With little money and this being my son’s first Halloween it was stressful trying to think of a costume. I was thinking what would interest him enough that he wouldn’t take it off or cry long enough so we would change him into regular clothes. He is use to wearing church clothes each week, he … Read more
This costume was pretty easy to put together. The hardest part was finding an authentic Mexican dress for my 10 month old daughter. I initially asked my grandma if she could bring one back from Mexico, but she wasn’t able to. I eventually found one on Amazon from Leo’s imports for $21.99. Size 1 fit … Read more
For our Castaway and Wilson couple costume, “Tom Hanks” was produced with a wig, old cut up shorts, shoes with the toe cut out and a Fed Ex box. Wilson was produced with a large plastic pumpkin primed and painted white, poster board and red paint for “Wilsons” face, a Wilson headband with corn tassels … Read more
I had four days to come up with a great costume for a party I was going to and I didn’t want to spend a ton of money. My first stop was the local Halloween stores and it was the same old, same old stuff, I wanted something different. I knew I wanted to build … Read more
We have been blessed with healthy, chubby twin girls. Therefore, it seemed like a natural choice to dress them as Cabbage Patch Dolls for Halloween as they bear such a likeness to the famous toy. My talented mother crocheted the wigs to which I added ribbon bows and I stitched Cabbage Patch Kids emblems to outfits … Read more
I made this Medusa costume for the World Record Pumpkin Festival 2014 in Keene, NH. Each year Keene has a pumpkin festival to celebrate Halloween and keep the world record of the most lit jack-o-lanterns in a city. There’s always a high level of well thought out costumes and I try for originality each year. Making … Read more
Friends of mine had a peacock-themed wedding and every guest received one peacock feather at their table setting. At the end of the night, there were so many feathers left, so I got the idea to ask the bride and groom if I could take the leftovers to use for a Halloween costume. I made … Read more
This Claw Machine costume is so simple. Get a big Cardboard box, and slice seam with exacto so box is fully open and lying flat. Next, remove ‘tv screen’ size panels from 2 sides and front. Tape clear cello wrap cut to size on inside of openings. On back panel behind head I put aluminum … Read more
This year I wanted something scary for our family matching costume idea. One night I was watching the new season of the walking dead with my family, when all of a sudden our two year old daughter kept asking questions on what exactly the dead people were. After we explained it one time to her, … Read more
This homemade minion costume was made from scratch. Chevy’s birthday is on Halloween (10/31/2009) so every year he is the talk of the town. They neighbors expect him to shock them every time. Mind you, I made this costume the night before his birthday (Halloween). I was asked by the whole neighborhood if I could … Read more
My name is Sarah. I am 25 years old and have been 4’11” tall since 5th grade. Needless to say, I’ve heard all the short jokes in the book. I loved most of them, but I wanted to recreate the Oompa Loompa because that was most common. I found the socks and shirt and that … Read more
My husband has always been an avid outdoorsman and especially loves to deer hunt. He does not however love to dress up and go to Halloween parties. So this year he agreed to go when I suggested this couples costume. He could be the hunter and I would be the deer he had been chasing. … Read more