For this homemade dragon head costume I used a large balloon (the kind that have the elastic band attached that kids like to bop around work well) for the mold – just make sure it is a big one. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employed a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut … Read more
Every Halloween since we’ve been married, my husband and I have dressed up together. From things as simple as white T-shirts that said “Sick” and “Tired” before we had kids, to Mary Poppins, Bert and the dancing penguins. This year’s “Super Mario extraordinaire” involved both of us and our 3 children (4 yr old boy/girl … Read more
This is a group that works at an elementary school so the theme had to be kid friendly. We had a lot of fun with these Toy Story Halloween costumes! The start To start, we all bounced ideas off one another and decided how to do certain costumes. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Mr. Potato … Read more
My family loves Halloween and our ultimate goal is to be the standout family. This year we decided to be the Mario Kart family and have carts for the two boys. For the women’s outfits I sewed jumpsuits that were out of blue material and sewed on 2 yellow buttons made out of felt and … Read more
For this homemade Palim Palim fantasy head costume I used a large balloon for the mold – and several little balloons. I fixed them with adhesive tape together. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut the paper into strips that are about 8 inches long. To make the … Read more
Family of Lego Costumes for Legoland’s Costume Contest. My kids Love Lego’s and wanted Lego costumes for Halloween this year so they could enter in the Costume Contest at Legoland. (My son ended up winning 1st place and my daughter ended up winning 3rd place at Legoland and all 3 of my kids won for … Read more
I really wanted to make a cupcake costume, but we also enjoy dressing up together as a family every year. So I started brainstorming about how we could incorporate a cupcake into a theme for all of us, and the “party of 5” concept grew from there. My youngest daughter was the cupcake, my oldest … Read more
My two year old granddaughter, Chloe, lives for cars, trucks, tractors and trains so it was a natural that she should be Thomas the Tank Engine for Halloween. Her daddy told me six months ago that I must make her a train costume for Halloween this year. He also insisted that Mom (9 months pregnant) … Read more
What a last minute costume… As I only had 5 days to get a Halloween costume together for my family. Just had my newborn baby and wanted to do something unique and special. So we had a radio flyer airplane around the house so it hit me, how about airplane pilots and stewardess. I first … Read more
We actually built most of this costume for Halloween 2012, but after Hurricane Sandy hit NYC (where we live) there weren’t many Halloween celebrations going on. So, we put it all away and pulled it out for 2013. Dad is the one with all of the technical and creative skills, but Mom and King Kong … Read more
So, I don’t sew! My kids love to listen to KISS with thier Dad around the house, so with the addition of our recent baby, I thought this was the perfect theme for this year. And the story begins! As I said, I don’t sew…not even a button on a shirt, but I really wanted … Read more
I enjoy innovative costumes and seeing a creative idea come to life. I was trying to come up with a unique idea for a Halloween costume this year, but no ideas jumped out at me. I am a Physician Assistant and work at a University Health Center and thus see a lot of sick students. … Read more