The costume took 2 hours in total to apply, it was completely mad using liquid latex, cotton buds, metallic spray paint, a bald cap, face paint and a cape. First I had to apply 5 layers of liquid latex to my face and bald cap which I left to dry and then I covered it … Read more
When my 7 year old decided she wanted to be her favorite iPhone app character, I wondered how I was going to transform her into a pixelated bird creature. Then the Creativity Nymph whispered in my ear, make her the whole game. Her tubes (Flappy Bird’s obstacles) are made of felt and wreath bases, held … Read more
I first saw this idea on Pinterest and thought oh I can do that, so I did! I got a large box (happened to have it already so that was a plus!) and cut it down to fit my daughter’s stroller. I cut the back and bottom out so it could slip over her stroller. … Read more
It all started when my daughter was about seven. No, wait. It started when I was about seven! My mom always had these clever, low cost, homemade costume ideas. I just loved them! My sister always wanted to be a clown. I, on the other hand, always wanted to be whatever my mom felt like … Read more
For my husband, it was pretty easy. He has been growing his beard out since July of last year. It was actually his idea to be Duck Dynasty for Halloween. So we just bought him some camo and that was that. My doe costume was a bit more tedious and time consuming to make. I … Read more
My 4 year old is obsessed with Hocus Pocus. It was ALL she wanted to be for Halloween. We searched everywhere….she picked the green fabric, the purple velvet cobweb fabric. she wanted the BOOK so I bought a headband with eyes, took it off and attached it to a small dollar store journal. I set … Read more
I try to come up with different things every year. This year I came up with Beetlejuice and shrunken head. The Beetlejuice was the less difficult one but the shrunken head was a challenge; but I love a good challenge. Our costume was a hit at the Halloween costume party. We felt like celebrities with … Read more
Here’s my son’s Spartan costume. I always wanted something unique, especially DIY costumes for my kids and especially now that they can’t decide or go for whatever they like, like the usual Spiderman, transformers; that my son loves so much! My husband loves PS3 games especially God of War so thats how we end up … Read more
My son loves to watch bull riding! When he told me he wanted to be a bull rider I thought this will be a fun project. My mother always made our costumes growing up so I am continuing the tradition. We used diaper boxes for the bull. Brown spray paint for the boxes and cardboard … Read more
This year seemed to be the year of the sugar skulls; this was our take on it. We used black cami’s and cut them into crop tops. We went to Joann’s and got a bag of pink sequins and hot glue’d them on. We also went to the dollar store and got 7 types of … Read more
Materials used for this homemade Penguin costume: Man’s suit White dress shirt Bow tie White gloves Silver vest/cumber bun and hankie Top hat Monocle “Cigarette” Umbrella My sister was Penguin for Halloween 2013. This was the easiest costume to put together. We bought a man’s suit coat at the thrift store and she wore black … Read more
Our 5-year-old wanted to be Two-Face for Halloween 2013 and it was the most fun to put together. We found most everything at the thrift store (suit jacket and pants, tie, dress shirt) and only had to purchase the spray paint at Home Depot. Materials Needed: Child’s “business suit” White long-sleeved dress shirt Suit vest … Read more