I got this homemade Kiss family Halloween costume idea from this website and talked my four kids into being Kiss for Halloween. I started by purchasing a plain black shirt and leggings for each kid at Target. Then I went to JoAnne Fabric and purchased 2 yards of silver shimmery fabric. I used all two … Read more
For this homemade Pop Can group Halloween Costume we bought fabric and sewed them into tube dresses and then added silver trim to them. Each of us painted our own logo on with fabric/acrylic paint! We also made pop tab earrings and bracelets.
We needed to come up with an idea for family Halloween costumes that were “disability friendly”…so our Homemade Lego Family Halloween Costume idea was born! But not just plain Lego’s, some of our Lego’s have a little flair to them. Our daughter’s stroller is a bunch of Lego’s together, using all of our colors. Our … Read more
We decided to dress as Troll Dolls for Halloween because we wanted to dress up as a group for fun and seeing as there were eight of us and there are a variety of Trolls to choose from we all agreed that it was a great idea. We also wanted something different and that we … Read more
My friends and I saw a poster advertising the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie and this became the inspiration for our Homemade Alvin and the Chipmunks Group Costume. We went to Value Village and found oversized men’s coloured T-shirts in the 3 colours we needed. We put our own touches on them; I (for Alvin) … Read more
This is how I made this Homemade Flintstone Family Halloween Costume Idea: Pepples: I went to a second hand store & bought an oversized pink shirt. I cut the sleeves & neck off then added black felt triangles with fabric glue. Found a bag of mini bones at Party City with the cave man costumes … Read more
When we had our third child last year, I just knew we had to dress up as the Simpson’s for Halloween. Our oldest child Malachy is 8, Maude is 5, and Lulu 1 year. We had the perfect combination of ages and gender to make this costume work. I did a lot of research on … Read more
One day I figured to my self what can I be for Halloween that would work for me because I am so small. It dawned on me to be a Smurf (I am 4’10”). I asked my boyfriend who was a Smurf and a friend of mine to be baby Smurf (the bigger guy, he … Read more
The girls came up with the idea of being the three blind mice. We took a full length grey leotard and then started dressing it up. Thought it would be fun to add a pink boa as the tummy and a cute pink bow tie. Then we found ears and cute pink sunglasses as accessories. … Read more
Lurch, Gomez with Thing on his shoulder, Morticia, Grandma Addams, Wednesday, Cousin Itt, Pugsley, Uncle Fester. Everyone’s costumes were put together/ made. Everything was selected by myself or my sister specifically for each person. We work very hard on making our group costumes look as authentic as possible including this Homemade Addams Familly Costume.
The Wizard of Oz is one of many popular themes done during Halloween, so I knew I had to make it as original as possible, also considering topping each year before, so I took a trip to the nearest home depot, grabbed a cart and searched the isles. I ended up going through every piece … Read more
We are the official characters of the Chesterton Wizard of Oz Festival, which is the world’s largest Oz-themed event. All of our Wizard of Oz group costume designs are handmade by the members of our group and their families. Yes, Dorothy even hand-sequined and rhinestoned her slippers. Every effort was made to ensure that the … Read more