After hearing about stories from 9/11, our sons learned what heroes were. They were truly inspired to be heroes and to save lives. They love visiting firehouse open houses, watching shows like Chicago Fire, and learning the events of true firefighters coming to the rescue on the daily news. It was no surprise when they … Read more
My grandchildren love the movie Frozen so I made them Frozen costumes this year. Madison (Elsa) did not like the store costume, so I took it apart. It needed to be form fitting, longer, more sparkly with a longer train. Mason’s (Kristoff) costume was made from used this and thats by shopping at the Thrifty … Read more
Halloween is definitely my favorite holiday of the year! As I had to skip last Halloween because I was planning my wedding, I decided this year should make up for last and be twice as amazing. So I started talking with my best friend in late August about what we would be that year. We … Read more
This Electric Muppet Mayhem Band costume was a very cool and cleverly made group costume. I decided I wanted to do this, but took it the extra mile. I added my own twist, as well as making four of the band members. I must admit, this took A LOT of time, patience and hot glue … Read more
Inspired by a sock monkey costume I saw in a catalog a couple of years ago, I thought of our family’s costume theme this year: “Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkeys!” We selected the sock monkey, clapping monkey, barrel of monkeys, and Boots the monkey (from Dora the Explorer) for my kids and husband. After much … Read more
Giant Skull Heads with Poncho El Chihuahua We are five grown-ups and our costumes had to show it. So we made them big. As big as we could. Giant. Drawing inspiration from a culture we don’t know much about, visions of pinata makers, kids’ drawings, our long-forgotten arts and crafts education and a skull whiskey … Read more
Our family decided to pay tribute to those that have gone before us, and celebrate the day of the dead holiday. We dressed up and painted our faces as sugar skulls, to honor those we have loved and lost, and to celebrate life! We sewed bowties and trim for the hats, painted flowers and glued … Read more
My two boys (four and two year olds) love the UPS and FedEx trucks! It’s a game for them to see who spots one first when riding in the car. And of course they’re always excited when we get packages delivered to our home (which is all the time!) At first I did a quick search to … Read more
For the past 10+ years, Beechland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky has been hosting a Trunk or Treat event for the community. Church members don their costumes and decorate their vehicles for Halloween and then give out candy to children of all ages. In the beginning years of the event, several of the members of … Read more
We value time spent with family and we wanted a costume theme that would reflect quality time with our family. Not only do the Lego characters have a close relationship to each other, but the process of making the costumes involved a lot of collaboration between the people wearing the costumes and other family members … Read more
My sister, mom, and I decided to be the Sanderson sisters this year. We didn’t want to spend a lot of money so we gathered up things that we had around the house. We went and got a few things from a thrift store, but that was about it. We didn’t have a lot of … Read more
We’ve got a big family, and we wanted to get as many of them involved as we could. It started off with a boyhood dream of wanting to be a super hero, mingled with the love I have for the Sesame Street character, Super Grover. When I was a kid, I thought he was hilarious. … Read more