This is my daughter’s toddler porcupine costume from this year. I had narrowed her costume choices down to a few and showed her some pictures of them. She got very excited when she saw the porcupine and exclaimed, “Poopy-pine!” That pretty much settled it. Every time anyone mentioned costumes or Halloween, she would yell “Poopy-pine!” … Read more
Here’s the story behind my four-year-old girls peacock costume. Well, she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween this year. Of course, no ordinary store bought costume would do. Instead she had me on a wild goose chase searching every website I could imagine looking for peacock feathers that were not only the right size … Read more
It’s been almost a year since we adopted (and almost immediately lost) our first dog. Kleo squirmed out of her harness a whole six hours after we picked her up and went on a 48-hour adventure covering over 9km on her journey. The outcome was looking bleak, but after endless searching, we finally got a … Read more
This year my almost 12 year old daughter ambitiously announced that she was going to make a costume – a Sock Monkey costume to be exact. Not wanting to squash her ambitions I enthusiastically agreed that it would be a great idea. I knew this was a task bigger than both of us because her … Read more
A friend of mine wanted her and her husband to be the Kia Soul “Hamstars” (the hamsters in the Kia commercials.) I think we had great success with these ones – I know they had a great time at the party, they even won the prize for the most creative costume. It took about 2 … Read more
After five failed attempts at making an Eve costume to complement her brother’s Wall-E, we ended up making my daughter an owl costume for Halloween last year. I made a body suit out of some fuzzy animal material. It was a simple jump suit that Velcro’d over her shoulders. She wore a black sweatshirt under, … Read more
This is a blue Macaw Parrot Costume, handmade by (me) a stay at home mom and freelance artist This costume is based around a blue tshirt layered with cutout felt “feathers” and wings. My daughter is 6, so I bought a medium cotton t-shirt from the craft store to make the body of the costume, then I … Read more
My Daughter wanted to be an animal for Halloween a few years back and we decided on a Kangaroo costume. The body started out with a pair of brown pants and brown oversized sweatshirt. I attached a offwhite toilet seat cover to the front of the shirt for the pocket. I flipped the bottom up … Read more
I couldn’t find a peacock costume at the store and I wanted something special for my daughter. So, I decided to make one out of tulle, a crochet stretch band and peacock feathers. It took about a week to complete and cost me about 20 dollars to make (which is a steal if I may … Read more
Grrr. There is a very scary lion in this cage! Do not feed! Lion will attack! This costume was for Zoo Day at my school. Materials: BIG cardboard box Tubes that are used on large paper rolls (talk to any store that carried large paper rolls) Orange boa Orange, black, and yellow paint Ivy Computer … Read more
I came up with this idea for a Homemade Deadliest Catch aka Crab Man Costume while eating Pringles. It was made using 100% recycled materials. The arms are made with 8 Pringle cans joined by 8 bungee cords and 4 tennis balls. I drilled a hole in the metal bottoms and indented the cans where … Read more
I wanted to be a Peacock for Halloween for several years. So, this year I went all out for it and made a Homemade Halloween Peacock Costume! I covered the body of the Halloween peacock costume with cut peacock feathers that I cut further down (to get as many of those beautiful eyes of the … Read more