When making this group of Lego movie costumes, I made a lot of mistakes and had to rip apart and re-glue a lot, so don’t be discouraged. If you have a family as big as mine, I suggest you start at the beginning of the month, and work little by little so you’re not stressed. … Read more
I have ALWAYS made my Halloween costumes, my mom made them when I was little and I have made them every year since. Around September, I decide I need to really get a head start on my costume- and around October 25th I am ALWAYS in a panic and decide that I need to get … Read more
The phantom specter costume consists of: Black ski mask Black long sleeve turtleneck Black pants Back half boots – (I chose these to give myself more height) Black cape with wine color silk lining – Higher quality cape purchased from ebay = $35.00 White female plastic face mask – ebay purchase = $6.00 White gloves … Read more
I was inspired to create an Amelia Earhart costume for my three year-old daughter after seeing a DIY aviator costume on Oh Happy Day, a design website. Not wanting to produce a complete replicate, I decided to add an additional creative dimension by making a costume that was a newspaper clipping of Amelia Earhart. After … Read more
My son runs for the school’s high school cross country team. He has a habit of dressing in bright colors, particularly bright orange. The other members of his team had taken to calling him a traffic cone during practices. His costume was to wear his orange running clothes and he ended up adding an orange … Read more
Ada (8 yrs old) knew she wanted to be a vampire for Halloween since August. Levi (6 yrs old) on the other hand went from Bat Man, to Ninja, to Darth Vader until just before Halloween and finally decided to join the other dark side with Ada. Being that Levi’s birthday is Halloween Momma was … Read more
I started out by buying two pieces of thick red paper to cut my parrot wings out of. I bought a pack of blue, green, red, and yellow feathers to put on my skirt. I bought the same colors of felt. I bought ten pieces of each. Also I bought a pack of stretchy red … Read more
My daughter always wears two pig tails and I wanted to work with that, or do something that worked with her short hair. This was one of the first things that came to me. So, I went to a craft store and got her a plain grey onsie, and several colors of felt. (You will … Read more
After watching The Lego Movie and loving it, we thought about making some characters from the movie. We just went through a rough summer, with an adoption that fell through four days after we brought home the baby, and our hearts were broken. We decided we needed a project, and recruited our good friends and … Read more
My daughter wanted to be something scary this year, (she usually goes for cute) so I was thrilled to take on the challenge. I love doing optical illusion costumes. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do but when I spotted this dress for $12 in a thrift store, I knew I instantly knew what … Read more
We used a cardboard box cut to look like a cage, some old pants stuffed to look like my son’s legs. A piece of foam board to support the upper body of the clown as well as a pool noodle for the arms and some fake hands. I sewed the back of a mask together … Read more
We emulated the Two-Face from “Batman: The Animated Series.” THE SUIT: I ordered a little boy’s five piece suit from blacknbianco.com in white. It came pretty quickly, but I ordered it over a month in advance to assure we got it in time. I didn’t know what the best fabric paint was to use and … Read more