I have always loved Halloween and always will! I remember being a kid and running up to my mom in the summer months (usually with a ice cream cone in hand) when some sort of costuming brilliance came into my brain as if by magic. I must tell her so we can sew my costume … Read more
I got the idea for this easy homemade Frida Kahlo Halloween costume visiting a museum, and it actually turned out to be quite easy to put together. I already had a Mexican/Sante Fe print skirt that I had purchased from Urban Outfitters and a peasant blouse. The beads came from travels to Brazil, but I’m … Read more
Whatchya Doin’?? Hey, family, I know what I am going to be for Halloween this year! Kids…mom is making a crazy costume again! I absolutely LOVE Halloween! For the past few years, I have gone the route of making homemade costumes for my family. Each year, I try to come up with a costume that … Read more
To come up with an original costume is becoming more and more challenging every year. I have been everything from Peggy Bundy to a lady bug. I have always been very sexy, but this year I decided, let’s step out of the box and go for gold. I chose to be “Lady Gaga’s alter ego … Read more
I went as Tipi Hedron from “The Birds.” In order to make this look, I first found a green dress/jacket at Savers that was hemmed to give it a more 60’s look. Then, I had to find the birds! I was able to find these at the dollar store. They were made out of styrofoam … Read more
This jelly beans costume is a last minute create your own costume for my teen daughter. She helped me blow up the balloonushered colored two poster boards with markers, then taped each balloon to the poster board and we had two clear rain ponchos that we used for each poster board filled with balloons. I … Read more
The theme of the event was Robin Hood, but I knew all the women would go as Maid Marion or a wench and I wanted something different. I went in an Oak tree costume. I started off making the hat by finding a bowl that fitted on my head. I then covered this with paper … Read more
My daughter CJ is in love with Dora the Explora as she calls it, as are all the rest of the toddler girls in the world. It was an easy decision to make her a Dora the Explorer Children Costume for Halloween. I found her the perfect color pink shirt at a craft store. We … Read more
I just went to the fabric store and bought red/white striped fabric and some regular blue fabric for my Pippy Longstocking costume. I had a pattern for a shirt that I used for each and I just left the sleeves off of the blue. I had some scrap pieces of fabric I used for the … Read more
My daughter, Mycca (Micah), couldn’t decide what to be for Halloween, but is a very creative little girl who loves to paint, color, all of that artsy stuff. We saw the idea of being a girls Halloween Crayola Crayon costume for Halloween. I make all of their costumes every year and thought this would be … Read more
After searching for about a month I finally came up with the perfect costume. A Black Swan costume! I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off but I was definitely up for the challenge. Here is how I made it: Top: The first thing I did was find a black corset. I hot clued … Read more
Why so serious? Miss Joker! Well as usual I like to be a guy’s costume but make it my girl version so I decided on a girl Joker costume, besides the Joker is creepy looking and most girl just want to be girly costumes. So I started thinking on what to get to make it. … Read more