upon this idea. While figuring out the head piece, especially the … Read more
I wanted something creative and easy for a Halloween costume. But also something NO ONE ELSE would have. I loved Pacman as a kid and thought to myself, “How awesome would it be to have a bunch of ghosts follow Pacman/ ms. Pacman around?” So then it began, our easy Ms. Pacman and Ghost Couple … Read more
There are many pre-made Mario themed costumes out there but they are all so over used and lacking in good taste so this year we decided to go the extra mile. Much of the Princess Peach costume was purchased at a costume store but only when we broke out the old sewing kit to attach … Read more
My husband and I went as Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner. We LOVED this costume and so did all of our friends. Wile E. won 1st place in the costume contest and boy was he one proud Coyote. I started out by making Wile E.’s head. I used an old baseball cap and a … Read more
As soon as my college roommate and I thought of this idea of a fun magic school bus and Ms. Frizzle Halloween costume, we did everything we had to do to make it PERFECT. We must have gone to 3 stores to find cardboard boxes and several thrift stores to find the right Ms. Frizzle … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to do something fun and original for this Halloween so we decided to dress up as our favorite show’s characters Ders and Jillian from Comedy Central’s Workaholics (a show about a group of friends that work at a telemarketing company, they live together and raise hell together as well). This … Read more
I went to a Disney themed party this year. I knew I wanted to be something different and unique so my boyfriend and I went as Kevin and Carl from Up! Carl was easy. We found a brown tweed jacket and brown dress pants at a thrift store. He already had a white button up … Read more
I have a curly headed boy who loves McDonald’s… and he needed a haircut. If there was one year to be Ronald McDonald, without using a wig, it was this one! His big sister was a McDonald’s server. Here is how we made this fun kids couple costume: Ronald: The yellow suit was a Teletubbies … Read more