It’s very difficult to come up with a costume for a 9 year old girl that both mother and daughter can agree on that doesn’t require a lot of sewing lol. I make my kids costumes every year and every year it gets harder and harder to come up with something that’s completely unique and … Read more
It was very difficult to come up with this idea! I would have never came up with the idea myself, but I saw the idea for it online and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was the perfect costume for my son and we weren’t going to see another one while we … Read more
Growing up one of my favorite movies was always ET so my goal for this costume was to bring the movie to life. First thing i did was print out the best possible picture of ET that I could find, then i attached the picture to a store bought plastic mask. After attaching the picture … Read more
I noticed that the Toaster Strudel commercial kid looked a lot like my grandson Damion, and it became a funny thing between us.We watched all the commercials on youtube, and literally did “Laugh Out Loud”. His 11th birthday was Sept. 19, so as a joke birthday gift I made him the outfit and it also … Read more
This Beer Can and Popcorn Box couple costume won us first place as “beer and popcorn”. Here’s how the costumes were made” Popcorn Box Costume This was an actual wearable popcorn box complete with a space on top for fresh popcorn. People loved it, eating popcorn from it as they danced the night away. It … Read more
I made this costume for a date party but it took some time. I started off with a regular blue jean dress and then got 2 different pairs of jeans that were different colors and a jean skirt. I did the entire thing with fabric glue so that’s why it was tricky because it took … Read more
I always joke about wanting to be a mermaid, so I knew exactly what my costume should be!! After all, that’s what Halloween is all about right? Being something or someone else for a day, if only a day? :) To create the mermaid costume I started by picking out an old hot pink bra … Read more
This Stay Puft Marshmallow Man costume was a huge hit! I thought of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man after watching my newly-walking little bow stomp around the house. I didn’t have much time and knew if I pulled out my sewing machine it would double the creation time so I did this all with a hot … Read more
I started on this costume super-early since my husband is in the military and he would be missing his 1st Halloween. We are a Mexican-American family and a piñata is a staple of a celebration. What other appropriate way to celebrate my son’s 1st Halloween than have him be a piñata? I saw a piñata … Read more
So this costume started off with my seven year old really wanting to be Anna or Elsa from Frozen. I told her that there would be a million and one of them and she needed to be something more original and maybe something scary. So I went looking around on this site and found a … Read more
Well to start off, my son Trace who is seven came up with the idea of being the Elf on the Shelf. He has one; his name is Woody the elf and Trace absolutely loves him. He really wishes he could be around all year. So the search for the elf on the shelf stuff … Read more
I have never been one to buy a costume for Halloween so when it came to dressing up my son for his first Halloween, a store bought costume wasn’t going to cut it either. All I knew is that it needed it to be comfy and warm for my 9 month old to tolerate it. … Read more