I decided to be a Homemade Gold Fish Costume, but cute. Orange was the color I was in love with at the time. First, I needed scales; I found a light salmon colored old lady sequined sweater at Goodwill. I dyed it with RIT orange fabric dye. The boiling process curled the sequins so they … Read more
This is my fabulous Peacock Adult Halloween Costume Idea:! I bought a black corset and covered it in black feathers, then I went over the black feather with peacock feathers! The head piece is a comb with black feathers at the bottom and peacock feathers at the top. The back part is ribbon, sparkly feathers, … Read more
I decided to be an orange crush pop can. The orange fabric is stretchy, it was originally white, me and my mom dyed the color with a fabric dye (used red) as it faded, we then stitched the fabric as a tube top dress. The ‘Crush’ logo, was sketched out using a pillow case, the … Read more
This is our Homemade Shrek Family Costume. We have Puss-in-boots, Donkey, and of course Shrek and Fiona. We widened our nose with noses we made out of clay, then we pained everything exposed green. It was a great family affair!
This is our Homemade Addams Family Costume for Halloween. My husband was Gomez – we got him a dark suit, red tie and big fat cigar. He has a mustache drawn on with an eyeliner. I was Morticia, I wore a long black wig and long black dress. My son was Uncle Fester. We bought … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and our SU has themed nights most Fridays which we almost always go to and we always try to be original with our costumes and make them ourselves because it is often a lot cheaper and its fun! The theme this week … Read more
My 5 month old baby Madison is so cute I just had to make her a flower costume. I started by taking pink flannel fabric and made a hood. Then I took foam sheets and cut out petals so the petals would be stiff. Then I sewed the flower petals out of fabric to cover … Read more
I got the Idea of a Peacock costume from an expensive one that I saw online. I knew I could create an amazing one of a kind costume, without spending hundreds of dollars. I started compiling a folder of photos & ideas of what I wanted to make. I ordered the materials I needed from … Read more
My daughter, Cate, is 15 months old and is STILL at that lovely age when you can dictate WHAT they will be for All Hallow’s Eve, unlike her older 4 year old brother, HA! So, there were SOOO many cute costumes that I had in mind for her/us. However, when I received Pottery Barn’s Fall … Read more
Saw the idea of this Troll Dolls Group Costume on this website, and decided to do it for a charity day, and ended up raising lots of money.) We wore coloured shorts, and some used kitchen roll holders instead of bottles on our heads.
We did a family theme this year: “The Scooby Doo Crew”. I was the only one with a costume made mostly from home. It was very simple. I had an orange shirt, a red skirt and a pair of brown shoes that I used from my closet. I bought the wig for around $9 and … Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) is one of my all time favorite movies. I told my 4 year old if he would be an Oompa Loompa, I’d get him a huge lollipop. After purchasing the lollipop, I got a few yards of white felt, a few yards of a purple paisley pattern, sage … Read more