My two sons wanted to have a costume theme together but couldn’t agree on anything. They love video games of course and I suggested a Mario and Luigi costume, but we didn’t like the ideas we had seen. We came up with Bobble Head Mario and Luigi. Using the kitchen table for a month was … Read more
My boys are obsessed with Mario and Luigi but there were not ready made costumes so we had to make our own Fire Mario and Fire Luigi Halloween Costumes. This particular year they wanted to be Fire Mario and Fire Luigi from New Super Mario Bros.
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
My birthday is on Halloween. I never dressed-up ever. So when I was pressured by my husband and friends to actually go out and dress up – I didn’t want to be something everyone else was, and since I am obsessed with anything that has to do with Dia De Los Muertos I had to … Read more
We made our own costumes this year. I like hunting so we came up with the idea of a Homemade Hunter and his Dead Dear Costume. My camo hunting pants, rubber boots (which you cant see in the pic) carhart vest, blood smeared white Tee shirt, unibrow and handlebar mustache (black makeup) dirty looking face … Read more
This is so easy and perfect for twins or best friends! I found lots of kid costume ideas from searching on the web and finally decided to do the dice! You will need about six yards (more or less can’t remember how much it actually was) of fuzzy material of your choice of color (though … Read more
BLACK BIRD: Materials for body: *Long black blazer style jacket (Thrift store $5) *Big fake ficus tree (Thrift store $10) *3 cans black spray paint *2-5 black feather boas (depending on thickness) *Lots of hot glue/glue gun 1. Paint the leaves of the ficus tree with black spray paint (clean dust off leaves first so … Read more
With all of the buzz last year (2009) around the Octomom, I decided to create the perfect homemade Octomom costume.
I came up with the idea to do Barbie and Ken costumes with my boyfriend because I usually do something crazy or dress like a goof. This year I wanted to be more girlie so that my boyfriend would appreciate my creativity. So the Barbie idea was perfect! I always feel the need to make … Read more
My best friend was recently awarded custody of these 2 children, a couple of months before Halloween. Although they look like twins, there is a year between the boy and girl, who are 3 and 2 respectively. They had never celebrated Halloween before and I decided that Pebbles and Bam Bam would be their first … Read more
This Homemade Pebbles and BamBam Costume is extremely easy to make! Spent about $12.00 on fabric, hot gluegun and haircolor. It took maybe 2 hours to make both. Both BamBam and Pebbles bottoms, BamBam’s hat and boot covers are all made from felt. I just cut appropriate sizes and jagged the bottom end. I used … Read more
This is me and my wife in our Homemade Sponge Bob and Patrick Costumes.