Easy Beetlejuice Costume for a Child

Easy Beetlejuice Costume for a Child

Ok, being an 80s kid I obviously picked this Beatlejuice costume for my 3 yr old but I did make sure he was prepared, the week before we watched movie and cartoons over and over. This costume cost me a total of $3.99! I purchased a toddler tux at a local thrift shop (had been … Read more

Easy and Fun Toolbox Costume

Easy and Fun Toolbox Costume

“I want to be a toolbox,” said our then 2 year old son.  Not just any toolbox.  He showed me a picture in a catalog.  He had to be a Craftsman toolbox. Just like the one in the catalog. I am not super creative, so I had to think about it for a few days. … Read more

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

I have a twisted sense of humor and love all things horror. So, that brought me to my idea for the perfect mommy-daughter costume…a killer chef with her head on a platter dish! As the weeks to Halloween started dwindling down, and I was in the process of making our costumes, my 2 year old daughter, … Read more

Cute Toddler Scarecrow Costume

Cute Toddler Scarecrow Costume

I sewed this scarecrow costume. It is in 4 pieces. There are the pants, shirt, hat and the head piece to make it look like an actual scarecrow. The twine around his waist is just wrapped around and tied so it can be easily removed. The pants have elastic, the shirt has a zipper in … Read more

Coolest DIY Thomas the Train on a Wagon Costume

Coolest Homemade Thomas the Train Costume

For this homemade Thomas the train costume I took my son’s Radio Flyer and modified it to look like Thomas the Train.  The idea was to have a costume he could ride in, so his little legs wouldn’t get too tired. Most of the body is made from old diaper boxes, duct-taped together.  The front … Read more

Original and Easy Costume for a Child – Be an Apple Tree!

Cool Little Tree Costume

I made this easy costume – a tree costume – for my son’s poem contest. At first, I didn’t have any idea what I was going to do… Since the tittle of the poem is The Little Plant, I thought of making a seed costume, but I changed my mind and thought that it would … Read more

My Little Rockford Peach – League of Their Own Toddler Costume

My Little Rockford Peach - League of Their Own Toddler Costume

I saw this costume on Pinterest and completely fell in love with it. Unfortunately, there was no tutorial and the only ones I could find on Etsy were $150. I’m a perfectionist and a HUGE A League of Their Own fan, so I decided to make one myself. Using my daughter’s clothes, I made the top, … Read more

Adorable Homemade Marie Antoinette Costume for a Girl

The idea for the Marie Antoinette costume came to me spontaneously. I started to make a dress from an old shirt, so I threw a piece of old skirts due to lack of materials. On the back it still had a huge  hole so I threw in lace. It was supposed to be a dress for … Read more

Cute as a Wink Tink Costume for a Toddler

This year my two year old fell in love with Tinkerbell. Every Disney princess soon became Tinkerbell. So I quickly decided my sassy little blond would make a great sassy blond for Halloween. I looked up everything I could on creating a unique and spectacular costume. I pinterested my heart out and googled all the … Read more

Cool Toddler Boo Costume

Cool Toddler Boo Costume

I got the idea for my daughter to be “Boo” while watching Monsters Inc with my daughter and nephews in the spring. The original idea being that they would all be characters from the movie. But as time passed on, true to form, the boys decided they wanted to be Super Heroes. My daughter though, … Read more

Two Little Mummy Twin Costumes

Two Little Mummy Twin Costumes

As I was looking around wondering what I could dress up my twins for Halloween, I came across a very cute picture which was my inspiration. I decided they would be mummies. I mean how hard could it be. I got onesie and started wrapping long pieces of material around it. Placing a stitch here … Read more

Gingy Cookie and Shrek Costumes

Gingy Cookie and Shrek Costumes

Hi my name is Elena. This is the first year I decided I was no longer buying store bought costumes for my children. Their ages are 7, 5, 2, and a month old. I decided to make a homemade costume for each but wanted all of them to be in the same theme. I choose … Read more