Betsy Ross is back! Our family always dresses as a theme and this year was our favorite city: Philadelphia! I chose Betsy Ross with a modern spin… in pants! This was the easiest and least expensive costume ever. That wasn’t the goal, but it just worked out that way. The pants and sweater were already … Read more
My kids LOVE Halloween, and the scarier the better! We were visiting a Halloween store and my 9 year old daughter sees a costume for Pinhead from Hellraiser the movie, she says “mom, can I be this?” My thought was “Whoo Hoo, finally a great costume to make!” I say, “yes, I will make you it, … Read more
One of my favorite characters of all time is Maggie Simpson. She is so cute and sweet just like my little girl Maddie. So I thought this would be a perfect costume for her first Halloween. First I had to plan out the whole costume. Maggie’s hair was made out of felt hot glued to … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday and every year I always see amazing DIY couples costumes. This year I finally had a great idea for my boyfriend and I. It all came to me as we sat at a Mexican restaurant eating dinner. My boyfriend grabs the Tapitio Sauce to put on his burrito and it … Read more
Halloween is by-far my favorite holiday and each year I start brainstorming my costume months in advance (with the caveat that the costume MUST include some form of face paint). This year, my inspiration came from a popular picture on Pinterest showing makeup for a girly scarecrow. I loved the makeup and decided this would … Read more
I spent a total of $16 and 3 hours creating my costume. I “borrowed” the idea from an image I found on Pinterest. I used my green skirt from the previous year’s Girl Scouts costume (also homemade) and scoured thrift stores for a tee of the same or similar shade. The black shirt also came … Read more
Took an old robe and cut off the hood and added gold trim on the lining. Then went and had a hood made up for it with the same trim as the robe. I then went to the DIY store and bought a role off black plastic and cut out the front of the costumes. … Read more
My son Jareds favorite game and character, has been for a few years now, problem was and still is, since Halo is rated MA for mature adults no one makes a child size costume for him, the helmet/mask is available for kids, but no costume or accessories. So enters super dad, lol, I bought a … Read more
This Bath Loofah Costume is one of my most favorite I’ve ever made and worn! It’s creation was a family effort, really! My sweet sister-in-law gave me the idea. After a lot of research, every variation that I found was made for the woman with the perfect figure to be a somewhat “sexy” costume. I, being what … Read more
So, I don’t sew! My kids love to listen to KISS with thier Dad around the house, so with the addition of our recent baby, I thought this was the perfect theme for this year. And the story begins! As I said, I don’t sew…not even a button on a shirt, but I really wanted … Read more
My grandson Justin came to me and said he was tired of the same old halloween costumes and wanted something really different for his last year in elementary school for their Halloween parade. We sat down and did some brainstorming and came up with the idea of a bag of groceries. .we took brown paper … Read more
All my friends are dressing their babies up as fuzzy zoo animals or some costume that came in a bag from the store. That just is not my thing. This was my daughter’s third Halloween, and her third Halloween being something unique and not baby-y. In September I had the idea I wanted her to … Read more