Hi, this was my 2009 homemade peacock costume worn in Vegas. My girlfriend was a flamingo and I was a peacock. We used hot glue and more feathers than I can count to attach the feathers onto booty shorts, corset, and bra. I used peacock and blue ostrich feathers, as well as a cheap turquoise … Read more
I began piecing together this homemade Britney Spears Halloween costume last year. I first began the long tedious process of gathering the appropriate vintage jewelry needed for this costume. I used 3 gold-tone vintage belts and added different matching vintage brooches and earrings and hot glued them to the belts. I then machine sewed the … Read more
Are you brave enough to take The Challenge?? We were sick of all the same old same old and wanted to come up with something fun and entertaining. Which is when we decided to be “The Pepsi taste challenge” I know being a can of soda has been done before but not like this. To … Read more
My Coolest Barbie Costume was pretty and easy and pretty cheap to make! It was a last minute costume that took about an hour of shopping and getting ready in total. First you need a pink dress and shoes! I bought my pink dress from Charlotte Russe in the mall for $20 and my pink … Read more
I pretty much got an old pair of shorts and a swim suit top, and hot glued a bunch of leaves from a vine I had around the house for my Homemade Sexy Eve Halloween Costume. I even had some old brown heels I hot glued leaves on. Everyone loved it. The best costume I’ve … Read more
I have wanted to be Vivian from Pretty Woman for years now but I didn’t know how to sew. This year I bought a sewing machine and started ordering all the different parts of the costume. The jacket was purchased on EBay and the dress was modified to include the silver rings (bracelets) in the … Read more
This Freddy Krueger Costume is very simple to do. First, find a striped Krueger look-a-like shirt “red and black, orange and brown, orange and black, or red and brown” any of the following combo will do. Next the Krueger hat. I used a hat I would typical use on a night out, however most hats … Read more
My little 6 month old daughter, Evelyn Rose, was the coolest Sunflower Baby for Halloween. This Homemade Sunflower Baby Costume idea originated from a green sleep sack that my baby girl was outgrowing and which I saw as a possible flower stem bearer. I had seen some flower costumes and I didn’t like the commercialized … Read more
It all started about a week ago. Me, and my friend were sitting around the table, doing the norm. Suddenly we decided a costume was needed. We were going to be hitting up all the major clubs in AC, getting crazy in NYC, and a standard costume was not gonna cut it. Of course, being … Read more
I’ve never been the kind that sews but when I saw this outfit I had to make it happen! Used glitter glue on the shorts, found material that closely matched and even sewed on pheasant feathers. Used a sheer fabric over a bra and pinned on broaches. Add the snake, head piece, and paint on … Read more
I decided to be an orange crush pop can. The orange fabric is stretchy, it was originally white, me and my mom dyed the color with a fabric dye (used red) as it faded, we then stitched the fabric as a tube top dress. The ‘Crush’ logo, was sketched out using a pillow case, the … Read more
My husband and I decided to have our baby be a Cabbage Patch Kid for her first Halloween because everybody says she looks like one. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid box. We have included an official Babyland General Hospital … Read more