My son wanted an illusion costume, so we went with the jet pack! We were so excited to make this, that it is done already for this Halloween! I had seen a picture of something similar, but there were NO instructions. It actually wasn’t too difficult to make once you had the general idea. My son … Read more
My son wanted a classic box robot costume. We had a lot of fun putting this together. After attaching the cardboard boxes, we painted, taped, and glued away. We added bottle caps, print-outs, reflectors, etc. We also added battery operated lights. We used string lights to poke through from the inside. We also used push … Read more
My son proclaimed that he wanted a Willy Wonka costume (the new version) after being on a Wonka movie-watching kick. I gathered bits and pieces for his costume, and put together a close replica. I managed to find a ladies coat at a thrift store that fit the look. We did order the hat, glasses, and … Read more
My son chose a toy army man costume to go along with my toy/game theme. We love our school’s Trunk-or-Treat event. This toy army man costume was rather easy to make in general… but did take a LOT of paint and primer! I bought old military style clothing, covered them with primer, and then paint. … Read more
Here’s my son’s cute baby costume: Raoul Duke from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I put a bucket hat on Wes this past summer and observed that he looked like Hunter S. Thompson (or more accurately, Raoul Duke, I suppose). We were able to piece the costume together fairly easily -khakis, loafers, Hawaiian-print … Read more
Here’s three-year-old Elsa’s Ronda Rousey costume. She loves boxing and took a liking to UFC as well. She loves to watch ‘Wonda Wousey’ fights, and is pretty disappointed that they aren’t typically very long. I used a black leotard and black shorts with an iron-on UFC logo that I had to draw, cut, place and … Read more
I got the idea for these couple costumes because I ran across the fishscale print maxi skirt on Amazon. I bought it, foam sea shells, an octopus necklace, starfish hairclip, starfish earrings, a starfish ring, the net, crab, and seaweed boa all off Amazon. I tapered in the skirt a bit at the knees to … Read more
I made my clown costume from tying random lengths of tulle to a piece of elastic and tied together for the skirt. The top is a white tank top and paired with suspenders. I found high striped socks for reasonablenams pulled out an old pair of black heels to go with it .
This scary costume idea took me hours to make and take off. But winning two contests made it well worth it! First I made my eye patch which I couldn’t see through. I’m sure there are other ways to make it so it is transparent. I grabbed a cotton make up pad; one of the circle ones … Read more
This Tiger Lilly Indian costume and war Bonnet was inspired by a Victoria Secret Fashion Show. I made it out of only five materials (duct tape, feathers, leather cord, ribbon and beads) Shopping List: 1 foam cowboy hat 1 bag of hot glue sticks hot glue gun 1 bag red pony beads 1 bag blk pony … Read more
We love making Halloween costumes at our house and this year was no different. My 10 year old son is a huge Henry Danger fan so when he decided that he wanted a Henry Danger costume, I accepted the challenge. Henry wears red cargo pants but we used the red jogging pants we already had at home. … Read more
This toadstool mushroom costume was fairly easy to make. I wanted to make sure the hat stayed kind of puffy to hold it’s shape. I bought a straw hat, fabric glue, fluffy stuffing to make pillows/ dolls, cotton fabric. I first sewed the red fabric on top leaving some room to make it more round … Read more