Coolest Family Lego Movie Homemade Costumes

Coolest Family Lego Movie Costumes

First of all I found this site for ideas on making a lego costume and saw this group of lego costumes and thought, hey, I can try this.  So, I figured to start a month ahead of time because I would be making 3 costumes.  And I picked the minifigures from the Lego Movie….Emmet, Wyldstyle-Wild … Read more

Old School Planet of the Apes Costume

Old School Planet of the Apes Costume

This is my favorite costume to date. I created it for our annual Halloween costume party at work. It took me over four hours to apply makeup and hair. Every client who comes in votes for their favorite costume and you win $100. I have won the past four years being Dr. Seuss from the … Read more

Comfortable and Unique Unikitty and Angry Unikitty Costume

Comfortable and Unique Unikitty and Angry Unikitty Costume

We started with a plan to make a costume that would show the true emotions of unikitty from The Lego Movie, be comfortable to wear, easy to put on, allow my daughter to sit down in it, and win a local contest in our hometown   We were successful!  My daughter won first place in a contest against 40 contestants … Read more

Rayman and Raving Rabbids Family Costume

Rayman and Raving Rabbids Family Costume

The theme was chosen by Benjamin, my 7 year-old son. Shy by nature and not the least bit outgoing, he takes after his mom, the wallflower!  In order to help my son overcome his social anxiety, I’ve been making costumes of his choice and joining in.  My thought is this: if his seriously boring and … Read more

Awesome Peanuts Gang Group Costume

Awesome Peanuts Gang Group Costume

Making the Peanuts costumes for our school Halloween skit, I first tried to make the head out of paper mache but the punching balloons kept breaking and it was a messy disaster. So to Home Depot and craft stores I went  to see what I could find. After walking around placing items on my head … Read more

Perfect Sized Homemade Toddler Minion Costume

Perfect Sized Homemade Toddler Minion Costume

To create this toddler minion costume, I started off with a foam mattress that I cut to fit my 22 month old daughter. The Body Cut the top of the mattress like a flower to get it to fold and form a round head. Used Velcro and hot glue to keep the seam together on … Read more

Mother and Daughter Raggedy Ann and Andy Costumes

Mother and Daughter Raggedy Ann and Andy Costumes

I like to decorate,  create and recycle vintage and thrift store finds. I am 71 years old (Raggedy Ann) my daughter is 45 years old (Raggedy Andy) and we love dressing up for halloween and going trick or treating with my 10 year old granddaughter. My husband passed away several years ago and my family … Read more

World’s First Known Spooky Space Kook Costume

World's First Known Spooky Space Kook Costume

I loved watching Scooby Doo as a young kid and was terrified by the scariest known Villain – the Spooky Space Kook. This guy glowed in the dark and had the scariest evil laugh known. So my decision was made and my project was started. The basic costume uses white work gloves, white sweat pants, … Read more

Enormous Tic Tac Container Costume

Enormous Tic Tac Container Costume

My son has an affinity for orange, and has recently discovered Tic Tac candy.  He likes how the box opens and closes, and makes a cool rattling noise in his pocket.  So, I set about making a giant tic tac costume! He won Most Unique costume in our local contest, and posed for more pictures … Read more

Witty Labrador Retriever Costume: EBOLA LAB

Witty Labrador Retriever Costume: EBOLA LAB

Star 98 Radio and Kia Motors sponsor an annual “Dog-O-Ween” contest to raise money for the local humane society in Tallahassee, FL, so we entered our Yellow Lab, Beau.  With all the news these days about Ebola, we decided to make him into an “Ebola Lab.”  Outdated lab supplies were found at a local thrift … Read more