This past Halloween my husband and I decided that we would each go as a character from a horror movie. I was Carrie from Stephen King’s “Carrie”, my husband went as Johnny from “The Shining” (also Stephen King), and our 2 yr. old son went as Chucky from “Child’s Play”. None of the costumes cost much money, … Read more
My daughter wanted to have an Adventure Time themed party, and with her birthday just ten days before Halloween, I made costumes for all of us. Princess Bubblegum’s dress was handmade and had a separate peter pan color with a snap in front. Her hair was cut felt, and her crown was made from stiffened … Read more
I am all about couple or family group costumes. This year dad wasn’t able to join us but me and my little boy went together anyways. I did some treasure hunting at local thrift and second hand stores and truly came up with some jems! I already had the basics, jackets, boots etc. what I needed was … Read more
We are a NAVY family recently stationed in Misawa, Japan right before Halloween. When I made this “robbers and bank bag baby costume,” we had yet not recieved our household goods (3 months without our household goods). Japan also did not offer much in costumes and to order anything online and shipped to Japan takes … Read more
I will admit that I got the idea for my sister’s family ‘Smores costume from Pinterest – we were looking up family costumes for 3 that could also be made to work for 2, since her husband was going to be away for some of the Halloween festivities. I wound up putting a lot of … Read more
I have a 3 year old grand baby that lives with me and was watching Spongebob on TV. She said, “Mammal can I be Spongebob? So I sat down one weekend and had a box and started cutting it out. I wanted to make a costume for her but not spend a boat load of money. I … Read more
I was 8 months pregnant and discussing costume ideas with my 3 year old daughter, hoping to make something for myself that would work with whatever she wanted to be. I had been knitting a red riding hood for months (from a pattern out of “Fairy Tale Knits”), and she told me she wanted to … Read more
My little boy has been a strong little guy since the day he was born, so I had nicknamed him “Heman”. My 4-yr old daughter wanted to know who that was, so we started watching old Heman and She-ra cartoons. She got stuck on the idea of being She-ra for Halloween and I couldn’t talk … Read more
This was a cool ‘sky’ theme that matched the end of our Polish family name. The hot air balloon was made from extra colored flag fabric sewed together. Then, hoola hoops were inserted and it was attached to an extra laundry basket with four wooden dowels. It was decorated with some old tan pillow cases … Read more
Meet the Flintstones. This family costume was created by using fleece for Dino and making it into footed pants and a sweatshirt. Also, there are mitts for his hands. Dino’s color came from t-shirt and was dyed. Dino’s tag was crocheted. Black spots were all hand cut and hand sewn from felt. Pebbles was made by dying a … Read more
In 2010 our family was one larger than normal and I wanted to do something for Halloween that would involve all of us. This is when I came up with the idea for a life-size Tetris family Halloween costume. To start I began researching the shapes and colors and drawing them out, trying to figure … Read more
My son is a new fan of Doctor Who. He decided that I was to be a Dalek and he was to be the Doctor, but couldn’t decide which one. He was insistent that he have a TARDIS. We got a cardboard box, and had to cut it down to a manageable size. We painted the outside but he decided … Read more