My friend and I took two big boxes and first spray painted them white, then painted each box accordingly to a nerd box. her half was the pink side and my half was the purple side. we painted them so when we stood together they matched as one. on the side we wrote ingredients and … Read more
My son, like 99.9% of all 7 year old boys absolutely loves Minecraft. So naturally this year, he just HAD to be Steve. Since I’m also a little obsessive about making his costume each year, I had to oblige… Now no store bought Steve head would do. I wanted something that could survive a couple … Read more
We own danes and horses and everyone teases us we keep small horses in our house. So it was only natural we created a race horse/jockey duo for Halloween! I bought silk blends and some faux leather at Joannes Fabric Store and got creative to come up with a pattern! I started with a dish … Read more
I always loved Ernie Kovacs. He had a TV show and was in movies when I was in my heyday in the 50’s. The Nairobi Trio was a group he had on his show, they were three monkeys playing in a band. Sometimes they had secret guests inside the costumes. Frank Sinatra did it once. … Read more
The trick to making this costume for under $2 was to plan ahead. My son knew he wanted to be a minecraft character for Halloween because this year he has been crazy about the game so it was easy to choose a costume. We knew back in June that we wanted to do a Herobrine … Read more
This year when I asked my two and a half year old son what he wanted to be for Halloween, he replied with the name of a little girl he likes in his class. While I knew that wouldn’t happen, I also didn’t want to take him to the store and let him pick out … Read more
My youngest daughter, Scout, is a huge Doctor Who fan so she decided early on that she wanted to be the Tardis for Halloween this year. She wore it last night to a Trunk or Treat event, and will wear it again on Halloween night. Everyone loved it! We bought an adult blue t-shirt from Walmart, … Read more
This Invisible Man costume was made with many things I already had in my closet: White oxford shirt Black pants Black socks Black shoes Sunglasses Borrowed my dad’s dress winter coat Borrowed a long whites scarf from my mom to make a ascot tie Purchased: Off brand ace bandages from wrapping my head – (2) … Read more
My Daughter, Danielle wanted a costume that had a chance of winning her school’s monster mash costume contest and her dad was telling her how he won a contest as a kid when he was a grocery bag. She wanted to see a picture of him but we didn’t have one so we decided to … Read more
I was seriously sitting at the dining room table when this idea popped into my head, thinking how cool would it be to become dinner!! Not wanting to spoil what my plan was, I worked on it when everyone was sleeping (I’m very sneaky that way). I started with a piece of cardboard that and … Read more
My boyfriend and I share a love of Disney movies, so we naturally wanted to be Disney characters for Halloween. After much deliberation, we decided that Donald and Daisy were the characters for us. We did some research online, found some general ideas, and put our own spin on it. The costumes are mostly homemade … Read more
My boyfriend, his roommate and I all decided to go as a character from the movie Napoleon Dynamite. When we thought of this idea we immediately got excited and picked out which character we wanted to be! Luckily, our costumes were simple to make. First we went to Goodwill and got a few items, then … Read more