So, at my College, we were organising a Fancy Dress day with the theme of children’s film and TV characters – and I knew I had to go all out with this one. I’ve always loved the Chronicles of Narnia and had seen some great White Witch costumes on the site and thought I’d give … Read more
I made this parrot dress because I’ve admired the one Lily wears in Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother since it originally aired. I am rubbish at sewing so I bought a dress and covered it in feathers (which was messy but worth it!). I covered the bodice with individual green feathers and … Read more
My friend was having a 1980’s themed fancy dress party for her 30th birthday and I KNEW I had to go as Rainbow Brite (I was born to play that role!). I checked out the Rainbow Brite costumes online, but they were very expensive and a bit tacky-looking, so I decided to make my own. … Read more
Recently I started having a cupcake obsession. I make up excuses to bake them. So I figured this year, a cupcake costume was the only choice for a Halloween costume. If I had sat down in one sitting and made this costume it probably would have taken about 3-4 hours. But since I could only … Read more
I have an adoration for the beauty and essence of peacock feathers and decided to rock this essence this Halloween. I knew it was going to cost a pretty penny because I tend to think big, but I am lucky enough to have this ability to drop some cash on this project. I had a … Read more
This is my homemade Ke$ha costume. I based the costume off of her music video “Tik Tok” especially the lyrics, “Wake up in the morning feelin like P-Diddy, grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit the city before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, cause when I leave … Read more
Every year we try and impress our college campus with an original and unexpected costume for Halloween. This year we got the idea to make ourselves a Homemade Six Pack of Busch Group Costume. Our entire costume cost under $10 a piece, a steal compared to those who spend over fifty for a crappy costume. … Read more
We did this Homemade Cabbage Patch Doll Baby Costume for our first baby and wanted to make one for our second baby too. Our previous entry is the Coolest Cabbage Patch Kid Costume 2. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid … Read more
Greetings from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico USA! I have ALWAYS wanted a costume from “Moulin Rouge” and this Halloween, I decided to make a Pink Diamonds Costume. Now, I’m not a seamstress so I had to just use my smarts and imagination to put everything together. With my mom’s help, LOTS of money … Read more
I had my Vivian Ward (aka ‘Pretty Woman’) costume made from scratch using a wife beater, the blue fabric and some metal rings then having a seamstress put it all together for me. I bought a green canvas bag (that i still use) black patent boots, a blond wig and a little black hat. I … Read more
I decided to be a Homemade Gold Fish Costume, but cute. Orange was the color I was in love with at the time. First, I needed scales; I found a light salmon colored old lady sequined sweater at Goodwill. I dyed it with RIT orange fabric dye. The boiling process curled the sequins so they … Read more
This is my homemade Katy Perry Costume. I was going for the California Girl look, from the beginning of the music video. I just bought a bra at Wal-Mart and bedazzled it with multi-colored gems that consisted of hearts, stars and a variety of different circles. The shorts were just fabric we found at JoAnn … Read more