Buy a white t-shirt and white shorts or pants. This dirty last-minute Twister costume requires 4-10 pieces of construction paper of 4 different colors (to make the circles) and black string to hang the twister board around your neck if needed. For the game spinner, use a white sheet of paper and cut out a … Read more
This is Lego Ninjago Kai. I asked my five year old son Blade if you could be anything in the world for Halloween, what would you be? He quickly answered a Lego Ninjago!! It was on! I started brainstorming how to make the perfect costume. I looked at pictures and toys to get ideas. I … Read more
Firstly, I would like to apologize for my English writing skill. English is my 2nd language. So, I will try my best to describe how I made my son’s Halloween costume. I older boy is 3 and he loves Rocket Ship so I decided to make him a coolest Rocket Ship costume because it’s more fun and special. I spent … Read more
This Nacho Libre costume for a toddler is the first ever costume I made for my 2 year old, he was so obsessed with the Nacho Libre. I tried looking for one online but what do you know, they don’t sell any his size. So I started making it a week before Halloween and to be … Read more
My son had a rough October last year. His sister was due to arrive in a matter of weeks, he was going through a horrible experience with some unkind daycare workers and he was sick all the time. There were many life changes coming his way with the arrival of his baby sister and he … Read more
My husband and I are theater teachers/directors and we love to make homemade costumes. We take it pretty seriously. One of our favorite books is “Where the Wild Things Are” and, before we were even expecting, we knew that, if we had a boy, his first Halloween costume would be Max from the book. We … Read more
I had to make this Gnome on a Toadstool after seeing this costume on your site!! I used a red fleece blanket from Old Navy, 2 pool noodles, white felt (cut out in circles) and elastic for the skirt. I used old black sweatpants that were too small and stuffed them with pieces of pool … Read more
I wanted something awesome and totally unusual for this year’s costume, so I went with Abducted by Alien illusion costume. I had seen the idea on this website and some others and got some wonderful suggestions and ideas! I didn’t have a lot of time, however, I had done the Headless Man costume the year before for my … Read more
My son was 14 months old during this time and this was his first real Halloween. I wanted to turn him into something scary and cute at the same time without spending a lot of money because I knew he would only get to wear the costume once. It does not make sense to me … Read more
Last year I wanted to dress up as the Mask. It was a childhood movie I enjoyed watching. So first thing I started looking at thrift stores for a yellow zoot suit. I ended up finding one after looking and driving to numerous thrift stores. I bought a yellow hat and white spats for my … Read more
We have a Halloween party every year at my local pub. I love creating costumes. I got the idea from this site and thought about it , so i went ahead and did it. It took me an afternoon to gather and beg for the things. The hand was from one of the pound shops. All … Read more
This is my write up on how I went about my costume selection. After my summer trip to LEGO land in Orlando Florida with my 7 year old son, it was over for me. LEGO man was all he wanted to be for Halloween so with 2 months of planning and completing this great task … Read more