My husband says my mother ruined me for Halloween by always making mine and my brother’s costumes. So, I absolutely WILL NOT buy an already made costume for our son. He has to be something original and handcrafted! (at least until I can’t get away with it anymore – he’s three now). That’s part of … Read more
Every year the Aramini family does a “theme” for Halloween! This year, we had a DIY fast food family Halloween costume idea… Mommy as Ronald McDonald – I went to the local salvation army and scored a pair of yellow adult footed pajamas and a red & white striped sweater.. I cut the arms and … Read more
I wanted to make a Foreclosed Home costume for Halloween, but my mom explained that it could hurt someone’s feelings; after all there are a lot of people in California who have recently lost their homes. So then she said, “Why don’t you go as Jack?” I thought, OK, so how do I make a … Read more
My son wanted to be Chuck E. Cheese. I prefer to make my own costumes so I began searching the internet and didn’t find a single homemade Chuck E. Cheese toddler costume idea ever been made of Chuck E. other than the original Chuck E. Cheese. So I decided to sew a bear costume and … Read more
I had a Chihuahua as a pet. I wanted to be the Taco Bell dog. I started this dog costume by trying to make the head out of paper Mache’. It burst and I made a mess in the kitchen. I went to the store and purchased four different size balls. I taped them all … Read more
I decided to theme all three of kids together as fast food Icons. We have Colonel Sanders, that I fashioned from an old pair of sunglasses with the lenses popped out, a red apron with a piece of a KFC biscuit box cut out for the KFC, a piece of black ribbon for the tie … Read more
We dressed as Colonel Sanders and a Bucket of KFC Chicken. We handed out chicken to our party guests. The bucket was homemade from a Keg tub and printed off Google Images and red duct tape. The Col Sanders costume was pretty basic but we bought a Santa Clause beard/wig set and cut it.
Our company decided to have a Halloween party in lieu of a holiday party so we knew we wanted to be something obscure as there was to be a contest! So we decided on Hamburglar and Officer Big Mac Costumes. For the Hamburglar (ette), I used the striped top and bottom from a prison costume; … Read more
This KFC Colonel Sanders and Baby Chicken Couple Costume Idea is super easy – that’s why I chose it. The baby costume was a simple purchase costume from Old Navy. I added some stripped tights and sewed on the booties so they would stay on. For the colonel, simple white pants and shirt, any will … Read more
Have you had your meal today because it Skyler’s Happy Meal Time. My 3 year old son loves Happy Meals and so this year I decided to make him a Hamburger in a Happy Meal. I began 3 months ago when I started to collect logos from Happy Meal boxes to attach to the sides … Read more
This year I decided to dress in a Homemade Hamburglar Halloween Costume. This was a fun costume. My buddy Shawn went as Mr. T, another very good costume as well!!! This was so much fun. I went to McD’s and ordered, well… HAMBURGERS!!! We got pics of it and everything. Also we went to West … Read more
This year for Halloween I wanted a costume that would induce nostalgia in people that grew up in the mid-80’s/early 90’s. The Hamburglar. He is one of my favorite characters from the McDonald’s franchise. Having no previous mascot mask-making skills, making the Hamburglar’s head was quite daunting. Here’s how I did it: I used a … Read more