Overview Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. Every September my best friend and I start brainstorming ideas for costumes, only to wait until a week before Halloween to finalize our plans and start the work. This year was no different. After some intense research we decided a group lunchable costume would be perfect. We … Read more
My daughter wanted to bring the “clown” back. Of course it had to be a very cute clown and original. A task I didn’t think I was going to be able to complete… and I love Halloween and homemade costumes! I purchased rainbow light up tutus at a dance store. Wow, these ended up being … Read more
My little boy has been a strong little guy since the day he was born, so I had nicknamed him “Heman”. My 4-yr old daughter wanted to know who that was, so we started watching old Heman and She-ra cartoons. She got stuck on the idea of being She-ra for Halloween and I couldn’t talk … Read more
This was a cool ‘sky’ theme that matched the end of our Polish family name. The hot air balloon was made from extra colored flag fabric sewed together. Then, hoola hoops were inserted and it was attached to an extra laundry basket with four wooden dowels. It was decorated with some old tan pillow cases … Read more
America’s Best Dance Crew champions… the Jabbawockeez! Guaranteed to make you look and feel like a professional dance crew, no promises on the dancing itself though . Simple simple simple to create! The most important part is to make sure your whole group has the same look! Honestly you could probably wear something else like hoodies … Read more
This Bat-Tastic family Halloween group costume was one of my favorites to make and wear out! It was a huge hit at my brothers’ Halloween party and didn’t make a dent in my bank account! Plus, it was awesome all three siblings were characters from Batman! The hunter green leotard was purchased at a dance store. Lucky for … Read more
Astronomically “shooting stars” are meteors which are rocks/objects from space that get attracted by earth’s gravitational force and enter earth’s atmosphere. Not this costume idea… our “Shooting Stars” takes on a twist of the traditional notion in a fun “pun” type of way. All you need is a gold dress, star accessories, fake plastic guns, … Read more
My four roommates and I decided to be the 101 Dalmatians accompanied with Cruella de Vil. We went to the fabric store and found the Dalmatian print fabric. We made our dresses by cutting slits that line up with each other and tying knots up the entire back (make sure to leave extra length because … Read more
This was such a cheap costume to do! And we got so many compliments! All you need is jean high-wasted shorts (we bought jeans from the thrift store then cut them), suspenders, a yellow top, black gloves and goggles! We made the goggles using a black headband (from Target), then painted/glued Styrofoam cups to it … Read more
Meet the Flintstones. This family costume was created by using fleece for Dino and making it into footed pants and a sweatshirt. Also, there are mitts for his hands. Dino’s color came from t-shirt and was dyed. Dino’s tag was crocheted. Black spots were all hand cut and hand sewn from felt. Pebbles was made by dying a … Read more
In mid September I was in the van with the kids and brought up the fact that we need to do another family costume. In 2009 we did the Incredibles and 2010 we did Tetris. Several ideas came about, but we finally agreed on a Pacman family Halloween costume. We discussed ideas and began searching Google … Read more
In 2010 our family was one larger than normal and I wanted to do something for Halloween that would involve all of us. This is when I came up with the idea for a life-size Tetris family Halloween costume. To start I began researching the shapes and colors and drawing them out, trying to figure … Read more