My friends and I are always looking for a funny Halloween costume. We want to stick out and be something original! I think we did it last year with our Homemade Mario Kart Character Costumes. We started off thinking of our favorite characters in the game and then decided how we would approach making them! … Read more
Here you see my four children, AKA Luigi, Koopa Troopa, Yoshi, and Princess Peach, and my niece and nephew, AKA Mario and Toadette. My oldest, seen here as Luigi, had been teaching himself the Mario theme song on the sax for weeks, so as we gave thought to what the kids might want to be … Read more
We made the girls these homemade crayola crayons and their box costume with felt, black paint metal clothes hangers, and party hats. The box we painted and Velcroed in the back so they could come out of it. These costumes took us a few days to do, especially the paint part!!! We were very proud … Read more
My husband and I along with my brother and sister-in-law went as the Four Seasons Group Costume. We basically bought everything at Kmart and Joann’s. For Spring: I bought the sweatsuit and really cheap hat that I glued a baby bird’s nest (from Joann’s) on the top of. I also hot glued a bird to … Read more
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