While watching “South Park”, there was an episode called “Halloween 2008”, during the show Satan was featured to host a sweet 16 Halloween party. I figured if I could pull off a funny South Park Satan Halloween costume, it would be like a double costume. First, I had to put together the Satan costume. For … Read more
We went as cast members from Saturday night live. The Mary Catherine Gallagher and Chippendale Dancer costumes are homemade. Shopping thrift stores for the Mary costume, craft store to get the patch for the vest. Chippendale dancer shirts were purchased at Hobby Lobby as “tuxedo shirts”, cutting the sleeves off but leaving the cuffs is … Read more
I originally wanted to make a Spiderman suit for comicon, but alas, I did not finish it in time. So pressed on to have it done by Halloween, it cost $65 in materials, and 5 and a half months to complete. I used about 4 yards of spandex that I sewed together, then spray painted … Read more
This Honey Boo Boo homemade costume idea came about 3 months ago right when the Honey Boo Boo craze first started. We worked on this costume for 3 months just 1 or 2 days a week. We just recently finished it. Every detail was sewn on by myself, my best friend, and her mother. I took … Read more
Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies, so when I had to make a last minute costume for a party I immediately wanted to try creating this Royal Tenenbaums couple costume. My boyfriend and I threw these costumes together in 1 day by visiting thrift shops and getting together some simple things! The few … Read more
What’s better than the classic Mad character’s of Spy vs Spy? When they are the chosen Halloween costumes for brother and sister who are just as zany and cunning as the characters themselves. Two of my children wanted to do something together and came upon this idea. While figuring out the head piece, especially the … Read more
Whatchya Doin’?? Hey, family, I know what I am going to be for Halloween this year! Kids…mom is making a crazy costume again! I absolutely LOVE Halloween! For the past few years, I have gone the route of making homemade costumes for my family. Each year, I try to come up with a costume that … Read more
I wanted something creative and easy for a Halloween costume. But also something NO ONE ELSE would have. I loved Pacman as a kid and thought to myself, “How awesome would it be to have a bunch of ghosts follow Pacman/ ms. Pacman around?” So then it began, our easy Ms. Pacman and Ghost Couple … Read more
I went as Tipi Hedron from “The Birds.” In order to make this look, I first found a green dress/jacket at Savers that was hemmed to give it a more 60’s look. Then, I had to find the birds! I was able to find these at the dollar store. They were made out of styrofoam … Read more
My son wanted something different for Halloween so since I’m always up for a challenge I asked for suggestions. “What about Animal from the Muppets? But it has to be cool, not lame” Gulp. So starting with a batting helmet as a base I layered foam to shape the head and went from there. Lots … Read more
There are many pre-made Mario themed costumes out there but they are all so over used and lacking in good taste so this year we decided to go the extra mile. Much of the Princess Peach costume was purchased at a costume store but only when we broke out the old sewing kit to attach … Read more
My husband and I went as Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner. We LOVED this costume and so did all of our friends. Wile E. won 1st place in the costume contest and boy was he one proud Coyote. I started out by making Wile E.’s head. I used an old baseball cap and a … Read more