My husband and I love Halloween. We start thinking the day after Halloween what our plans will be for next year! This Mary Poppins costume was pretty easy to do after finding all the parts ( which was the hard part!) My husband always pokes fun at me for having a “vision”, because I get … Read more
This Meatballs and Spaghetti for both male and female costume idea came to me like magic. Actually Halloween was the next day and I was at home in my room when I just remembered that tomorrow was Halloween, so I was thinking “I don’t have any money, what am I going to do? “Then it hit … Read more
Originally I was just fooling around at work and starting making giant minions out of cardboard to decorate for Halloween. Everyone loved them so much I decided to make a costume version. This was a very simple costume made to be worn like a human billboard. It consists of 2 giant sheets of cardboard from … Read more
Sharknado became one of the most talked about movies of the summer. After I saw it I knew that my boyfriend and I had to create a one of a kind costume for Halloween! I immediately started hunting for Beanie Baby shark toys at garage sales. I also started a stockpile of assorted bags of … Read more
My son wanted to be a robot, a robot with lights. I think we did a good job recreating an old standby into something fun and special. We used led candles and led Christmas lights that ran on batteries for the lights. The costume was made of two amazon boxes, duct tape and love:) We … Read more
It all started with the purchase of a bunch of fancy tablecloths from a reuse store here in the bay area. I couldn’t pass it up because there was so much yardage! Banquet tablecloths for $7 each. So I knew I wanted to do something big and billowy. These are based on period fashions from … Read more
My son wanted a ship and since he is obsessed with all types of vehicles including ships we decided to make him a ship for Halloween. I looked at the red flier wagons we had sitting in the garage and began drawing up plans. A week later we came up with the coolest ship anyone … Read more
This is my husband, daughter, and me. We made these costumes from home. My daughter’s hot air balloon was made from things we found at home. A box, construction paper, glitter, and a glue gun. As for my husband we went out and bought him a dress at the second hand store and made him … Read more
My son absolutely loves Skylanders, particularly EyeBrawl. When he asked to be Eyebrawl for Halloween I knew that ordering a costume online or going to a store wasn’t an option. I had already done my research and found only 3 Skylanders costumes were available. And of course none that my son liked. My first thought … Read more
This is Brayden driving his big rig truck that was made out of several cardboard boxes, paint, Styrofoam cones and circle for the steering wheel. He loves trucks and his Papa has drove one for many years so I decided to make him one for Halloween. I used lots of hot glue to keep it … Read more
This is Jasmine driving her big rig truck that was made out of several cardboard boxes, paint, Styrofoam cones and circle for the steering wheel. She loves playing trucks with all the boys and her Papa has drove one for many years so I decided to make her one for Halloween. I used lots of … Read more
Fionna I made her hat and bag (which I sadly didn’t get a photo of) from cheap off cuts of fleece and my boyfriend’s mums sewing machine, and a couple of wire coat hangers. There are heaps of easy tutorials on the internet that can show you how to do it. I was lucky to … Read more