Coolest DIY Plastic Toy Soldiers Group Costume

toy Soldiers/Army men

This was my family’s Halloween costume for our annual party. My husband and I are both Air Force military vets so we saw this fitting. For months our family of 5 searched second hand stores, yard sales and flea markets to find old fatigues, belts and military what nots. Then came the paint… We painted, … Read more

Cutest Lil’ Scuba Diver Costume for a Baby

Cutest Lil' SCUBA diver: "Charley the Chum Chaser"

For nine month old Charley Paige, the BEST part of the day is bath-time! It’s no wonder, her Mom and Dad are both SCUBA divers, beach lovers, boaters and ocean seekers. Charley hasn’t been able to go to the beach, yet, (thanks Pandemic) so to cope, her absolute favorite thing to do is wade in … Read more

Ursula Costume – “Prettiest FAT Girl in the Sea!”

URSULA

Hi my name is Diavion and I chose to do this costume because URSULA is the prettiest FAT girl in the sea, so I thought this would be fitting. #plussizerepresentationmatters I had a BLAST creating this costume and I hope you got a kick out of this like I did :)

Coolest Homemade Mac-N-Cheeze Costume for a Boy

Mac-N-Cheeze

My son loves Mac and cheese so he wanted to be it for Halloween. I got a laundry basket size small from the dollar tree near me. Next, I covered the basket with blue felt. then I cut out the words Mac-N-Cheeze in yellow felt and hot glued them to the basket. Then I took … Read more

Cool Homemade Sonic, Knuckles and Tales Paper Mache Costumes

Homemade Paper Mache Sonic, Knuckles and Tales

As a kid, my husband and I both grew up with families that loved to celebrate Halloween. His family appreciated the art of designing costumes and my family, well we just liked candy! Jason warned me the day would come when Halloween would become a full blown art competition in our household as our boys … Read more

Socially Distanced Popcorn Costume

Socially Distanced Popcorn

For my socially distanced popcorn costume I use foam board, stripped fabric, pillow filler, acrylic paint, and popcorn. I’m a healthcare worker who lost many residents to Covid-19. My goal was to bring joy to my remaining coworkers and residents.

Cool Balloons Galore Family Costumes

Balloons Galore Family Costumes

Since my balloon installation business, Bean and Boosh, soared to new heights this year, our Halloween costumes were all based on BALLOONS! I swore this year would be simple, but it took more work than I thought. We’ve been doing family costumes for over 12 years, so even throughout the pandemic, we were able to … Read more

Cool DIY “Chompette” Costume – Chain Chomp from Super Mario

Chompette (Chain Chomp from Super Mario)

I wanted to create a challenging costume despite going through a pandemic in 2020. I actually rushed on my costume because I initially wanted to participate in my school’s virtual Zumba costume contest, but I missed it. I thought it began at 6:45 pm and it actually started at 6:15pm last Thursday. Despite this, I … Read more

Cool Homemade KISS Simmons and the Star Child Couple Costume

Cool Homemade KISS Simmons and the Star Child Couple Costume

My boyfriend had mentioned that it would be super fun to dress with me him and my two eleven year-old twins. My kids refused but I thought about it and about a week before Halloween we contacted my best friend and her boyfriend because the four of us can fit the part. We’re rock stars … Read more

Sexy Dumpster Fire Costume Inspired by 2020 Meme

2020 Sexy Dumpster Fire Costume

The year 2020 has been such a hot mess, a meme of a dumpster fire with the year 2020 on it has been circulating the internet. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I go all out creating my costumes, but they are with a twist. I seek out the most unconventional ideas and then make … Read more

Coolest DIY Train Engineer Stroller Halloween Costume

Coolest Train Engineer Stroller Halloween Costume

My son Kaydin is 2 yrs old and just loves trains so I made the train as a shell for his stroller Halloween costume. It’s made out of cardboard and held together with tape and hot glue. I used 3 large flat sheets of cardboard and 1 thinner bendable sheet of cardboard by first measuring … Read more

Cool Homemade Onward Movie Couple Costume

Onward Costumes! Laurel and Wildon Lightfoot

My husband and I watched the movie Onward (we may not have kids, but we are kids at heart!) and realized we looked EXACTLY like the parents in the movie – Laurel and Wildon Lightfoot! I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to design these Onward costumes since we already had the clothes in our closets. … Read more