My son, Omer, is crazy about Phinnias and Ferb. So last Purim he wanted me to create him a costume of them. But as this funny couple had ready costumes to buy in the shops we decided to create Perry the Platypus Costume. I sew a green Lycra overall zippered at the back . Glued … Read more
I made this child train costume out of stuff I had around the house. I started out with a box for the body and painted it. The face of the train I used a piece of Styrofoam that came out of a fan I had purchased, shaped it round and painted it black. I painted … Read more
My son Aaron was selected to be a parrot at his preschool fancy dress contest. I was very apprehensive at first but going through this website “Coolest homemade costumes” I got some great ideas and also executed it well. This is what I did for my child parrot costume. First, I bought a red t-shirt … Read more
My son is 9 months old and each piece of this Baby Harry Potter Costume had to be made by hand. I started with the glasses – because of his size, I wire wrapped them by hand. This allowed me to control the measurements and ensure that they fit correctly, as well as make adjustments. The … Read more
This is the Thomas the Tank Engine costume I made for my son this past Halloween. The chassis is a Little Tykes wagon, with the pull handle at the back. The body is entirely cardboard, affixed with hot glue. I coated the whole thing in Plasti-Dip (hoping to ruggedize it somewhat), then spray painted it … Read more
My son is getting old enough to pick his own costume now (boo for me). On the upside though, we usually have several “festivities” to go to between school parties, parties with friends and Trick or Treating, that he has had to have two costumes each year so as to not destroy his “main” costume. … Read more
This scary scarecrow costume started with a burlap sack. Then it took off from there. I dyed the shirt and cut the pants. I used store bought hay and gloves with long fingers and put finger tips in them so my hands looked creepy. I bought a plastic white mask and glued strips of the … Read more
My son wanted to dress up as the Joker for Halloween last year. After looking at a couple of store bought costumes, I realized it would look better to make it homemade. We looked at various thrift stores but couldn’t find anything. So, I decided I would just sew him a Dark Knight Joker costume. … Read more
My husband loves super-accurate Halloween costumes. If it doesn’t involve at least three different visits to supply stores, and possibly sand paper, it’s probably not good enough. He also loves the show Metalocalypse, which features a cocaine loving Rock & Roll clown named “Dr. Rockso”. (G-g-g-g-g-g-yeah, baby!) I made this Dr. Rockso costume from Metalocalypse for … Read more
I’ve always been a big fan of this movie so this year I decided to go all out and make my own white Goodman Dodgeball costume. I used lacrosse shoulder pads for the chest protector and arm and shoulder pieces. I used a purple spandex shirt, and half sleeve. For the pants I used an … Read more
My son (5 years old) dreamed of being Batman for Halloween. He also dreamed of having Robin as his sidekick, but when older sister backed out – it was left to dear old dad to save the day. With little time (5 days) and a little budget, around $20, we compiled this amazing, if I … Read more
My dad and I made this Yo Doody Doody! Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba costume for my son “Doody” in about 2 weeks! We used a bunch of different materials to construct the body and helmet and covered it all in yellow felt. I hand painted everything else including the eyes. It was nice to … Read more