This year for Halloween I decided to make my daughter and husband Gandalf and Frodo. My husband made me an Eye of Sauron costume at the last minute so I would match too but it’s not pictured. The hobbit costume was not too hard. All the fabric came out of the remnant bins at 75% … Read more
After viewing some of the pre-teen costumes in the store for my 11 year old daughter I was bummed. Nothing was appropriate for her age. She either repeated her early years of costumes as princesses and ladybugs and fairies or she matured quickly and looked like a friday night call girl, lol. I have always … Read more
This was an idea my husband and I have had for a few years now. Making our costumes has become a tradition for us every year and our friends and family are always excited to see what we’ve come up with. Usually we only create costumes for our 2 boys. We had our other 2 … Read more
My daughter and I were attending her school’s “Mummy and me” Halloween dance, and we really wanted to dress in something fun and original. Thanks to an idea from my husband, we decided to go as Wednesday Addams and Cousin It from the Addams family. Both costumes are homemade and received lots of attention! For … Read more
‘The Simpsons’ is my all time favorite show! When I was younger, I would say “if I ever have a family big enough I would dress us up as the Simpsons”, and 15 years later I did it! My son aka Bart was the hardest because he hates putting anything on, so we left him … Read more
We wanted to do something fun and different. We also wanted to be comfortable. We were in college so on a budget and found these white painter pants at Home Depot and white undershirts at Target. We got fabric scraps to make the letters. We had so much fun but it was not easy sticking … Read more
I saw the new TMNT movie and said I wanted to bring ninja rap back. I stared with my gloves. Took half inch green foam from Jo Anne fabrics and traced my hands out. I cut and sown them together. After I made sure it was a sure tight fit I stared to reinforce the … Read more
Power Rangers Costumes Idea Our four boys are avid power ranger fans. They were pretty bummed when I missed Halloween last year because I was deployed to Afghanistan as an Army aviator. My wife and I knew we wanted to make this Halloween as fun as possible to make up for missed memories. When the … Read more
Kristoff’s costume was made with clearance remnants of upholstery fabric, along with fur trim. Elsa’s was made with the deconstruction of my prom dress that I’d designed and had made 11 years ago, as well as some sparkly sheer fabric, lace, and silver trim. The wig was crocheted. Anna was made with remnants from an … Read more
Sometimes you get an idea in your head and you just start running with it! Hence, our Halloween outfits this year. I suppose this idea started a couple months ago. We had a few family date nights where we sat around, ate pizza and watched The Pirates of the Caribbean together. Any scary parts, we’d … Read more
For Halloween 2013, we went as a group of Batman characters. We were (from left) Penguin, Batman, Bane, Two-Face, Robin, and Poison Ivy. We had such a great time putting these together and everyone loved the result! We also created a Batmobile (1960s era) out of our garden cart. It’s made out of cardboard, red … Read more
First of all – Be prepared for this to take several months of weekends, so start in advance. Once created, this minion will be a two person job to dress into. You will want to know someone who can sew and someone who can weld. List of requirements is listed at the bottom of the … Read more