I had so much fun with this costume! I gathered the materials from wherever I could find them! clothes, hat, sunglasses, Dr. Scholl’s and jewelry from Goodwill, white curly wig from my Halloween bin, coffee cup from my cupboard and some “new things” like sharpies, tape and wire fly swatters for the “card”. Dressing was … Read more
After thinking long and hard about a Halloween costume for my almost two year old baby, my stepdaughter sent me a picture of a baby dressed as a chicken. I immediately fell in love with it and said “that is what I want”. I said “where can I buy this outfit?” My stepdaughter said “I … Read more
I saw an invisible man costume online and thought, “I have to do this!” I win a costume contest at work every year and thought that would work perfect. I didn’t have any instructions, so every thing was trial and error. I had the coat first and thought I would just pull it over my … Read more
Items needed for Pippi Longstocking costume: Red Wig (long), wire hanger, wire cutter, brown eye liner, red and white striped shirt, overalls, stockings, black boots, plush monkey. Items needed for hot air balloon: Large cardboard box, four wooden poles, two 6ft pipe insulator, sharpie, 20 multicolored helium filled balloons with ribbon, four burlap bags, burlap … Read more
For Liona’s first birthday her grandpa bought her a shopping cart. She runs around the house pushing it all around. She has such a blast with it! We were trying to figure out what she should be for Halloween, when I see her running around with her little cart. Then I realized she should be … Read more
This year, I really wanted to go all out and come up with a super original costume that no one else would have. The only way to do that was to make something myself. I was struggling all month and could not think of any ideas worthy for me to attempt. I turned to my … Read more
Our couples costume was just sinful this Halloween. Adam and Eve broke out of the garden of Eden and graced the 2014 earth with their presence. We made these costumes with one thing in mind, we better look so good that people will want to take a bite, but that would be forbidden. We gathered … Read more
The Phantom Specter Ghost Costume: Items that I already had… Black turtleneck Black pants Black half boots Black ski mask Purchased: Black velvet hooded cape with silk wine color lining – eBay purchase = $35.00 White female plastic mask – eBay purchase = $6.00 White gloves – eBay purchase = $8.00 This Phantom Specter ghost … Read more
I wanted to create a costume that was an optical illusion. I searched many ideas on Google when I came up with the idea to be a Contortionist. Creating the costume was a lot of trial and error. I started on a Monday and created a set of legs in one night! I was very … Read more
My son wanted to be a garbage truck. So we set off to create it. I browsed the web and came across a great costume that gave me inspiration, that was the start and there was some great info. After lots of cardboard and hot glue it started to take shape. We added different thickness … Read more
This year my seven year old son wanted to be Emmet from the Lego Movie! Finding that costume was going to be totally impossible. I went on total research mode and started getting my materials together. I decided to use as many materials around the house that I could find. I started with the head. … Read more
My three month old son, Kal was Alfalfa for his first Halloween. He was born with a full head of hair so we knew we didn’t want to cover it up. He woke up from a nap with a “Falf” sticking straight up in the air and the idea just came to me. I found … Read more