My 19-month-old Wes stars as Inspector Jacques Clouseau from The Pink Panther. This costume idea actually took shape in fall 2015 when I put a bucket hat and fake mustache on, then-8-month-old, Wes. He looked exactly like Inspector Clouseau from ‘The Pink Panther’ series. It didn’t take long to piece together the shirt/tie/pants, trench coat, … Read more
My 14 yr old son and I were sitting in the mall brainstorming on costume ideas for his 6 year old sister. He looked around and began naming things he saw. In a little figurine shop he saw a lighthouse. As soon as he said it my wheels began to turn in my brain. This turned out to be a … Read more
This was one adventure in the making!! My husband and I spent some time thinking about the Got Milk costume for a while, but once we got the supplies: paint, staple gun, padding (for shoulders), and foam for the straw, the fun began!!! This happened once we ordered a milk carton costume from Amazon. We … Read more
This Mr. T costume is so easy to make! I purchased used camo pants and shirt from eBay and I also got a lot of used fake gold jewelry from eBay! We got a mohawk at the barber’s, spray painted his hair black, put fake hair on his chin and side burns, bought a used … Read more
I absolutely love Halloween! I am going a little crazy this year for my baby’s first Halloween. This is costume number 2 for him, and he’s 6-months-old by the way. Since I found out he was a boy I automatically knew he’d be Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for Halloween. I looked to buy it but for … Read more
Our family loves to do Halloween family costume ideas, so when we found out we had another baby on the way we started planning. Trying to figure out how to incorporate the pregnancy into the costume was a lot of fun. So the family basketball game costume was a very simple costume idea that included … Read more
Our family loves to do group costumes so when I found out that baby number four was on his way, we came up with a fun way to include the newest little one into our Halloween fun! Our costume includes Humpty Dumpty, the King and his men (horses) and the merry maid clean-up crew to … Read more
When you love everything about Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, you just have to find a way to squeeze a costume or two at some point in your life for Halloween, especially a standout costume as the giant blueberry costume! So when I got this battery operated blue Airblown suit for dirt cheap at a … Read more
We saw a similar scarecrow costume and thought it was so adorable. So I had to make our own homemade toddler scarecrow costume (It was expensive though). I totally nailed it! Ours turned out way cuter than the one we had based ours on. And It was super easy to make. The Tulle, felt, fabric … Read more
My daughter wanted to dress up as Maleficent when she was younger, so I made her this easy Maleficent costume. The wings look amazing and elaborate, yet were so simple to make. I bought two A1 sheets of cardboard. I then cut out 2 symmetrical wings after marking them out. Then I had to figure … Read more
Every year I make my daughters Halloween costumes because I think it is a great “mommy and me” and “sister and sister” bonding. We pretty much just wing it. I give her a few choices about what I think we can make and then we just start brainstorming and working out the details. I made … Read more
I made this Mad Hatter costume head to toe (minus the socks and shoes). I finished most of it by creating my own patterns. My daughter, Kielyn, helped with all the “extra’s” for it. This is her real hair, teased and color sprayed. She looks awesome and almost identical to the Johnny Depp version of … Read more