I started collecting bottle caps for this project about 3 or 4 months before Halloween. I had no idea what I was going to do. By the time I actually started working on the beer can wench costume I had over a thousand beer caps. I bought a dirndle-esque dress and started going to work. … Read more
I found a couple of packs of playing cards at the thrift store about a month and a half before Halloween. I decided to go for a queen of hearts theme. I found about 20-30 more decks of playing cards at the Dollar store and picked out all of the heart cards. Then I carefully … Read more
I used a twin size ivory colored sheet to make this homemade Lipton tea bag costume using wonder web to “sew” my seams together. I also took orange and brown felt, cutting them into 2 inch squares and stuffing the costume to mimic tea leaves. I stapled a Lipton Tea box lid to a piece … Read more
My daughter who was 7, always wanted to be something scary for Halloween like her 4 brothers. Being the only girl of the bunch, I wanted her to be something cute and pretty. So we compromised! Everything in this entire scary and not-so-sweet Tooth Fairy costume we already had. I did not purchase ONE THING!! … Read more
This Sundrop Girl Who Hit Town with a Cool Halloween Costume was my costume last year and I’m not entirely sure if I can top the excitement in 2012! Sundrop is a newer soda that tastes sort of like Mountain Dew and their adds introduced this amazingly silly girl dancing throughout public activities, her actions induced … Read more
For my daughter’s fall fair parade her class dressed up as circus food. And like every 5 year old she loves pink so a bag of cotton candy costume was her choice. I sprayed pink spray paint onto cotton batting and let dry. I put two clear garbage bags together and made arm and leg … Read more
I have been obsessed with the movie “A Christmas Story” since I was a kid. It is a family tradition to watch it while opening presents on Christmas. I particularly love the scenes with The Leg Lamp. “Honey it says fra-GEE-lay, it must be Italian!” So I was inspired to be The Leg Lamp. I got … Read more
I had a friend of mine create the Lady Gaga costume from her Glastonbury 2009 concert. I started with an old 80’s black prom dress found at a Thrift store. I couldn’t actually fit the top part of the dress so we had to cut it and make it into a corset, which worked out … Read more
My name is Melissa and my daughter Olivia is 10yrs old. I have been making home made costumes for 3 yrs and it is very rewarding not just the prizes but just to see the look on peoples faces. It is priceless! I started with a backpack, just an old backpack and unzipped it. Stuck … Read more
My daughter has been on a roll over the past few years….my boys only want to be characters out of star wars and she only wants to be something that you won’t see everyone else wearing on the street. This year, she wanted to be a RED BIRD… So, although my creativity has evolved to … Read more
When my very independent daughter came home saying that she needed to dress up as her favorite book character, I thought, OK, Fancy Nancy? Amelia Bedlia? Hello Kitty? No. Of course not. Only a Kanga Kangaroo Child Costume would do. Off to Wal-Mart I go. First I needed brown sweat pants and jacket. That was easy. … Read more
This was my Flo the Progressive girl costume from last year! I had such a fun time being her. I found the white pants and polo at a thrift store, real cheap. Do you know how hard it is to find white pants?! Then I ordered the apron, buttons, and name tag online, mostly on … Read more