My 2yr old wanted to be Foofa for Halloween so I went out and bought an oversized pair of sweats, top and bottom. I used the top to make the long torso, adding elastic to the bottom so it would poof out, and the sleeves were for the hat and shoe covers. I used felt for … Read more
My son didn’t know what he wanted to be for halloween, so I asked him if he would want to be a character from Spongebob Squarepants. He asked if we could try for a Plankton costume. First I found a cardboard box that my son could fit in, then I rounded it out. I then … Read more
Last year for Halloween a friend’s daughter wanted to be Gir from Invader Zim. After searching the internet high and low for one they asked me to make one for her. Having never seen the cartoon myself it was a bit of a challenge to figure this one out. A pile of bright green felt … Read more
My dad and I made this Yo Doody Doody! Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba costume for my son “Doody” in about 2 weeks! We used a bunch of different materials to construct the body and helmet and covered it all in yellow felt. I hand painted everything else including the eyes. It was nice to … Read more
Boots – was inside out sweats, a stuffed felt tail, turtle neck with felt belly, pink gloves for hands, fishing boots with red soccer socks over them, the head and face were sewed blue leggings to make like a ski mask head cover with a visor with the bill cut to look like boots 3 … Read more
This costume was a real piece of cake to make and cost almost nothing. The shirt: Bought a plain baby blue shirt at a craft store with a coupon so I think I spent like 3 dollars on it. Bought a yellow sticky felt sheet and a red sticky felt sheet to make the Saturn … Read more
ONE FINE DAY WITH A WOOF AND A PURR, A BABY WAS BORN AND IT CAUSED A LITTLE STIR… My best friend Shannon and I decided that we wanted a Homemade Catdog Couples Halloween Costume for Halloween this year. We found the perfect fabric and sewed the whole thing. We decided to make tube dresses … Read more
My 3 yr old daughter Olivia loves watching Sponge Bob and asked to be him for Halloween. After seeing the costumes available I decided to make her an even better one. I went to the fabric store and purchased 2 yards of 1″ green upholstery foam and 2 yards of yellow felt. At home I … Read more
We wanted to dress up as Homemade Spongebob and Patrick Costumes. The ones that they sell at the store are lame. We used PVC pipe to build the frame for Spongebob. Then we covered it thin foam . On top of that we layered it with yellow fleece. Then finished it up with details. We … Read more
My grandson always wants to be something different than any other kid he knows. So he challenges me each year to make a unique costume. One year it was Sponge Bob. Last year, it was Patrick the starfish. This year he wanted to be Mr. Krabs! He sent a picture of him or I wouldn’t … Read more
For this Patrick Star homemade Halloween costume I purchased a very large piece of pink felt, laid it out and cut out the shape of a star. I sewed the two pieces together. Putting velcro in the leg openings so we could get it on and off by slipping it over his head and then … Read more
My 6 year old son Connor wanted to look like his favorite cartoon character on nickalodean’s Avatar Aang. His Grandmother made his Avatar Aang costume out of yellow,orange and brown felt, and put cardboard under the collar to make it stiff and stand up. He put on a dark tan sweat shirt underneath, and wore … Read more