My son wanted a ship and since he is obsessed with all types of vehicles including ships we decided to make him a ship for Halloween. I looked at the red flier wagons we had sitting in the garage and began drawing up plans. A week later we came up with the coolest ship anyone … Read more
I just could not resist having my newborn be a Cabbage Patch kid for her first Halloween! This is my 10th child and having just lost my job, we had to be fiscally creative. This outfit only cost us $6.00. We got the crochet orange yarn wig from ebay in newborn size ( we also … Read more
I am a teacher at a private school and my students loved it during our school’s Halloween Festival. The Easter basket is the part of the costume I made to hold my daughter, the baby duck, and myself the Easter bunny. I used hula hoops and fabric to create the basket. I used my daughter’s … Read more
As children of the 80s, Halloween has a few quintessential elements to me and my husband. Obviously there is candy, pumpkins, scary movies, and trick-or-treating, but another thing we both loved was the movie “Ghostbusters “. Every year you can guarentee it will be on TV in all it’s awesome quotable glory. Our son is now old … Read more
I wanted to make this Cabbage Patch Doll homemade costume for my baby girl because she looks like a baby doll. It was so easy to make. Cardboard, spray paint, and yarn were the only materials used. I made the wig over her winter hat, so she doesn’t even notice! The box also fits perfectly over … Read more
After having made boy costumes for the past 10 years, I was more than excited to make one for my 7 month old daughter! In trying to think up a costume, I flashed back to memories of things that I loved as a child. After days of pondering, I finally figured it out! A Cabbage … Read more
My kids get a ride every year for Halloween and here are 2 of them. It all started when my oldest was only 1 and was Scooby Doo. At the time I had a quad stroller for my home-daycare so the Mystery Machine I built out of card board and hot glue was the perfect … Read more
Me being the cheap person that I am did not want to buy Halloween costumes for my twins. I figured they were going to be in the stroller because they’re too heavy to carry around and heaven help up if we let them walk…they’re quick little boogers…so why spend money on costumes they’re only gonna … Read more
I made this costume for a local fancy dress contest fro my daughter who was 6 months old at the time. The main part of the costume was made from foam from an old sofa. I used two large cushions and cut holes through the middle so my baby could sit in it. I then … Read more
I love making Halloween costumes and over the years I have made my fair share. Oompa Loompa’s, Shrek, a butler carrying a head on a platter. My daughter in law wanted me to crochet a wig for my six month old granddaughter Addisyn to be a Cabbage Patch doll for Halloween. She already looks like … Read more
We were going to Disneyland for Halloween night and we wanted to make his stroller into something so we decided on the Nightmare Before Christmas and his stroller would soon be transformed into the Mayers car complete with flashing lights, interior exterior lights,”zero” the dog floating along the car, lit up a speaker coming out the … Read more
This baby Cabbage Patch Doll stroller costume cost less than $3! Up-cycled box and blanket. Cut box down to size needed, open entire back and make the front opening with a curve to fit the logo as well as a hole at the top and rear of the box to attach later using zip ties. … Read more