It was my sisters 13th birthday and she had a costume party. There was no theme really but my friend Laura and I wanted something completely different. We had loads of ideas of like Barbie and Ken Robbers fairies but they were rubbish ideas. So after looking on the internet for ideas we thought of … Read more
My fiance and I decided to go in a Homemade Drew Carey and Mimi Bobeck Couple Costume for our annual Halloween party. We ended being voted most original!
Our Barbie girls costume was based on our favorite childhood toy. We used large storage boxes, paint, and loads of hot glue! After cutting and painting the boxes, we found the fonts and words we needed to print on our box. We found the Barbie logo and the Mattel sign, as well as making up … Read more
My husband (John) is himself playing Wii. I (Karen) am his Mii and this is our Wii and Mii Couple Costume. John made an over sized remote. We attached balls to the end of Pringles can and painted to match tees. Took a purple pumpkin, sprayed it with black paint then wiped off most of … Read more
I’ve always loved the characters Pebbles and Bam Bam, and I thought it would be so cute to dress my little ones up as them this year, this might be the last year I can pick what they are going to be. This was my first time making a costume and I had the best … Read more
I got the idea for this Homemade Fred and Wilma Flintstone Costume from this site. I made the Wilma costume out of white fleece. I used elastic to hold the neck together. I made the necklace and earrings out of Styrofoam balls I bought at a craft store. Fred was made out of orange fabric. … Read more
My husband and I were a Homemade Homer and Marge Simpson Couple Costume. This was a last minute costume that won a costume contest amongst our group of friends. Marge: I got a bee hive wig and spray painted it blue. I got my orange necklace at Target and the green dress on the clearance … Read more
We used blue body paint to paint our body and face. It took a few hours to paint our bodies. For the hat, we used white felt fabric and traced a template and sewed it. It could take a few tries with the template to get the shape just right. For Smurfette’s hair, we used … Read more
My Mum & Auntie are twin sisters and decided to go in Patty and Selma Twins Costumes from the Simpsons! They bought the wigs and made the rest of the costumes out of clothing and shoes they had themselves! They painted their skin yellow! They both had given up smoking so they passed on the … Read more
This Homemade Ronald McDonald and Hamburgler Costume was a HUGE hit at the office, and trick-or-treating. It was very simple to make, and not very expensive to buy the accessories. I bought white zip-up painters coveralls, spray painted the main body yellow. For the arms, I took regular paper tape, and colored it red with … Read more
We wanted something that was not store bought but always wanted to dress as a couple costume… This Chucky and his Bride was perfect! We found most of the clothes at a discount store and even found an actual wedding dress from the 70s. We chopped it up and added some fake blood. It was … Read more
My boyfriend and I were looking up costumes online and wanted to stay away from the typical “hot guy” and “hot girl” costumes. So, I ran across an Oompa Loompa and it was meant to be. We both decided that he’d be Willy Wonka and I’d be the Oompa Loompa. And that worked really well … Read more