I was inspired by several headless costumes, but mostly Nicole Magne’s. Halloween is by far my favorite time of year and I try to out-do myself each year. This spooky headless Marie Antoinette halloween costume cost less than $50 to make. I used a plastic dress form from a local mannequin store, a backpack, a … Read more
After seeing Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland I knew I wanted to be the crazy Mad Hatter for Halloween. I started off by taping off vertical stripes on an old green dress. I painted the skirt of the dress purple, so that when the tape was removed there would be green and purple stripes. I … Read more
I wanted to create a Beetlejuice costume with a twist that was clearly Beetlejuice- but also had a little bit of my own twist to it .. plus I wanted it to be a costume for a girl. I began by dying an old dress I had laying around. It was dark green originally, so … Read more
This is a homemade costume idea I made that is supposed to be a broken doll that reveals the demon within the doll. Ever wonder if your dolls are alive? Watch out or she will get you in your sleep. I spent three weeks just working on making the corset for this outfit. For the … Read more
This year my three year old daughter, Danika, was a Book Fairy! I started with the skirt, using just some elastic band for the waste, and some tulle. I found a video on Youtube.com on how to make these no sew tutus a long time ago, they are really simple! Then I made her book … Read more
This is my baby girl’s first Halloween and I wanted her to have a really cute costume. I always sing the lil cuppycake song to her and we even call her Cuppycake sometimes so I thought a baby cupcake costume would be the perfect costume. First, I wrapped a regular round laundry basket I had … Read more
Having hardly any money to spend for costumes for the whole family, I decided to create a homemade costume instead of buying one. I decide on a Smurfette costume idea. I had to gather my thoughts and figure out how in the world I was going to do it, since this would be my first … Read more
To make this Tippy Hedren from “The Birds” costume you will need: Hot glue gun Pliable wire (long twist ties stripped of casing will do) Safety Pins Black Spray paint Styrofoam block Wreath Birds (5+) Green Suit you can rip up Nylons you can rip Fake blood Black Cardboard Black feathers I started by going … Read more
This sexy Little Red Riding Hood Halloween costume is a very simple costume! If you have seen true blood I got the idea from Jessica in her Halloween scene! I found a really cute maroon cape and then got a corset to match it. For the bottoms I found fishnet stockings and frilly bloomers and … Read more
This sexy Eve Halloween costume was a very simple costume and was a hit and yes everyone, I was wearing underwear. Ladies please you don’t need to be showing your stuff! Just find the string bikini kind!! I took a strapless bra with clear straps for the top and glued fake leaves all over it. Then for … Read more
I went to the Halloween store and got the ears, tail and mask and also some knee high sock things. Then for the rest of this sexy Racoon Halloween costume I wore a black strapless sports bra and vest I had already with some frilly bloomers and fishnets I had from another costume. I used … Read more
‘Dowa’ was one of my daughter’s first words. She was absolutely in love with Dora the Explorer. So, for her Halloween costume, I decided to dress her up as Boots and I could easily enough grabbed a black wig, put on her backpack, and be Dora. The backpack actually doubled as a diaper holder for … Read more