I wanted to be Xena for Halloween because I had rediscovered the show on Netflix. I sat and watched every episode for weeks. I thought it would be fun to make my own Xena Warrior princess Halloween costume after looking forever for a store bought one. I found brown vinyl on the clearance rack at the … Read more
This sexy cheap paper-bag Princess costume was my 2010 homemade costume! I wanted to be a paper-bag princess but I didn`t want to just throw a bag over my head and go. Everyone LOVED this costume, just make sure your not partying in the rain its not so durable!! So what I did to create … Read more
Wanting to create a cute costume I grabbed my scissors and sewing kit and started turning a big bag of blue felt into a lovely bluebird dress. To add a little flair I grabbed some blue ostrich feathers and a beak. Once I put everything together, the realization was obvious… I was the twitter bird. … Read more
This is what you will need to make your fun homemade Ice Cream Cone costume with Jimmies: white cotton sheet or fabric (thrift store, Walmart, fabric store) smaller piece of colored fabric (use old colored t-shirts, scrap packs from a fabric store, or small sections from fabric store rolls) white thread tan skirt (or sew your … Read more
The theme for this fancy dress was ‘bad taste’. Turning up to the event painted blue and yellow wearing swimming flippers and plastic ears definitely fitted the ‘bad taste’ profile.To creative this master piece my creative friend made two full body onsies complete with tails. We utilized swimming flippers for feet, deadly boppers for antenna , used … Read more
I used white make up as a base and a black makeup crayon to draw on all the stripes on her arms, back and chest. For her face, I used special face white base and black face makeup with a brush. The make-up took close to three hours and was a blast. I had never … Read more
We have a Halloween party every year for all our family and friends, and every year I try to come up with something original. Last year I was a bath pouf or scrunchie or whatever you call them! I bought a long sleeved t-shirt and some tulle fabric in the same color. I just sewed the … Read more
I came home from college specifically for Halloween. I knew all along I wanted to be Leeloo, but I didn’t even know where to start. A cheap fashion store had those gold leggings. I bought the orange wig on Ebay and the orange straps came from the Borat penis sling costume (Ingenious)! I had the … Read more
I made this best ever homemade Disco Ball costume using a palates ball from Wal-Mart. I covered it in a t shirt and then paper mache leaving holes at the top and bottom for my body and making sure the deflate hole was accessible. Then after it dried, I deflated the ball and removed it, … Read more
I like to be creative with my costumes and thought it would be cool to make a costume that I could change throughout the night. So I thought of being a paper doll, you know, the ones that come with different clothes. You fold the tabs over the doll to hold the clothes on. My … Read more
My brother and sister-in-law were married October 2011 and it was a Halloween wedding with everyone in costume. I had to represent! My best friend and I saw the original Hairspray movie at the theater together back in the late 80’s so we decided to be Tracy Turnblad and Penny Pingleton for the wedding. I … Read more
I love making homemade costumes as do my girls. I got this idea for a Captin Crunch Halloween costume from this site. I needed a costume for three parties I was going to and I wanted to win best costume, so I needed a very rarely seen costume. I made my husband dress up as Sugar Bear ( he … Read more