My seven year old son loves frogs. He raised frogs from tadpoles this summer and he has been fascinated with them ever since. I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would create a frog costume. Believe it or not, I do have any frog costume creation experience. During college, I was a … Read more
It’s very difficult to come up with a costume for a 9 year old girl that both mother and daughter can agree on that doesn’t require a lot of sewing lol. I make my kids costumes every year and every year it gets harder and harder to come up with something that’s completely unique and … Read more
My two year old daughter is a feisty little red head. I wanted to capture that adorable spirit in her Halloween costume this year. So, I researched “famous red heads.” When I saw, “Ginger Spice” on the list – I knew that was the perfect costume! I tried to find the costume online to no avail. … Read more
This costume was thrown together with $70 of last minute purchases. The JayZ t-shirt ordered from amazon $30, microphone and fishnet stockings/gloves and fake gold chains from local Halloween store. The JayZ beanie black sunglasses, black pants and boots were something that i already had Beyonce’s mask was cut from a fishnet stocking and the … Read more
My daughter and I were attending her school’s “Mummy and me” Halloween dance, and we really wanted to dress in something fun and original. Thanks to an idea from my husband, we decided to go as Wednesday Addams and Cousin It from the Addams family. Both costumes are homemade and received lots of attention! For … Read more
This Beer Can and Popcorn Box couple costume won us first place as “beer and popcorn”. Here’s how the costumes were made” Popcorn Box Costume This was an actual wearable popcorn box complete with a space on top for fresh popcorn. People loved it, eating popcorn from it as they danced the night away. It … Read more
This Stay Puft Marshmallow Man costume was a huge hit! I thought of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man after watching my newly-walking little bow stomp around the house. I didn’t have much time and knew if I pulled out my sewing machine it would double the creation time so I did this all with a hot … Read more
Well to start off, my son Trace who is seven came up with the idea of being the Elf on the Shelf. He has one; his name is Woody the elf and Trace absolutely loves him. He really wishes he could be around all year. So the search for the elf on the shelf stuff … Read more
Ursula is one of my favorite female villains characters and one day I was watching the Little Mermaid (again) and it just came to me… I should make an Ursula costume! First I decided to wear a long skirt with a petticoat under it to make the illusion of Ursula sitting on the large stone. … Read more
My son really wanted to be a Fire Truck for Halloween… I am not very creative but with the help of many online websites I was able to put something together for him that he LOVES. With a simple cardboard box, paint and supplies that can be found around the house or in a dollar … Read more
When I asked my son what he wanted to be he screamed Superman. So I started my search and although I found some costumes, I didn’t think any of them were all that cute. Then I got the idea to do Clark Kent. All I needed was khakis, which my son had, a superman shirt, … Read more
My children are 5 and 3 years old, and I love making coordinating costumes for them to wear for Halloween. I can’t remember exactly how the idea came to me, but I thought it would be cute to dress them up as a gumball machine and a quarter this year. These costumes were a good … Read more