My two daughters wanted to be a magician and a rabbit in the hat. For the Rabbit in the hat I took an ice cream bucket from 31 flavors and covered it with black shiny material. All I did was hot glue the material, add a Styrofoam brim also covered with material, and to hold … Read more
Items you will need to make these Octomom and Paparazzi Homemade Costumes: Blanket or baby sling 8 baby dolls (bought for $1 each at Dollar Tree) Black Wig (bought for $8 at Halloween Costume Store) Lipstick Big Black “Glamour” Sunglasses White Paper Safety Pins Camera Dollars My husband and I did this costume for our … Read more
Are you brave enough to take The Challenge?? We were sick of all the same old same old and wanted to come up with something fun and entertaining. Which is when we decided to be “The Pepsi taste challenge” I know being a can of soda has been done before but not like this. To … Read more
Our son and daughter are HUGE Lego fans, easily spending hours weekly building different creations from our buckets of Lego. When we saw the idea on this site for a Lego Boy and Girl Minifig Couple Costume, we attempted to replicate it, however with some minor changes that made it simpler for us, as busy … Read more
My best friend and I decided to go as Raggedy Ann and Andy costume. The costumes were really easy. I got most of everything we are wearing at thrift shops. For Raggedy dolls, I took plaid material and sewed the shirt for them both very basic and simple. The striped stockings are white tights with … Read more
This Dead Couple Costume was a complete last minute jobby! I managed to pick up an Indian wedding outfit from a charity shop on the morning of the party, and wore the skirt pulled up as a dress and turned the shawl into a veil using a hair slide and super glue. My boyfriend already … Read more
It all started with a Google search of “costume” me and my boyfriend couldn’t think of what to dress up as. We first found the Fred and Wilma idea, but the decided on going with pebbles and Bam Bam instead. We then went to the fabric store for everything to make the clothes with and … Read more
My boyfriend and I love Halloween but I refuse to ever buy a costume from a store. We both love 80’s TV, and we both happened to love He-Man and She-Ra as kids, so we figured why not do a couples costume and live out our childhood dreams! Here is how we made the Homemade … Read more
I just cam across your site and I love it! I have been making our Halloween costumes for years now and thought I’d share a few of them. First up is my Homemade Shrek and Fiona Costumes. When my son was 3 years old I decided to dress him as Shrek and my 8 month … Read more
My boyfriend and I always try to come up with creative costumes for Halloween. We don’t really like bought costumes and try to come up with our own every year. We ended up choosing homemade Marge and Homer Simpsong costumes because we both loved the Simpsons when we were younger, and although we’ve moved on … Read more
I really enjoy making my children’s costumes. After seeing my kids watch The Smurfs a million times, I knew exactly what they would be for Halloween. Smurfette: I used an old summer white dress, cut out a flower from felt and placed a blue circle in the middle. (taken from a leftover piece of Brainy’s … Read more
Homemade Chicken Costume: I bought a cheap feather pillow at Big Lots ($3.99) and a can of spray adhesive … and a long sleeve white tee … sprayed one side of the tee and patted the loose feathers onto the adhesive. I bought orange ladies scrub pants for chicken feet, and used the spray adhesive … Read more