Fun Couples Costume Idea: Barbie and Ken

Fun Couples Costume Idea: Barbie and Ken

The best part of doing this theme was that he was totally in for it! The minute he said, “yes” to Ken I knew we could pull it off because creativity is my thing especially during Halloween time!!! I literally started on this costume October 1st and it came out exactly as I had imagined! … Read more

Baby Groovin’ Groot Costume

Baby Groovin' Groot Costume

Groot is ready to rock the night away.  This is the second Groot costume I have made this month. The first one was an all paper version. This one is a child size costume and made from duct tape. It cost more money to make than the paper costume, but it should hold up for … Read more

Coolest Paper Mache Simpsons Family Costumes

Coolest Paper Mache Simpsons Family Costumes

My family and I are big Simpsons fans and this had always been a costume I wanted to make.  My Dad had made Flintstone paper mache “heads” for our family 30 years ago, so I decided to use this method for the Simpsons. One of my sons threw me a curve ball and requested to dress as Mr. … Read more

Coolest All-Girls Group Costume Idea: The Madonnas!

Coolest All-Girls Group Costume Idea: The Madonnas!

This is probably the best group costume that I have ever been a part of. We all love Madonna so we decided that we would each be one of her signature looks Material girl, Like a Virgin, Express Yourself, Don’t Tell Me, then we added in The Original Madonna for fun. The costumes were a … Read more

Cool Homemade Costume for a Boy: LiTtle M@d H@tteR

Cool Homemade Costume for a Boy: LiTtle M@d H@tteR

Ok my son (JJ) loves for me to always make his costumes. This year I decided to make him one of my favorite Disney character into A costume,  Mad Hater! The Costume Pieces: I am big on thrift stores,  soooooo, I went to the thrift store and purchased pants and tailored them to length,  the … Read more

Coolest Vampire Costume with Coffin Wagon!

Coolest Vampire Costume with Coffin Wagon!

My husband and I win costume contests every year at an annual party we attend. Since having a baby, we haven’t put much thought into our own costumes, but we certainly weren’t going to slack on our little boy. I found a really cool vampire costume at the store. It wasn’t a typical cheap, cheesy … Read more

Cool Greek Gods and Goddesses Family Costume

Cool Greek Gods and Goddesses Family Costume

Before there was Narnia, Avengers or Dr. Who (all pop-mythology we LOVE) there was Greek mythology. Thus, our family chose to dress as gods and goddesses of the Greek Pantheon this Halloween. I am Hera, the mother. My oldest son Avery is Apollo, the intellectual. My daughter Clara is Artemis, the huntress, and my youngest … Read more

Cool Homemade Venus Fly Trap Costume for a Boy

Cool Homemade Venus Fly Trap Costume for a Boy

Time to ask the age old question, so what do you want to be for Halloween this year… come on Batman, Spiderman, Power Ranger, anything else hanging on that Costco rack, Nope…Venus Fly Trap.  What?!  What kind of 4 year old wants to be a Venus Fly Trap? I guess my little bug , dirt, … Read more

Steampunk Costume – Four Years In the Making

Steampunk Costume - Four Years In the Making

Why I made it? When I was 13 I moved to my eighth school and by that time I felt isolated. My dad had become sick and we moved due to medical reasons. I was naive and within a year, I had matured greatly. I needed something to grasp onto that would busy me and … Read more

Scarecrow Dog Costume

Scarecrow Dog Costume

I  wanted to make our dog Connelly a costume that went along with the farming theme so I made him a costume that looks like two dogs a carrying a bale of hay. His costume is made up of everything that we had at home: baby clothes, box, hay, twine, stuffed animals and hot glue. … Read more

Cool Homemade C3P0 Costume

Cool Homemade C3P0 Costume

My name is Terry and I live in Hamilton Ontario, Canada, and I am submitting the C3PO costume that I made by hand and have won many contests here in Hamilton. I am 56 years old and when I saw the first Star Wars movie way back in 1977, the second I saw C3PO, for … Read more