Here’s the story behind our patriotic costume idea. With the recent passing of the 5th year anniversary of 9/11 we decided that our costume ideas for this year should be a “Tribute to America!” Having recently taken a road trip through some of the great national parks, we decided it would be fun to be … Read more
My friends and I were trying to be different or at least make a homemade version of a popular costume and take it up a notch. My friends got a great idea to be peacocks and since I have to be different I decided to be a flamingo. In Pittsburgh the aviary is very popular … Read more
Back in July of 2010, my friends and I were talking about Halloween. We wanted to be something that everyone would remember. One of my friends came up with the idea of being different sodas (there were 5 of us). We looked at different costume sites for soda costumes, but none of them had one, … Read more
My friend Emily came up to me in September and told me she had an idea of what to dress up as for Halloween. She told me she was thinking about Homemade Troll Dolls Costumes. I immediately agreed that would be a great idea and told her I would do it with her! I also … Read more
The housewives of Bedrock & their cavemen hubbies! I like to think of us as the new-age Flintstones & Rubbles since our guys are all tatooed up. I made these Homemade Bedrock Group Costumes for my boyfriend and I, and for his sister and her boyfriend. We were the coolest Wilma, Fred, Betty and Barney. … Read more
The womקn’s costumes were made by my grandmother, no wigs required, just lots of hairspray and coloured spray for Wilma. Pearl necklace and earrings made with Styrofoam balls. The guys made their own costumes with cheap Walmart material. Each costume cost under $10 to make. Bowling balls made with duct tape and newspaper. This Homemade … Read more
This is our Homemade Shrek Family Costume. We have Puss-in-boots, Donkey, and of course Shrek and Fiona. We widened our nose with noses we made out of clay, then we pained everything exposed green. It was a great family affair!
Every Halloween we like to host a Halloween party and keep our costumes a secret! One year we went as Scooby Doo! We bought the Scooby Doo costume and some wigs, but the rest of the characters we created by purchasing everyday clothing off of EBay i.e red skirt, 99c purple dress, $2 blue trousers … Read more
We got a lot of compliments on this Three Blind Mice Group costume! A lot of fun! For the pants we used grey leggings, tops were long sleeve grey shirts that went just below or right at our butts. For the stomach, we used felt material, couple shades lighter than the color of our clothing… … Read more
My husband and I are very tall and skinny so we thought it would be great to dress up as Oompa Loompas. I started checking out Oompa Loompa Costumes and came up with my pattern. We then decided that we would make out two kids costumes as well. My husband and I bought white women’s … Read more
Tin Man was made from a Bally fitness suit purchased from Goodwill for $2.50 I backed it with poster board and made the heart from a pocket watch and an old red folder. His old shoes were painted with chrome paint. Lion was previously a stuffed animal from Goodwill and totally ripped apart at the … Read more
First I confess, I did borrow the Dorothy Costume so technically all I did was add some braids and red shoes. But the rest of this Homemade Wizard of Oz Costume is purely from scratch! I do not “sew” really – I just fake it til I make it & I do not use sewing … Read more