I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to be for Halloween until one day I was looking through my laptop and I found the anime movie Princess Mononoke. I decided I wanted to be San, the wolf princess. My family thought it was a great idea but they had no idea how I’d do … Read more
Seemed simple enough. Boots , black Jeans and white-ish shirt we had. Went to thrift stoe and purchased a jacket. Cut sleeves and converted it to a vest. Used fabric from arms to make pockets on vest front. The gun holster and gun were a bit more challenging. Went to usual toy stores and was … Read more
I have wanted to be a peacock for Halloween for several years now, and this year I finally decided to make my dream come true and make my own peacock costume! I spent a lot of time researching different peacock costumes online to see how other people interpreted a costume for a peacock – and … Read more
Each year my company has a Halloween Costume Contest. The best part of the costume is my name is actually Marcia and as many times as people say ‘Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!” to me I knew this was the costume meant for me. I found the idea for a Marsha Brady Halloween costume from this site … Read more
I started off this awesome Blue Bird Halloween costume by buying a large piece of felt, as well as 3 different colors of cotton fabric. I went with white, light blue and dark blue. I cut the felt into a large circle by folding it in half and cutting it into a half circle, then … Read more
Typically my husband and I choose a couples-themed costume, but when he chose to be Ryan Gosling’s character from “Drive,” I knew I was on my own. I look forward to putting together a costume each year, and not simply buying a pre-made packaged one. After weeks of racking my brain, I finally came up … Read more
This Pinata costume was a time consuming costume to make but it was worth all the fun I had wearing it. I used to have Pinatas at all my birthday parties. I just love the colors they are made of and Pinatas always make people remember happy days! To make the costume I just took an old … Read more
I started off this best homemade Peacock costume with a dance leotard that my daughter had from a recital. I got the feathers from friends and an online resource. Steps to make the tail: 1. Get a sturdy plastic oriental folding fan 2. Measure a 2″ satin ribbon to fit around your (or child’s) waist, … Read more
I picked out the fabric and my mom helped me make the dress to look as much as the iconic girl on the famous salt container’s. I found the yellow flats on line, attached fishing line to the ends of my umbrella to represent the rain, and carried around a container of Morton’s salt. The … Read more
I’m not the Dorothy type, and that’s been overdone… people forget why the Wicked Witch of the West was after Dorothy and her little dog… it’s because she killed her sister by landing her house on her head!! I made the shoes by first spray painting them red, and then added red gliier a bit … Read more
Items used: Victoria Secret bra 1980’s sequined dress 1 yard purple fabric 1/2 yard yellow fabric 2 yards green fabric Square dance crinoline in green Stuffed flounder toy Purse strap Bag of stuffing Cheap fake pearl necklace Rhinestones or sequins Purple flower Starting off I made the fishtail with a stretchy sequined 1980’s prom dress. … Read more
Usually I can come up with some not so ordinary costumes. I thought I had done that this year as well. Lol, but as I entered this site, I realized my costume idea was not so original. But of course each homemade peacock costume is original. All I ask is you don’t hold it against … Read more