I wanted to give my six month old daughter something to wear that was as unique and original as she was. I came up with the ideas while watching the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I had seen other families recreate the characters from the book/film, but I had not seen anyone take the literal … Read more
My son and I came up with this Sushi costume idea after a couple hours of brainstorming one night. It’s something that we have never seen done before and thought it would be fun to make! We used cardboard boxes to create the sushi bar. We wrapped the boxes in paper bags and used wrapping … Read more
My son, niece, nephew, and myself came up with this idea together, they were looking to do a group costume together for Halloween. We constructed the Whac-A-Mole pinball like game out of a large cardboard box. We painted and glittered the outside and cut out holes in the top and side for head and arm. … Read more
I created this paper mache Count Chocula mask after looking for a mask that would fit comfortably over my prescription glasses, which has been a recurring issue since childhood. I chose to use paper mache due to the process being fairly inexpensive and fun, with the entire mask costing me roughly $20.00 in total to … Read more
The actual Catwoman costume costs over $50! So instead, I wore a pair of everyday-wear black leather leggings and a corset to match. The gun holster was supposed to be for my whip, but it wasn’t able to hold it so it’s going to hold my keys and my phone instead on Halloween night. My … Read more
I am known for my sewing and always doing something crazy. I wanted something unique for my sons so I decided to make them Mr. potato head. I used foam backEd fabric and made the shells and then I used craft phone to make all the parts. The parts connected with Velcro and on their … Read more
Inspiration to transform myself into Gollum came late one night when looking in the bathroom mirror after a long day… I thought it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch. ;) I made this costume the night before and day of my Halloween party, for a grand total of maybe $15 (not including the paint … Read more
I wanted my son to be something funny for Halloween, so we dressed up father and son in Dumb and Dumber costumes and created our own little Mutt Cutts van. He went as Lloyd and wore an orange suit. His dad went as Harry and wore a powder blue suit. We covered the “van” with a piece of old carpet … Read more
Every other little girl wanted to be Elsa last Halloween but my daughter was Elsa’s snow storm. 1. I took a beach hat and cut off the brim. I hot glued lots of light grey, dark grey and white tulle to it and glued then glued different sized snowflakes al over it. I used some fishing line to … Read more
Here’s how I made my Christmas costume – A Tree Angel on a tree! I started with an old flower girl dress that was floor length. Then, turned up the bottom so the skirt was half the length and hand stitched a few spots. I took some thin rope light and hand sewed it to … Read more
My Grand Daughter wanted a Poodle Skirt for Decades Day during Spirit week at school, so the race began! I scoured every hand made poodle skirt video I could find and decided to make it without a pattern (which would have cost me $14.95). At the fabric store I borrowed a pattern to see how much … Read more
Ever since its release in 1993, The Nightmare Before Christmas has been my favorite movie. From the movie’s unique claymation style to the intriguingly bizarre storyline, this movie is well-known by most for good reason. Duplicating Sally’s image was definitely a challenge (that lasted many hours, especially mixing enough paint to cover my entire body … Read more