Every year we have a pretty intense costume contest at the school where I work. We compete for the best costumes, in five different categories. Personally, it’s the Most Creative Costume category that I covet. In general, I delight in designing and creating a creative, elaborate costume, and this year was no exception. This year, … Read more
Our costume shot every one out of the water. We all played out roles quite well all night; either telling friends to “rock out” or “wrap it up” or “cut it out”! We brought a new meaning to “getting paper”, getting “rock hard” and “scissoring”. The things you can make with cardboard and duck tape … Read more
My one year old son just loves when we read books to him. My husband and I saw “Where the Wild Things Are” and I bought it knowing it was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Half way through the book Max cries out, “Let the wild rumpus start!” Then the … Read more
This costume was a lot of fun to create! I made the shorts myself and then glued peppermints on to that. I had the red top and used red fabric to sew on it and then glued peppermints onto the red fabric. The hardest part was creating the shorts. Using a sequin fabric is tough … Read more
Big T-shirts from Goodwill ($.60 each) sewn to fit each kid and cut to mid back with velcro to close top and mid slit Brown Jersey fabric from Walmart ($1.00/ yard) sewn in a shell shape and sharpie for shell lines Weapons from Goodwill and Dollar Store ($2.00) Felt, elastic and colored fabric for masks … Read more
As children of the 80s, Halloween has a few quintessential elements to me and my husband. Obviously there is candy, pumpkins, scary movies, and trick-or-treating, but another thing we both loved was the movie “Ghostbusters “. Every year you can guarentee it will be on TV in all it’s awesome quotable glory. Our son is now old … Read more
7 year old, growing William Joel (born with spina bifida) owns a very special Nascar Dale Earnhardt jacket that surely will NOT fit him next year so this Halloween I decided to make him a wheelchair costume to match his speedy personality & his special jacket. I first measured huge pieces of cardboard to fit … Read more
The Story of How to for BeeDoo My son is a first grade teacher and loves dressing up for Halloween for his class in a character the kids can identify with. Thus this is how CARL was created. It all began with a cardboard drum for the body.. I cut the drum to my son’s … Read more
So I’ve seen plenty of people go as Alan with Carlos from the Hangover, but never seen anyone go as Carlos. So I decided to try it out. This costume was a real chick magnet and got a lot of attention. It is very creative and eye catching while not being expensive to make. In … Read more
My boyfriend (Luke) and I (Danielle) attend Ohio University in Athens Oh, and Halloween is always a huge deal! So if you want to stand out you HAVE to be creative! All summer we contimplated all kinds of costume ideas. When I got back to school a group of my friends also wanted me to … Read more
Ok, so our whole family LOVES playing Plants vs. Zombies. (For those who don’t know, it’s a video game where you use plants in your yard to fight off the zombies trying to get into your house. Why do they want in your house? Because they want your BRAINS!!!) This year for Halloween, my 6 … Read more
My three year old daughter Annabella Drummer is obsessed with the Care Bears and really wanted to be one for Halloween. I wanted her to be what she wanted, but I also wanted to make her something special homemade. She has always been infatuated with airplanes and every time she sees one she asks if … Read more