For this spiked Punk Rockers fancy dress we used all my son’s everyday clothes…yes he’s a punk. The fancy dress party we were going to was celebrities but we decided that we properly couldn’t pull off the A list look so Punk seemed the perfect choice. We aimed for Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious, not … Read more
It was really easy to make my jersey shore Snookie Costume. I’m already tanned and short so all that was needed was a racey club dress, guidette makeup and of course the infamous Snookie Poof. I looked through my closet and found a silver dress that I had worn for a birthday party previous years … Read more
What girl doesn’t want to wear a tutu on Halloween? I was trying to come up with costumes that involved a tutu and suddenly it hit me: THE BLACK SWAN! I was overly excited about my idea for the entire month I was working on it. I don’t think it would take an entire month … Read more
I made a Lego Man Halloween costume for my fiance in 2010. It was very cheap, easy and everyone loved it! The hardest part was waiting for the paint to dry! All I did was find a medium box that fit my fiance comfortably, plus a shoe box for the hat. I cut arm holes … Read more
When my daughter told me she wanted to be Ariel for Halloween I just couldn’t take it. Every year she wanted to be some sort of princess, so this year, I decided to do some research and find her a better homemade costume. I found a picture of a little girl dressed as Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast … Read more
My two best friends and I wanted to be something “sexy” but not slutty last year. We found many ideas but everything was either to much work or too slutty, there was nothing in between. Then I was wearing my Hooters shirt to bed when I realized that Hooter girls are respected and loved! My … Read more
My husband’s nickname is “Big Orca” for Halloween. He was a killer whale and I was a sea world trainer. We used all materials from Walmart, just a black hoodie and print and iron fabric! We bought the hoodie and ironed on the outline of a killer whale so when he overlapped his arms, it … Read more
As a senior in junior, I was tired of seeing the same costumes being recycled year after year (myself being guilty of this as well!). After walking out of my third costume shop feeling at last defeated and hopeless regarding my search for that perfect costume, I decided it was time to go the homemade … Read more
We ended up doing a last-minute wedding Zombies Halloween couple costume. It was about 15 bucks for everything. We went to the bar that night for about 2/3 hours with my parents and they were doing a contest. It was in the middle of “hick vill”. The owners stand up and say were gonna name … Read more
My daughter wanted an original and fun Jellyfish costume for Halloween. We used an old bike helmet to keep the jellyfish on her head. The top was a pink plastic snow sled turned upside down. We drilled holes into the top and used zip-ties to connect the helmet to the sled. We covered the bike … Read more
For the girls costume, I bought stretchy fabric for the skirt and sewed it to fit properly and cut two long strips for the suspenders. After the skirt was made, I sewed big yellow buttons onto the skirt. I took a plain white tshirt and used fabric spray for the polka dots. Add yellow ribbon … Read more
I found this homemade Jelly Fish costume idea online. I thought it would be fun to be something homemade and different for Halloween. I took a clear plastic umbrella that I got from the Dollar store, and used streamers, pearls, bubble wrap, ribbon and iridescent garland to embellish the umbrella to look like a Jelly … Read more