Darling son number 1 spotted a triceratops dress up in a store the other week, but our challenge is quite simply his size; at three and a half, he is wearing clothes for five year olds. The costume in the store was for age 3-5 and an all in one which definitely wouldn’t work for … Read more
Okay, okay, before you say anything, I know there may be some people who feel it is not appropriate for a toddler to dress up as Chucky. BUT I assure you my son had not watched the movie! He was not even two at the time, and didn’t appreciate the irony of the costume. He … Read more
My son wanted to be a light blue Pac Man ghost for Halloween. I took a large piece of cardboard and cut it to shape (I looked at images online to figure out the shape). Then I painted it blue and added the eyes. I made straps out of heavy clear duct tape. Take two … Read more
I started this Perry the Platypus Costume with the feet. I watched a few AWESOME tutorials from Canine Hybrid on YouTube on how to make feet, definitely worth the time to watch those first. It was very satisfying to get the feet done and fun to watch my son run around in! It was all the … Read more
The Zombie costume, first I had to get some old clothes, from the Good will. I only spent 13 dollars and I got a long sleeve shirt (pale green), and old tie, any color depending what you where buried in lol, old black shoes (worn), some grey slacks that fit, and a old coat, (dark, … Read more
Well, what gave us the idea is the hair. What we did was went to the store, bought him the shirt and bow tie, put that on him with some regular pants. Then it gave us the idea that his hair is already long enough, so we just got some white hair paint and sprayed … Read more
Pee-Wee Herman was an idea I had for Halloween in 2011. I was trying to think of something not only fun and clever, but also something that I could also pull off resembling. I’m pretty creative and go all out in anything I do, and Halloween is a perfect opportunity! Wasn’t planning on entering into … Read more
My husband was not going to dress up for a 50th bday party on a party bus themed “cartoon bus.” Everyone was dressing as a cartoon character. I took one look at him and said “you have to be Brutis from Popeye.’ He ended up loving it and I was surprised everyone knew he was Brutis. … Read more
I decided that I was so tired of all these costumes now days that have no originality that I deceived to make my boys. My husband had the idea for my younger son to be the KFC man which was super easy since we had an all-white suite that was used just months prior for his baptism, worked out … Read more
I decided that I was so tired of all these costumes nowadays that have no originality that I deceived to make my boys last year. My husband had the idea for my younger son to be the KFC Man which was super easy since we had an all-white suite that was used just months prior … Read more
Last year I wanted to have some originality in my son’s costume. I was so tired of the same store bought ones. I did some research and found the idea to make him a washer costume. It seemed very early and with this being the 1st time I’ve tried to make his costume I went … Read more
This famous homemade Lego costume took over 40 hours to design and make. My fiance and I wanted an eye opener costume for my son. We accomplished just that. It took us many hours designing the perfect costume trying many different materials for the perfect costume. This costume is made from only a few components … Read more