It was really easy to make my jersey shore Snookie Costume. I’m already tanned and short so all that was needed was a racey club dress, guidette makeup and of course the infamous Snookie Poof. I looked through my closet and found a silver dress that I had worn for a birthday party previous years … Read more
Well first off I had no idea how to make this Yip Yip costume. This costume was made for my oldest daughter. I think she was born in the wrong era! Her birthday is June 20 1998 and she loves anything and everything from the eighties. So it began the making of a Yip Yip costume. A Yip Yip is … Read more
When my daughter told me she wanted to be Ariel for Halloween I just couldn’t take it. Every year she wanted to be some sort of princess, so this year, I decided to do some research and find her a better homemade costume. I found a picture of a little girl dressed as Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast … Read more
Start with one med. storage box and one large storage box, duct taped together. Spray painted the top and bottom. Cut out three sides of the top box and glue on clear vinyl to the openings. Wire two kitchen tongs together for the ‘claw’.Attach handles to the inside of the large box, for carrying. Decorate … Read more
It was already Halloween morning and I had put off renting or creating a really boss costume. As I showered I went through a mental recall of everything in the house that could possibly be used to rig something passable. Yes, I had a pirate’s costume but the island I live on celebrates a Pirate’s … Read more
My daughter wanted an original and fun Jellyfish costume for Halloween. We used an old bike helmet to keep the jellyfish on her head. The top was a pink plastic snow sled turned upside down. We drilled holes into the top and used zip-ties to connect the helmet to the sled. We covered the bike … Read more
I found this homemade Jelly Fish costume idea online. I thought it would be fun to be something homemade and different for Halloween. I took a clear plastic umbrella that I got from the Dollar store, and used streamers, pearls, bubble wrap, ribbon and iridescent garland to embellish the umbrella to look like a Jelly … Read more
This woman’s sexy Big Bird costume started with a Big Bird headband I bought at a second hand store. I thought, “This will be easy!” I was wrong, this was complicated but well worth the time. I went to every Dollar store and Wal-mart in the area and rid them of their white feather boas (the amount … Read more
Under $10! This cheap and easy Lady Gaga Halloween costume was soooo fun to make. This is me on the right. I used one roll of black trash bags and one roll of packaging tape! Started by cutting up strips of trash bags and just taping them onto a flat trash bag. Next I just … Read more
First of all I used real mirror tiles, tons of them! I combed the internet for the best deal on the tiles and bought about 2000. Which ended up not being enough, so I went to multiple Hobby Lobby’s and Michael’s to buy what they had left. I started about about two weeks before Halloween paper macheing … Read more
For my homemade Snooki costume, I wanted to be more comfortable than sexy. Then I had the brilliant idea to incorporate both. I really wanted to wear slippers dancing that night and found the perfect ones for my costume: frog slippers. I then got a simple black dress suitable for the club. Next I went … Read more
I was inspired to make this cotton candy costume when I had seen a sorry attempt at it the year before and was determined to make my version a little better. Cotton candy 2.0! Materials: White tube top, white tool mini skirt, white tights, 1 bag of fluff (I used maybe a quarter of the … Read more