Candy anyone?? My daughters wanted to be Hello Kitty and a Nerds Box one Halloween. Always a challenge with these girls! Hello Kitty Costume The Hello Kitty was easy. Took me a few hours. I had some old blue fabric which I sized to her body. Sewed it together…nothing fancy, just straight stitch. I glued … Read more
So, first off we bought 2 boxes and paint. we painted the box exactly like the real box of nerds, pink on one side and purple on the other. It took us a while for the paint to dry. After that we had white cardbord to cut out the nerds letter, the nurtition facts and … Read more
Every year for Halloween, I would go to the costume stores and try on a MILLION different versions of the same exact costume… a “sexy cop”, a “naughty nurse”, and so on and so forth. I am 22, and thought I want to look cute on Halloween, I no longer feel the need to dress … Read more
Well the boys and I came up with this idea together after about 2 days of brain storming. We picked Sour Nerds because of the color (not girly pink/purple). Once we had decided on what they’d be I went on-line and downloaded an image of an actual Sour Nerds Candy box. We wanted it to … Read more
This idea came about because one of my graduate school student associations was having a candy apple sale and I needed a gimmick to draw attention and make sells. Just so happens that this candy apple sale was the week before Halloween so the costume could be worn then as well. I had to think … Read more
This year I had my tenth child two months ago, and was on a limited budget to get everyone a great costume….but of course my 11 year old daughter Grace asks at the last minute for me to decide what she will be. I only had items from home and did not have access to … Read more
Sweet and all but 5 hours long!… so I had seen an M&M costume but i thought to bring it to the next level on the sexy scale. I went ahead and made a tutu, which wasn’t hard but tedious job. I then started to hot glue M&M’s onto the bra and in them middle … Read more
What do you get when you have a Mom Chocolate Bar and a Peanut Butter Father? A bunch of candy bar kids and one sweet Halloween costume! Each year we create a family Halloween costume that is a secret to everyone but the members of our family. Our friends and extended family have to wait … Read more
I saw a few costumes that looked familiar to the ones we made. It took me about 5 hours total to make the entire costume including accessories. Bra: Use a bra you do not mind throwing away after the party. 4 bags of mixed hard candy (I used gum balls, godstoppers, spree, starburst minis and skittles) to glue on bra (do whatever … Read more
For this homemade chocolate candy head costume I used a large balloon (the kind that has the elastic band attached that kids like to bop around, works well) for the mold – just make sure it is a very big one. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut … Read more
An easy fun way to use balloons for a costume! Jelly Belly jelly beans! Clear plastic garbage bag, cut a hole in bottom for the legs and also arms slots. I went with the smaller balloons from Iparty. They look more like the real deal. Fill up the bag and tie carefully around neck with ribbon … Read more
I saw the idea for Jelly Belly costumes on the Internet and decided to add a little flavor to the costume, literally. I came up with “popcorn” Jelly Belly and my friend was “pineapple” Jelly Belly. We used colored construction paper and cut it out and glued it to cardboard for the sign. We also used … Read more