This toadstool mushroom costume was fairly easy to make. I wanted to make sure the hat stayed kind of puffy to hold it’s shape. I bought a straw hat, fabric glue, fluffy stuffing to make pillows/ dolls, cotton fabric. I first sewed the red fabric on top leaving some room to make it more round … Read more
I made this piggy bank costume for my son with a little help from a friend. “Having won several contests in the past it is my sole determination to continue the history for the present.” – Gynelle Cherry As the single mother of a beautiful 5 year old boy I had my wits and tricks up … Read more
This evil purple minion costume is easy to make and requires NO sewing. This year I wanted to make a Beetle Juice costume as my son had previously been Edward Scissorhands and Chucky (Child’s Play), but he decided he wanted to be an evil minion. In total I spent around £10 to make this costume. I had a … Read more
You never know when inspiration will hit! So, when I was flying a way cool kite one day, I looked up and thought that it would make a great tail for a Gargoyle costume. Gargoyle Costume Details I began gathering feathers, glitter, rhinestones and just anything I could grab to add to this hodgepodge that became a huge, huge … Read more
I took inspiration for this Wheel of Fortune costume from my childhood. I grew up in the good ole days of watching Wheel of Fortune and The Price Is Right with my parents. I always loved seeing the ladies of the 80s in those big gaudy outfits, so naturally when opportunity knocked I said, “Come on in Vanna!” … Read more
My friends and I love watching Toddlers and Tiaras! It somehow always makes us feel like better parents, LOL! I grew up with a mom that can sew just about anything and a dad that created incredible sets for our local school and community theater productions. I had some AMAZING costumes growing up!! Luckily, I … Read more
To make the full body Mystique costume took over 36 hours. What I did was buy the blue body suit and then I applied navy blue acrylic onto the blue body suit and started designing each of mystique’s scales. Every single scale that appears on the costume was hand made. After that I used blue … Read more
Every year we create our own group costume for 4 girls that go out for Halloween. Each year we put a lot of thought into our costumes and try to come up with something original. We veer strongly against the typical “sexy” girl halloween costume. We had a brilliant idea of bringing a childhood love to life, … Read more
My son and I are wearing our homemade baby and mom costume – spider and web. I was searching for costume ideas that would allow me to wear my 6 month old son in an Ergo carrier as he was not walking yet at the time. I found several images online of mothers wearing a … Read more
My teenage son decided he wanted a Zombie costume for Halloween. So where did I go? Thrift store of course! He got the shirt and pants for $2.50. We had the tie. Then I watched some videos on zombie make up, bought a kit at Halloween store for $4.99 and he was on his way to the living … Read more
My girlfriend and I are pretty creative when it comes to Halloween couple costume making. I thought “who is the most bad ass team to walk the squared circle?” Easy, the LOD. The most noticeable thing with the Legion of Doom is the shoulder pads and the face paint, the rest is all pretty easy. … Read more
My husband has no time for such silly things as costume ideas, so I have, throughout the years, come up with every ‘Couple Costume’. After having gone through the gambit of : Mother Nature & Father Time; Queen Bee & Killer Bee (One of my favorites, although, sadly no pics.) and all sorts of silly … Read more