Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

My son wanted to be a Minion for Halloween but at the store the costumes we saw looked like sacks. I knew I could do better than that. Since I work all the time, I could only do the costume on weekends. I got a paper and pen and drew a schedule for how long I had until Halloween. I … Read more

Easiest Homemade Belle and The Beast Costume

Easiest Beauty & The Beast toddler costume

Since my daughter reminds me of Belle, I decided to make both of us a Belle and the Beast costume. I wanted to make a dress that looked like the one from the original cartoon. I followed a pattern for a princess dress and made adjustments along the way so it would look more like … Read more

Cool Wonder Woman Costume for Girls

Cool Wonder Woman Costume for Girls

I think that my little girl looks like Wonder Woman, so I decided to put together a cute costume for her. I started by taking a red glittery shirt that she had from Christmas and I cut the sleeves off. I sewed a white strip of fabric to the red sleeves to make it look … Read more

Coolest Maggie Simpson Costume for a Baby

Coolest Maggie Simpson Costume for a Baby

My daughter was the exact right age to dress up in a Maggie Simpson costume this year. I created her dress by placing one of my old blue long sleeved shirts on a flat surface and tracing one of her long sleeved outfits over it so I could get the right fit. Then I cut around the … Read more

Coolest Herobrine Costume

Coolest Herobrine Costume

The trick to making this costume for under $2 was to plan ahead. My son knew he wanted to be a minecraft character for Halloween because this year he has been crazy about the game so it was easy to choose a costume. We knew back in June that we wanted to do a Herobrine … Read more

Original Homemade Alien Halloween Costume

I made the head out of paper mache (which is basically a mixture of 2 parts water, 1 part flour. I start by mixing it together until smooth and

I made the head of this Alien Halloween costume out of paper mache (which is basically a mixture of 2 parts water, 1 part flour). I started by mixing it together until smooth and then I inflated a balloon the size of my child’s head,  and then I cut strips of newspaper into 1 inch strips which … Read more

Original Homemade Optimus Prime Costume

Homemade Optimus Prime Costume

I created this Homemade Optimus Prime Costume out of boxes and duck tape! I had to measure my son to get his dimensions right then I made the wheels on his thighs by cutting out a 5 inch circle then gluing it to a strip of cardboard long enough to go around the whole circle … Read more

Coolest Homemade General Grievous Costume

Homemade General Grievous Costume

My son loves Star Wars. He thinks the coolest character is General Grievous. When Halloween rolled around, we tried to find a General Grievous costume for him, but all we saw were clones and Jedi. Nobody had an evil monster like this! I decided I had to make it myself. The mask and light sabers … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bowser Halloween Costume Idea

Homemade Bowser Halloween Costume Idea

My son wanted to be Bowser for Halloween, so I began by buying the green fabric for the shell and I cut 1 long rectangle the length of his back and 2 oval shapes for the sides of the shell. I sewed the sides to the rectangle and it made a nice shell shape. Then … Read more