We work at a doctor’s office and every year we all dress up for Halloween and throw a party for the patients. We like to choose a theme, something entertaining for all ages, and we strive to blow away the previous year’s costumes. This year we decided that treating patients all dressed up as giant … Read more
We saw a Big Bird costume for sale in a store and liked the idea, but I was confident that I could create a way better version! For the body: We looked all through the mall for a yellow dress to no avail, so we purchased yellow material, a dress pattern that we deemed bird-like … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Cookie Monster costume. My daughter really loves Cookie Monster, so she inspired me to come up with an original costume for her. I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics to look for a pattern, but they don’t sell any Cookie Monster costume patterns, let alone any Sesame Street costume patterns. I picked … Read more
The theme is Cartoon charaters/ Kids shows. We couldn’t resist these two classics, but didn’t like any of the ones available online. Time to get creative and make our Homemade Bert and Ernie Halloween Costumes. My friend and I carved the heads from foam (the same foam in car seats). Wigs were glued on along … Read more
My friends and I wanted to do a wicked group costume this year- the Muppets! We were the hit of the party all night, everyone wanted to have their picture taken with me! The whole Homemade Beaker Costume was made for under $10, using supplies from local thrift and Dollar stores. The head is just … Read more
Beaker was one of my favorite Muppets, and I thought it would be awesome to dress up as him. At the same time, teaming up with a buddy as Bunsen Honeydew would make this costume duo, dare I say it, legendary. As a team, our Homemade Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker Couple Halloween Costumes were very … Read more
This homemade Camilla the Chicken from the Muppets Halloween costume idea came about from my kids deciding to be different muppets for Halloween. I like to make their costumes and my 11 yr old oldest son wanted to dress up again this year – I had feared he would think himself too old to dress … Read more
After being inspired by the Jim Hensen exhibit, my friend and I knew we had to try and make our own Snowth costumes from the famous Muppet Show sketch “Manah Manah” (also spelled Mahna Mahna). Looking online it seemed like several people already made Snowth costumes, but very few, if any, made them well. We’re … Read more
The head of the Ernie costume was made by using foam. I used pictures from the internet to get the basic shape. Ernie’s head is basically a football. I cut that out of foam and made an exact copy for the back piece. I then sewed the head together using a heaving denim thread. This … Read more
After a simple but effective Kermit costume the year before, I decided to stick with the Muppet theme and try out one of my favorite characters this year – Homemade Animal Muppet Halloween Costume! Right away I knew that the head would be the hardest and most time-consuming part. I found a head pattern online … Read more
H.R. Pufnstuff; if your child doesn’t know him, he needs to! The Homemade H.R. Pufnstuff Costume was entirely made by hand with exception of pants and undershirt. Mask is made with chicken wire, paper mache and then fabric sewn on by hand. I then clipped out all the wire so his darling little face wouldn’t … Read more
The entire Animal from the Muppets DIY Halloween Costume was made from scratch, including the wig. The wig is actually an infusion of three wigs, then styled to look like animals hair. I spent the entire evening drumming on everything and chasing women! ANIMAL!!!! ANIMAL!!!! BAWHHHHHH!