I love cupcakes and thought, what better thing to be for Halloween than a cupcake? Since you are what you eat…. I made the cupcake “tin” using 3 pink cardboard school poster boards. I used duct tape to tape all three of them together (taped the short side to the short side of the next … Read more
My daughter, Cate, is 15 months old and is STILL at that lovely age when you can dictate WHAT they will be for All Hallow’s Eve, unlike her older 4 year old brother, HA! So, there were SOOO many cute costumes that I had in mind for her/us. However, when I received Pottery Barn’s Fall … Read more
I decided to make my costume for Halloween this year. At first, I thought I would make a robot. But after Googling homemade Halloween costumes I found this website! For my Pretty Pink Homemade Cupcake Costume, I used the following: * Laundry Basket (dollar tree) * Poster (dollar tree) * Shiny silver wrapping paper (dollar … Read more
1: Cutting circles out of a mattress, what comes out of the middle is the hat. 2. Sew some white cotton, ribbons, Christmas decorations, etc. over the mattress. 3: The body is made of foam with white cotton over it. 4:In the “pie ” we did lights that burn through batteries. This is our Wedding … Read more
Items needed for the homemade cupcake costume: 1. 5 yards of any color satin fabric 2. Large Cardboard Box 3. Red spray paint 4. Spray paint color for cupcake paper 5. Any color of jewels 6. Red pipe cleaner 7. Alligator clip (or any clip available) 8. Any white hat 9. Zip ties (if needed) … Read more
I made this Handmade Cupcake and Jimmies Costume based on the Pottery Barn Kids costume which was selling for $60! I didn’t want to spend such an amount on a costume that probably wouldn’t even fit. So, I decided to hand make my own variation of the costume. For the accessories and finishing touches, a … Read more
My daughter asked to be a Cupcake Costume for Halloween after seeing one in a catalog. But spending $60+ dollars on a felt outfit wasn’t going to happen. I told her I thought I could make one that I thought would be much cuter, and only she would have it, momma would make it especially … Read more
I researched on the coolest-homemade-costumes site and combined a few cupcake costume ideas. I started by going to a Dollar store and purchasing a small round laundry basket. First, I cut the bottom out of it Next, I tied two pieces of tulle ribbon to the laundry basket and used my daughter as a model … Read more
This Cupcake Costume worked great for our 1-year-old. Started with foam backing cut into a circle. Took heavier cardboard stock and folded it into an accordion and hot glued it around the foam board. Took batting and glued that to the top of the foam board and then glued pompoms on top for sprinkles. Took … Read more
My friend Ashley and I are OBSESSED with cupcakes! It all started back in the summer with her candy land themed birthday. Her birthday being in June she had a candy adventure with a cupcake cake! My birthday followed close behind in July with another cupcake cake. It became quite apparent after purchasing matching juicy … Read more
Our daughter was obsessed with birthday parties. She would go around the house singing the Happy Birthday song at the top of her lungs. So when Halloween came around, I decided to make her into a birthday cake. For the birthday cake costume, I went to the craft store and bought 2 of their largest … Read more
I always try to do something a little different and creative for Halloween. This year, I decided to be a cupcake! To make the Homemade Sexy Cupcake Costume, I started with the cupcake wrapper. It was made out of a large piece of white cardstock spray-painted silver and accordion-folded. To hold its shape, I attached … Read more