We wanted to do a really original costume and found one of a Lego man head on the internet. But there were no instructions so went ahead and made our own Homemade Lego Men Group Halloween Costume. We bought several sheets of Styrofoam and cut out circles with smaller circles cut inside them and stacked … Read more
Every year we try to come up with something cutting edge, funny, simple but everyone knows who you are. This year, we took it back old school in a tribute to the classic Hair Trolls that everyone had as a kid. I turned my living room into a workshop to create the prefect most ridiculous … Read more
Meet the Flintstones and the Rubbles! We made our Flinstones and Rubbles Halloween costumes out of felt and dress from Goodwill. While making them, we really had no clue what we were doing. We just looked costumes up on line and started cutting away. My friend and I had never used a sewing machine prior … Read more
This Homemade Alvin and the Chipmunks Group Costume is super easy! Just used regular t-shirts, and foam with self adhesive strips for the letters. We found ears at the Dollar store and I found a cheap red hat to use for Alvin. Leggings and tube socks helped unify our costumes.
In 2007 my family went as Shrek and his cohorts. My son’s donkey costume was purchased in 2004 when my daughter went as donkey and I as Shrek the first time. She had been in the hospital and when trying to cheer her up I promised to go as Shrek which included shaving my head … Read more
Our Scooby Doo and the Gang costumes are all custom and original. For Fred we used an old white long sleeve t-shirt, blue pants (altered to fit) that I found at a yard sale, and an orange sash. For Daphne we used a larger size t-shirt and cut it to add in the lighter purple. … Read more
After browsing on your site for baby costume ideas I decided on the chicken. With help from previous entrants made one for my baby girl. After I finished I started thinking about what my husband and I would be. At first I thought rooster and hen with a baby chick, but my husband quickly vetoed … Read more
Our Family has been participating and have won first place three years in a row in our city Upland Ca Scare Affair Halloween costume contest. Last year we decided to dress up as The Addams Family. The winner to our costumes was our 5″6 Cousin It with hair to the floor. Mortisha Me dyed my … Read more
My friends and I did a Wizard of Oz theme for Halloween a few years ago. We even have a yellow brick road!!! The Tin Man is the only purchased costume:( All Others were hand made. I myself made the Dorothy and Lion costumes with no patterns….I just winged it! The shoes were a cheap … Read more
We decided to go dressed as a Homemade Wizard of Oz Family Costume this year. You wouldn’t believe how much people loved our costumes and they were very easy to put together. The Scarecrow: A green long-sleeved shirt of mama’s and a pair of black sweatpants. I cut raffia and stuck it to duct tape, … Read more
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