Cool Homemade Lego Minifig Halloween Group Costume

Cool Homemade Lego Minifig Halloween Group Costume

The Lego idea Who does not know Lego minifigs? There’s no doubt, those little men, born in 1930, have now conquered the entire world! I think there’s no person out there who does not know them. This is a basic concept, is the first rule for a successful costume: If you want to impress people you must … Read more

Homemade Bender (Futurama) Halloween Costume

Homemade Bender (Futurama) Halloween Costume

I LOVE making my own costumes and I have created a few that I still have to this day.  This is by far my favorite and most elaborate: Bender from Futurama. More details on all the  pieces. But the Q&D is: Head: main part part (cylindrical) cement post mold (for cement posts, Home Depot) and … Read more

Coolest Homemade Gumby Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Gumby Halloween Costume

I started off this Gumby Halloween costume with tracing my entire body on a large piece of paper I got from the newspaper printers. I got the outline and then drew the shape of Gumby over the pattern of my body outline. Cut the fabric pieces out from the new pattern and made the eyes out … Read more

Coolest Classy Victorian Parisian Lady Costume for Women

Coolest Classy Victorian Parisian Lady Costume for Women

My dear husband took me to a dance held by the UTA campus’s library staff (those cheeky librarians!) called “An Evening in Paris: Dancing at the Moulin Rouge.” We knew there would be a costume contest, and he and I both love any excuse to dress up. Fortunately, the hubby already owns a kilt suit, … Read more

Homemade Jack and Sally Halloween Couple Costume

Homemade Jack and Sally Halloween Couple Costume

This is what my boyfriend and me wore for Halloween last year. We got loads of compliments and my boyfriend even won first prize for his. Sally Costume: The Sally costume started out as a long floral patterned top. I then watched The Nightmare Before Christmas a few times and then worked out the general … Read more

Coolest Last-Minute Basketball and Net Costume

Coolest Last-Minute Basketball and Net Costume

Cut out the bottom of a round laundry basket, cut a piece of cardboard to use as a back board(connect the back board to the laundry basket with wire). Paint a line on the backboard. Then you cut a slice out of one of your brothers old basket balls and put it on your head!

Hilarious SNL-Inspired Dick-in-a-Box Couple Costume

Hilarious SNL-Inspired Dick-in-a-Box Couple Costume

I cut a hole in a box, put a belt through that hole and attached it to my pants. I also put candy inside the box for added effect. The suit part I already had. Its a pretty simple, easy and fun costume. Its important that, to make the box fit right, your pants might … Read more

Head on a Platter Wheelchair Costume for 99 Year Old Granny!

Head on a Platter Wheelchair Costume for 99 Year Old Granny!

My mother is 99 years old, confined to a wheel chair, but yet still filled with life.  Each year a Halloween costume parade is held at the nursing home where she resides. She loves to participate in it, so I try to think of an original idea to use which will also incorporate her wheel chair. This … Read more

Coolest Sushi Roll Costume for Kids!

Coolest Sushi Roll Costume for Kids!

Our family loves sushi. If you ask my 4-year-old what she would like for dinner, the answer is always the same… SUSHI! For this Sushi roll costume I used two cardboard circles that came from underneath frozen pizzas, two narrow strips of cardboard (about 4 or 5 inches wide) that were long enough to wrap … Read more

Quick and Easy Pac-Man and Pinkie Couple’s Costume

Quick and Easy Pac-Man and Pinkie Couple's Costume

My original idea fell through and it was two days to Halloween.  I scoured the internet for ideas and Pacman and Pinky seemed like a great choice with the supplies I had.  Thankfully, they worked out well and the kiddos at our trunk-or-treat loved the costumes.  I kept hearing, “How can they see me?” Supplies: … Read more