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
I present to you a Homemade Peacock Costume, which I made for Halloween two years ago. I purchased a bodice and coated it with genuine blue peacock feather covered ribbons. The laces have to be loosened until the bodice, is wide enough to fit around the body. In addition I proceeded to sew in some … Read more
I decided to mimic a Lady Gaga Costume from the outfit Lady Gaga wore to last year’s MTV music video awards. She wore her hair curly and her red lace dress covered her face and had a cape. It also had a tall medieval looking crown. I bought nude fabric and sewed it in a … Read more
My friends and I were trying to think of group costume ideas for our high school Halloween dance, and we were drinking pop, and someone said , “HEY! let’s be pop cans!” And we did it! We made a popular pop cans costume. We picked our flavors, our fabric colors, and painted on our logos … Read more
Me and my four friends all decided to be Taco Bell’s “fire” hot sauce packets for Halloween this year. We bought the fabric at Joann fabrics and it is pleather fabric which looks a lot like the hot sauce packets themselves. One of the girls moms sewed the dresses for us in a form fitting … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and our SU has themed nights most Fridays which we almost always go to and we always try to be original with our costumes and make them ourselves because it is often a lot cheaper and its fun! The theme this week … Read more
My younger sister was finally old enough to go to the same party as me so we decided we wanted to match. We wanted costumes that were show stopping and what could be more suited than a pair of showgirls! Most of the items to make the Homemade Showgirl Costume are purchased and the put … Read more
This is the coolest Homemade Female Indian Costume ever. I made EVERTHING from including my headdress. I love to make my costume and costumes for my friends and this one came out perfect. So perfect I wore it to two different parties and everyone was amazed. I have never seen a costume like this and … Read more