This scary scarecrow costume started with a burlap sack. Then it took off from there. I dyed the shirt and cut the pants. I used store bought hay and gloves with long fingers and put finger tips in them so my hands looked creepy. I bought a plastic white mask and glued strips of the … Read more
On October 4, I headed to party store to get my 5 month old a skunk costume that I thought was to die for. The sticker said 42.00 and at that time money was no problem. I asked the clerk if I could try it on her. As I am putting this Little skunk costume … Read more
I wanted a feminine scarecrow so I came up with this Feminine Scarecrow Costume! I started with a jean dress I found at Forever 21. I bought a bunch of fall colored leaves and crafts from Michael’s and glued them to the dress using a hot glue gun. Use buttons up the middle of the … Read more
My friends and I decided on a Wizard of Oz group costume for our last day of Sixth form, which is traditionally fancy dress. I am Dorothy in the middle! I originally started the costume from a Simplicity sewing pattern, but the sizing was all wrong and I ended up making it without the pattern … Read more
I really wanted this adorable lion costume for my sons first Halloween. However there was absolutely no way I was paying $100 for it. I looked at the costume for weeks before I decided to just go for it and make my own homemade lion costume. I bought fleece and fake fur fabrics from the … Read more
Everyone’s childhood nightmare “The Flying Monkeys from OZ”. So, to make this Homemade Flying Monkey from Wizard of Oz Costume all you need is Fleece Running Jacket + Duct Tape + Butter Tub+ Craft Foam = Flying Monkey. Add Basket of Bad Toto + Chewed Ruby Slipper + Chunk of Yellow Brick Road.
First I confess, I did borrow the Dorothy Costume so technically all I did was add some braids and red shoes. But the rest of this Homemade Wizard of Oz Costume is purely from scratch! I do not “sew” really – I just fake it til I make it & I do not use sewing … Read more
This is the scarecrow costume we made for our three year old son. We brought some raffia and thick white cord from the hobby shop, an old shirt and jeans, and an old straw hat from the thrift shop. Cost maybe $10 altogether. We found some old coloured fabric around the house and cut them … Read more
My children dressed as Homemade Scarecrow Siblings Costumes this year. I bought overalls and plaid shirts from Yardsales, bucket hats too. I glued fabric patches on the clothes from Halloween material, and had raffia sticking out. On my daughter’s costume I glued raffia to the sleeves and pant cuffs but on my son I thought … Read more
My boyfriend does like costume parties, and he does like Halloween, but he doesn’t always like thinking up the ideas in advance. A couple of months before Halloween, I had already figured out what I wanted to be and had started working on my costume. Therefore, I started bugging him to do the same. Eventually, … Read more
We decided to do a Wizard of Oz theme this year. I was elected to be the tin man. After looking for Wizard of OZ Tin Man DIY Halloween costume ideas, I found that everything looked to bland and wanted to have an authentic look. Before I started my costume I had not idea how … Read more
Each year since my son was born I try to think about a great costume for him at Halloween. Last year he was a Oompa Loompa. He was awesome. This year I let him choose and he chose a Homemade Tin Man Halloween. I remember that, when I was a kid, my brother had been … Read more