Vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse Costume

Vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse Costume

A month ago, we decided we wanted to do a vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse costume as our first homemade couples costume. My boyfriend is quite creative and he had the idea of doing huge Mickey and Minnie heads on our little bodies. The process of making the heads took about two weeks of long evenings … Read more

Penguin and Toucan Costumes: Birds of a Feather in all Kinds of Weather

Penguin and Toucan Costumes: Birds of a Feather in all Kinds of Weather

Every Halloween I have fun taking on new costume challenges.  My daughters wanted to go as a penguin and a toucan for Halloween this year.  We named the penguin Twiggles because the tail would “twiggle” back and forth as she walked, and we called the toucan Jewel.  These birds are unlikely companions.   They won local … Read more

Our Little Waste Management Team Halloween Costumes

Our Little Waste Management Team Halloween Costumes

Our 3-year son has been obsessed with garbage trucks for quite a while. He watches garbage truck videos, he has toy garbage trucks, he asks us to rip up paper to make him “garbage” for the trucks. Sometimes on garbage day, my husband takes him out early in the morning, puts him on his shoulders, … Read more

Awesome Scifi Lighted Extraterrestrial Alien Costume

Awesome Scifi Lighted Extraterrestrial Alien Costume

I worked on this costume for months. Where to start? The headpiece was made with intricate cut work into a thick bendable foam, on top of that, I put silver glitter and glue all over, then glued teeny tiny mirrors all over and some crystals. The leg pieces are the same as the headpiece, back … Read more

Coolest Family Costume Tales of a Steampunk Alien Invasion

Coolest Family Costume Tales of a Steampunk Alien Invasion

I have five children. And with that statement comes the fact that Halloween is a HUGE deal at my house. Especially since I’m a clothing designer and my kids are all eight and under, so they take the opportunity to really test my skills. Originally, when my kids asked if they could all go as … Read more

Coolest Mini Gene Simmons Costume

Coolest Mini Gene Simmons Costume

We watch Gene Simmons Family Jewels reruns with our nine year old daughter. In the past, she has been princesses and Draculaura for Halloween. When we asked her this year, she told she wanted to be “The Demon” from Kiss. Um, okay. So I went online to see how we might go about making a … Read more

Littlest Ghostbuster Toddler Costume – Who You Gonna Call?!?!

Littlest Ghostbuster Toddler Costume - Who You Gonna Call?!?!

This is Cooper. He’s a funny guy. He has a great laugh, and has frequently been described by others as ‘silly’. He’s too little to understand it, just yet, but as it turns out… his parents are insane. They are the type of folks that would set out on a mission to “out-do” the surprisingly … Read more

Cutest Cabbage Patch Kid Costume

Cutest Cabbage Patch Kid Costume

My wife and I wanted to make our daughter’s first Halloween special (and have blackmail for the teenage years)! We chose to go with a Cabbage Patch Kid costume for Aislin Elliana, because who doesn’t love CPKs? To make the costume, we went to our local Target and bought the following list: 1. Trifold foam … Read more

Coolest Mushroom Costume

Coolest Mushroom Costume

This year, my daughter was inspired by our recent mushroom foray. She wanted to be a mushroom, but could not decide which one. We scoured some mushroom books of the Pacific Northwest and came up with a few of the more interesting ones. Together we sewed these various types of mushrooms which included Amainta, Morel, … Read more

Cutest Infant and Toddler Mouse Trap Costume

Cutest Infant and Toddler Mouse Trap Costume

To get started on the mouse trap costume base, you will need a wagon. We used our Radio Flyer Pathfinder wagon. We are doing a lot of home renovations and had some extra lumber that was used to create the base of the trap. You can find cheap lumber at any local home improvement store. … Read more

Coolest Ever Ned Yost Bunting Card Costume

Coolest Ever Ned Yost Bunting Card Costume

As a HUGE Kansas City Royals fan, I instantly fell in love with the idea of creating a tribute to our head coach Ned Yost by recreating his 1983 Topps Milwaukee Brewers card of him bunting after reaching the World Series this year. As soon as I tweeted a picture of it, it became an … Read more

Cool Maxine Greeting Card Costume

Cool Maxine Greeting Card Costume

I had so much fun with this costume! I gathered the materials from wherever I could find them! clothes, hat, sunglasses, Dr. Scholl’s and jewelry from Goodwill, white curly wig from my Halloween bin, coffee cup from my cupboard and some “new things” like sharpies, tape and wire fly swatters for the “card”. Dressing was … Read more