Beautiful and Creepy Homemade Spider Costume

Beatiful & Creepy Spider

My daughter wanted to be something creepy yet beautiful for Halloween, so we decided on a Spider costume! I loved making her costume – Her legs are made out of thick poster board that were rolled, then we overlayed that with a fuzzy liner to give it a “hairy” look. Each leg was attached with … Read more

Coolest Homemade DIY Turkey Costume with a Punny Twist

Coolest Homemade DIY Turkey Costume with a Punny Twist

Here’s my original DIY Turkey costume. What’s on the menu, you ask? Creativity! Fun! Family! Friendship! And Entertainment!  Annually, the Eastside Turkey Trot 5k Run is held Thanksgiving morning at the Eastern Community YMCA, Oregon, Ohio.  Matt Folk from Second Sole of Toledo, Perrysburg, Ohio coordinates the event with proceeds going toward the YMCA Scholarship Fund.  … Read more

The Jetsons Costume for a Family with Hand Built Space Car!

The Jetsons Family Halloween Costume with Hand Built Space Car!

Creating the Jetsons costume for our family was a great adventure! I said our Flintstones family costume last year would be it as we are running out of room (other previous costumes include our ‘Chips & Buds Spud Wagon’ as well as a ‘Pest Control mouse trap’), but I couldn’t resist taking a crack at … Read more

Coolest Scooby Doo Family Costume with Hand Built Mystery Machine!

Scooby-Doo! Family Halloween Costume with Hand Built Mystery Machine!

We had so much fun with our Scooby Doo family costume! I said our Jetsons family costume last year would be it as we are running out of room (other previous costumes include our ‘Flintstones Family’, ‘Chips & Buds Spud Wagon’ as well as a ‘Pest Control mouse trap’, all of which included a mobile … Read more

Coolest Flintstones Family Halloween Costume with Hand Built Car!

Coolest Flintstones Family Halloween Costume with Hand Built Car!

What great fun we had with our Flintstones family Halloween costume. Having kids seems to have rejuvenated my inner-child and rather than buy our Halloween costumes, I’ve gotten the bug to create them the last few years, and hopefully provide the kids with lasting memories along the way. A couple of years ago we did … Read more

Ridgeway Dog Catching Company Family Costume!

Ridgeway Dog Catching Company Family Costume!

It’s been almost a year since we adopted (and almost immediately lost) our first dog. Kleo squirmed out of her harness a whole six hours after we picked her up and went on a 48-hour adventure covering over 9km on her journey. The outcome was looking bleak, but after endless searching, we finally got a … Read more

Original DIY Costume – Post-It Malone

Original DIY Costume - Post-It Malone

I’m always on the lookout for an original DIY costume ideas and I love doing something fun and creative for Halloween. This year I really wanted to mix things up a bit. 2021 produced a fair amount of pop culture references like Squid Game, Bridgerton and the Suez Canal ship (which are all decent material) … Read more

Coolest Guns N’ Roses Family Halloween Costume!

Guns N' Roses Family Halloween Costume!

Here’s the story behind our Guns N’ Roses family Halloween costume. The kids are old enough now that I try to give them free reign to decide what we do for Halloween – whether we carry on our family group costume tradition, or they venture off to their own individual costumes. They both wanted to … Read more

Coolest DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Costumes for a Group

Life's No Fun Without A Good Scare!

I started these Nightmare Before Christmas costumes for a group in August 2021. We had a group of eight. My son and his girlfriend would be the Mayor and Sally. My significant other would be Jack. Halloween Towns famous trio Lock Shock and Barrel would be my nephew, daughter and her boyfriend. My Cousin was … Read more

Coolest Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Couple Halloween Costume

My mother in law actually made these costumes. She started with the egg crate type foam you use on top of a mattress. She cut it into a generic potat

My mother in law actually made this Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head couple Halloween costume. She started with the egg crate type foam you use on top of a mattress. She cut it into a generic potato shape. One side was hot glued shut and the other had Velcro hot glued on each side so … Read more