This Cotton Candy costume was for my daughter. We all went as baseball themed. I started with an old t- shirt. I bought tights that had cotton candy and ice cream on them. I used pillow batting and hot glued it to the pants and shirt. Once dried I sprayed it with candy pink spray paint. Her … Read more
I have very fond memories of my mom coming up with fun and creative last minute ideas for Halloween costumes for me when I was a kid. Like a lot of moms, she did it by using everyday stuff from around the house and out of our drawers and closets. My mom wasn’t necessarily the … Read more
The costume I made was for my 2 year old daughter Ari whom I call my lil’ “nerd.” :) I came up with the idea because I wanted something different, something “outside the box” that not many children wear during Halloween and it had to be cheap and made from a diaper box which was … Read more
I love dressing up with my pug and got the idea for our costumes while enjoying a Carmel apple one afternoon. It was very simple and cheap to make. Here’s what I did: Pug: small plastic cauldron bucket, gift basket wrap, long stick (I used a cheap broom decoration from the dollar tree), ribbon, paint, … Read more
This year I went as a Charms Blow Pop for Halloween. I have been making costumes since 2004 and this was simply one of the easiest costumes I had ever made. It came together quickly with minimum mess. Each year my friends eagerly await my costume unveiling. I refrain from telling them and give them … Read more
Both of us absolutely love dressing up and wearing creative costumes that we make ourselves. The ones from the store just don’t do it for us. We wanted to be something that “fit” together, so this box of candy took care of that. We were sharing a box of Mike and Ikes at recess, and the … Read more
My friend and I decided to make Bertie Bassett costumes after the licorice all sort sweets. We thought it would be more impressive to have two rather than just one. It took about four weeks to make the costumes and lots of things went wrong but we got there in the end. The heads are … Read more
To make this M&M costume, I purchased 2.5 yards of brown felt and .5 yard of white felt. I cut the circular pattern using a round chair. Pre-cut eyes, brows, glasses, m letters, then started sewing all pieces together. I had a white sleeping shirt and shorts underneath the costume. I bought nylons at $5.79, … Read more
Before we decided on this Nerds couple costume, my boyfriend and I sat for the longest time trying to think of a costume that we thought would stand out. Finally, he said it. “Why don’t we be Nerds boxes?” I thought he was joking at first, but after a while, I could see the idea in … Read more
My friend and I took two big boxes and first spray painted them white, then painted each box accordingly to a nerd box. her half was the pink side and my half was the purple side. we painted them so when we stood together they matched as one. on the side we wrote ingredients and … Read more
My son has an affinity for orange, and has recently discovered Tic Tac candy. He likes how the box opens and closes, and makes a cool rattling noise in his pocket. So, I set about making a giant tic tac costume! He won Most Unique costume in our local contest, and posed for more pictures … Read more
Somehow the idea popped into my mind that I wanted to be a Hershey Kiss for Halloween. Mind you, this idea popped into my head in January, meaning I had several months to put into preparing this costume. Since I was in college, I wanted to sex-ify the costume a little bit compared to the … Read more