My daughter and her friend wanted to do something together so I suggested a Homemade Thing 1 and Thing 2 Halloween Costumes from the movie, “The Cat in the Hat.” It was a great idea. The headpiece was made out of a carwash mat. I cut the backs in half,then sewed them together to fit … Read more
My 4 year old decided he wanted a Grinch Who Stole Christmas Costume 6 months ago. With some help from grandma we created the coolest Grinch costume for him. I special ordered some lime green monster fabric and a Santa suit. Then I made some grinchy finger gloves and elf shoes. He carries around a … Read more
Super simple cat in the hat and got lots of raves. My twin girls were Thing One and Thing Two. The girls shirt emblems were from Wal-Mart – iron on decals that I decorated myself. Blue hair spray completed their look. Total Spent: $15
I try every year to get costumes together for all 3 of my kids. This year, it worked out perfect that I could make them all Dr Seuss, Cat in the Hat & Things 1 & Things 2 costumes. I was able to get sweatpants and turtlenecks which worked for their outfits, then sewed on … Read more
I just purchased 2 red skivvies and 2 pairs of track pants on sale. Using iron on transfer paper I printed up ‘Thing 1 and Thing 2’ templates and ironed onto the front of the skivvies. I purchased red socks (be prepared to throw away afterwards due to holes) and placed them on the ‘outside’ … Read more
For this Cindy Lou Who Costume, I found a houndstooth print dress at the thrift store (though any crazy black and white pattern will do). I paired it with red tights, and black shoes. Her cape is made from a piece of red felt with a white boa glued around the edge, and I stitched … Read more
My friend and I wanted to be Thing 1 and 2 for Halloween so we decided to take stuff we had and turn it into a costume. We found blue wigs and white face paint. Then we used red scrubs for a store in the mall and added red feather slippers for the final touch. … Read more
We had a blast preparing the Cat in the Hat with Things 1 & Thing 2 costume. First we started with the “THINGS”. We purchased plain red sweat pants and sweat shirts from Walmart. We also found red gloves and fuzzy red slippers there too. I bought some white felt and some iron-on backing. We … Read more
My child was having Dr. Suess day at her elementary school and they had to dress up like a character out of a Dr. Suess book. Of course, my daughter wanted to be unique so we opted to create a homemade Dr. Seuss Star-Bellied Sneetches costume. The arms were basic white leggings from Wal-mart that … Read more
You cannot buy a children’s Grinch costume, so I had to make my own Homemade Grinch Costume. I bought 3 yards of green fleece fabric, a red sweatshirt, a Santa hat, 3 yards of white fur trim, white buttons, elastic and white ribbon. I also bought a scrap of brown fabric to make the antler … Read more
This was the easiest and cutest costume for Twins.I found blue yarn wigs on Ebay. I then purchased red-footed pajamas, bought self-adhesive felt, which I cut into circles, then with a black marker wrote Thing 1 & Thing 2. Very simple to make and everyone went crazy for our Thing 1 & Thing 2! We … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to be something funny for the costume party at work. We’re always goofing around and making people laugh, so it had to be something good. It also had to be kid friendly because we’re schoolbus drivers. I had been reading The Cat in the Hat to my kids and … Read more