October of last year (2012), I had been very busy. My best friend’s wedding was the weekend before Halloween, and on top of that, I was very busy with a 2 week long Halloween event at my place of employment. Needless to say, I did not have the time, energy, or disposable income for a … Read more
I wanted to create a different kind of costume and what’s better than homemade? I chose cardboard because it was readily available and I’m better with a hot glue gun than a sewing machine. The outer shell is cardboard boxes from my husbands past job at lazyboy, the “guts* were purchased from my local Dollar … Read more
I work in a school with mostly young teachers. So a few friends and I decided we would dress up as hippies. We did not come together to buy the costumes. Some of us decided to buy certain things while others decided to HIT THE CLOSETS. I only bought my wig at the last minute … Read more
The basics of princess bubblegum is the pink hair, crown, and a pink dress. I found a plain pink dress at a bargain outlet along with pink tights. A pink wig came from five and below. Together they cost only about $15! The crown was made from a Capri Sun box and printer paper. All … Read more
My husband came up with this fantastic couples costume idea. He wore a suit and we bought him a cheap top hat and bow tie, and he used some monopoly money as props. We found the mustache on Amazon. I used an old bridesmaids dress and added some felt fabric to make Lolli’s dress, then … Read more
Needed something different, a sure winner for a costume contest and this was it, cutest Little Marilyn Monroe costume. The wig was a long cheap wig that was very knotted they we found in my daughters dress up bin. With the snip of the scissors, we had the perfect wig. The earrings were found at … Read more
After scouring the internet for unique ideas on what to dress my daughter up as for Halloween, I finally found it! It was something so unique and not done at all in my tiny small town. Yes the traditional store bought costumes are just fine and I’m sure your child will love looking like at … Read more
This fun Halloween costume from the Movie Up was my absolute favorite costume that I have made to date!! I used an old box and taped ‘basket weaving’ on it and then spray painted it brown. The top of the ‘hot air balloon’ was held up by PVC pipes taped into the corners. The suspenders helped … Read more
As a Cub leader, I’m a massive fan of dressing up. When we had a Medieval themed night in the program, my head spun with ideas! I decided that I would go as someone with the black plague. Educational, interactive, disgusting! The priority was to create realistic boils. I did this using large sized bubble … Read more
I have two children a boy age three and a girl age six. Kayden, my daughter, is very opinionated about her costume choices and ideas. She has a very clear idea of what she wants to be and won’t settle for anything less. haha. My son on the other hand is three, he couldn’t care … Read more
Kraft Dinner is awesome. So, I decided to make it my Halloween costume! I used a cardboard box that a fridge came in, house paint, a bit of arts and crafts paint and duct tape! Beware! If you paint a costume like this… your knees will get very stiff and sore! The days I spent … Read more
Around Halloween lots of cute costumes started popping up on Pinterst and I found the cutest train costume ever, but there was one problem…it was for a 5 year old boy. The first thing I did in adapting the costume to fit my 5’5 frame was to take a look at how the costume was … Read more