Each year our family chooses a theme for Halloween. This was the year of Hogwarts! We made a bunch of school robes. We used black and burgundy sheets to make them while inserting fleece into the middle of the robes to help them stay warm! We used a pattern for Snapes costume, which was made … Read more
This past Halloween my husband and I decided that we would each go as a character from a horror movie. I was Carrie from Stephen King’s “Carrie”, my husband went as Johnny from “The Shining” (also Stephen King), and our 2 yr. old son went as Chucky from “Child’s Play”. None of the costumes cost much money, … Read more
My daughter wanted to have an Adventure Time themed party, and with her birthday just ten days before Halloween, I made costumes for all of us. Princess Bubblegum’s dress was handmade and had a separate peter pan color with a snap in front. Her hair was cut felt, and her crown was made from stiffened … Read more
My roommates and I were trying to figure out a cheap costume for Halloween. We decided to do duct tape dresses and thought it be funny to do four locos. So we bought different color duct tape and got to wrapping, which was the hard part. After we were all taped up, we cut ourselves … Read more
I had really struggled to come up with the idea for a costume, and one day when I was driving down the road and “Ice Ice Baby” came on the radio something clicked. I knew there were three of us wanting to come up with a creative costume for a Halloween party we were going … Read more
We were Treasure Trolls. We got full body suits from a dance studio in the nude color. We hot glued gems on to the belly. Sprayed our hair (that had cups in them). We also made tutus. For our make up we had rosy cheese and eye shadow lining the whole eye. We went to … Read more
For the bird- pieces of fabric tied around an elastic band and, tights, a colorful shirt, a mask and a feather. For the Doug- any brown clothes with ears and a tail. For the Old Man- button up shirt, suspenders, tennis balls, and balloons. For Russel- Cargo shorts and a yellow tank top with a … Read more
This costume cost was less than $40 a person. The first step is to figure out which person is going to be which turtle. The shorts were a quick and cheap find at sports authority. We found multiple green shirt/tank top options at Old Navy (also cheap). Here comes the crafty part! Picked up the … Read more
My two best friends and I decided it would be clever/fun to dress up as the three blind mice! We bought over sized grey t-shirts from the t-shirt factory, cut them, tied the sides, and made them into dresses. We were able to find a “blind as a bat” kit at a Halloween store which included and blind stick … Read more
I made all 3 Jem and the Holograms Girls Group Costume and used 1 red vinyl trench coat, a few yards of thin silver material, some silver trim string and a hot glue gun. We ordered the wigs, shoes, and a set of blow up band instruments. I also scored a really cheap set battery less portable speakers … Read more
On a standard Wednesday Night Social, we decided to be Troll dolls and it couldn’t be any more simple. Grab a flesh colored top, a colored pair of shorts and colored hair spray that matches the color of your shorts and you’re ready. The best and easiest way to do your hair, place a bottle inside and wrap your hair around it before … Read more
Two Can Keep a Secret if One of Them is Dead If you aren’t familiar with the title, we decided to dress up as the cast from ABC’s hit TV show Pretty Little Liars. We knew we wanted to go as something as a group but we just couldn’t figure out what. Before we knew … Read more