My friend and I randomly decided to do this Great Muppets Honeydew Bunsen and Beaker Couple Costume one year for Halloween. We wanted something funny, unique, and a little complicated. Professor Bunsen and Beaker both used lab coats from a medical supply store. Bunsen’s head was made out of paper mache wrapped around a beach ball. … Read more
This is my animal from the Muppets costume…”let go”. I made it out of a lot of yarn, a baseball hat, and a visor. Lots of hotglue and lots of spray adhesive. I made the hair long to cover the neck area up. My sticks are in my waist band, and my belt is a … Read more
After a simple but effective Kermit costume the year before, I decided to stick with the Muppet theme and try out one of my favorite characters this year – Homemade Animal Muppet Halloween Costume! Right away I knew that the head would be the hardest and most time-consuming part. I found a head pattern online … Read more
This is my beaker costume from 2008. I went out in San Francisco and people loved it. I was stopped every two seconds to take a picture with someone… I made it with construction paper, fleece material, carve-able foam, lots of hot glue and spray glue. The top was made with a plastic bowl that … Read more
I have a reputation of always having great costumes. I feel the good pressure every year to come up with something brilliant that makes people say “She’s done it again!” This Homemade Muppet Miss Piggy and Kermit Couple Costume was one of my husband and my best costumes we have ever done! We had a … Read more
I wanted to heckle people all night with this Homemade Waldorf from the Muppets Halloween Costume. No costume is better than one of the critics in the balcony on the Muppet Show! Made out of paper mache, felt, fur fabric, lots of glue.
Our family is crazy for the Muppets so I tried my hand at crafting a Homemade Muppets Group Costumes of three of our favorites. Kermit was by far the easiest. I searched the web for an appropriately green hoodie and leggings (my son is young enough not to be horrified at wearing girls’ leggings.), purchased … Read more
I came up with the idea about a day before the party I was going to and I went to the store spent about 12 dollars total on the Kermit the Frog costume. 6 dollars for long johns (pants) and I bought a ping pong ball for the eyes – 50 cents. I got some … Read more
Bork Bork Bork! I first started this Homemade Swedish Chef from the Muppets Costume with white Antron fleece, which is the fleece they use to make actual Muppets, then dyed it in a washing machine with koala brown and rose pink to get it a flesh color. I had another piece of white antron fleece, … Read more
Beaker was one of my favorite Muppets, and I thought it would be awesome to dress up as him. At the same time, teaming up with a buddy as Bunsen Honeydew would make this costume duo, dare I say it, legendary. As a team, our Homemade Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker Couple Halloween Costumes were very … Read more
I love Halloween and I really love creating unique and original costumes. Every year I try to think of something fun and out of the box. This year I decided to make a Homemade Animal Costume from the Muppets. It was a HUGE HIT. Everywhere we went people went crazy for it. It was really … Read more
My nickname is Animal, so this year I decided that my Halloween costume would be a Homemade Animal from the Muppets Costume. For the head, I used 1/2″ upholstery foam which I cut and placed in layers on top of each other to make the shape. I then covered it with orange felt. For the … Read more