We came up with the idea of being trolls after seeing pictures on this website. We needed something that would make us stand out at the local Halloween party. This definitely did it! We wanted to be a little different so we decided to each have a theme. Our themes were Hawaiian, 70’s, Christmas, Halloween, … Read more
We decided this year to have a group Halloween theme. My friend, Christina, and I have toddlers 6 weeks apart and we thought it would be perfect to dress them up as Pebbles and Bam-Bam. Then we figured, the kids can’t do it alone! So, I designed, re-created and sewed seven costumes for the group. … Read more
I made this Homemade Monsters Inc. Family Costume to be different from other people since every kid loves Sully. I figured hey why not buy a sewing machine and try it out! Lol, well needless to say I succeeded and everyone wanted pictures with us especially Sully! Sully is made out of faux fur and … Read more
We did a family theme this year: “The Scooby Doo Crew”. I was the only one with a costume made mostly from home. It was very simple. I had an orange shirt, a red skirt and a pair of brown shoes that I used from my closet. I bought the wig for around $9 and … Read more
We are all big Simpsons fans, and while looking around for costumes at a store we found a Homer mask and decided it was a must do! Making Homer was pretty easy – we found the mask at Target, all the other clothes were pretty easy and he already had most of them. We did … Read more
Here is my family dressed in the Homemade Addams Family Costume. We even included “THING”.
The Clue Characters Group Costume is different characters from the classic movie and board game Clue. The group includes: Bosworth, Mr Green, Mrs Peacock, Yvette, Professor Plum, Mrs. O, Miss Scarlett and Mrs. White. The guests at the party LOVED this idea and the movie was playing on all the TV during the party. It … Read more
We’re the Homemade Wizard of Oz Group Costume with the Lady Lion! We made these costumes entirely with the exception of the scarecrow shirt and pants – but we added straw onto the costume and embellished it to look more life-like. We attended the Shining Ball at the infamous haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, … Read more
This homemade Wizard of Oz costume idea was last minute that came together well. All costumes were homemade (except Dorothy) by the people wearing them. This was Halloween 2009. Glinda costume, Tin-man costume, Scarecrow costume, Witch costume. We had a lot of fun and took a lot of pics. Tin-man was made of thin cardboard … Read more
These Super Mario Child Costumes were super easy & it was so nice to find a theme that my boys AND my girl could agree on. To start with I found a pepto-pink vintage dress at the thrift store & cut it down crudely to fit my daughter – I am really not a seamstress … Read more
For this Four Seasons Group costume, we each picked what season we wanted to be. For Winter we bought a white t-shirt from Michael’s and directed it in Christmas decorations and snow flakes. Spring made a dress out of flowers and glued them to an existing old dress paired with rain boots. Summer used a … Read more
Well, we actually got the idea for this Homemade Beer Bottles Costume from some of the other postings on your website. But, we thought we could really do the costume up right. So, for the box, we framed-up individual boxes out of wood and covered them in cardboard (we added drink holders on the inside … Read more