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I was dreaming up creative Halloween costume ideas and one day while sitting in a friend’s apartment I noticed a plant he had on his window sill. It was a fly gobbling Venus Fly Trap. Dionaea muscipula… I immediately asked him if he had any old bed sheets because I had an idea! After raiding … Read more
My son is crazy about bugs. We gave him ideas for insect costumes and he decided to be a fly. When my husband suggested that he be a swatted fly the idea really took off. My son picked out all of the fabric for the costume. The front is silver metallic sewed with a zigzag … Read more
My mother-in-law always comes up with funny costume ideas and this time it was a can of worms costume. She is very creative. She made the body out of a laundry basket and covered it with material, took colored panty hose and made the worms and used cardboard and spray paint and made the top … Read more
This is an easy-to-wear fire hydrant child costume. All the pieces are attached to the shirt or to the crown. The nozzles on the shirt (made out of felt-covered-Styrofoam) are attached with Velcro so that the kid can remove it if needed (e.g., to take a break to play a basketball game). Craft stores sell … Read more
This was my first year doing a “couple” costume with my boyfriend and I wanted it to be good for the church Halloween party I was going to. I actually found this free Halloween costume idea on this website! I researched the painting on the internet before I started looking for everything. I found a … Read more
I made these doll costumes myself and my kids won cutest costume at the town Halloween Parade. Costume by Charlotte, P., Farmington, UT We made these costumes for our 2 year old twins. The red hair on our son is made of red yarn that we sewed onto the inside of the sailor hat. The … Read more
When searching for budget friendly Halloween costume ideas we came up with this. My son is a Cub Scout and avid camper. He loves to eat and make S’mores. So he thought it would be funny to dress up as a giant S’more. This is what we came up with after searching other children costumes … Read more
We like to dress up as very obvious things that people just don’t usually think to be. This year this creative costume idea came to us while waiting for our dinner at a Mexican food restaurant and snacking on the chips and salsa. It was really pretty easy to put together. The salsa tube is … Read more
I saw a previous winner’s soccer ball costume and I knew I wanted Halloween costumes to make in paper Mache for my daughter. I went through a mental list of round objects that would look cute on a three year old and I came up with an apple. The biggest challenge was finding the punch … Read more
I looked for ideas for easy costumes and came up with this. For this cute yet delicious costume my daughter age two and a half wanted to be a “Loclate o-Nut” ( Her pronunciation). It took me a week to decide what to use because I was only interested in easy costumes. Hula Hoop came … Read more
This Elmo costume was made from a pattern that I used last year for my little man’s skeleton costume. It is a Simplicity pattern # 4467. The pattern comes with 4 different costumes in it. I used the one for the skeleton. I purchased some red fleece at a local fabric store. I made the … Read more
Here’s how this Sportacus costume came to life. I was never the typical grandma that you hear about on TV. My kids would always pick on me about it. You would not see me baking cookies on a Saturday afternoon. I decided that I wanted to do something for my grandchildren. Something they would remember … Read more