Our family dresses in theme every year—not an easy feat when you have 7 in your family and the children range in age from 4 to 15! This year we pow-wowed around the kitchen table over several nights and after much back-and-forth (and a bit of angst) we settled on Monopoly. We have lots of … Read more
This costume was a lot of fun to create! I made the shorts myself and then glued peppermints on to that. I had the red top and used red fabric to sew on it and then glued peppermints onto the red fabric. The hardest part was creating the shorts. Using a sequin fabric is tough … Read more
I love Scrabble, so I decided to be the game for Halloween! I bought a bag of 1000 tiles online and got to work. I made a belt, headband, bracelets, earrings, and rings out of the tiles. For the headband, I bought a plain plastic headband and glued the tiles in a way that created … Read more
My husband came up with this fantastic couples costume idea. He wore a suit and we bought him a cheap top hat and bow tie, and he used some monopoly money as props. We found the mustache on Amazon. I used an old bridesmaids dress and added some felt fabric to make Lolli’s dress, then … Read more
The main part out this outfit is to super glue candy into a tutu! I also bought iron on letters (inexpensive) and ironed them onto a tank to say “Candy Land.” The leg warmers were about $8, but aren’t necessary! Add a giant lollipop, candy necklaces, and a ring pop and you’re done! WARNING: Drunk people … Read more
This past year my three friends and I decided we really wanted to wear tutus and just had to find the perfect group costume idea to support it. While playing one of our favorite games, Pretty Pretty Princess, it hit us! We will all be a princess – blue, purple, pink and yellow. We decided … Read more
It all started with a novelty mustache pacifier we received from my parents. Once we saw Joshua with it we knew his costume needed to revolve around that rockin’ ‘stache. We rejected Mario on the basis that Daddy had been Luigi several times already and we wanted a costume that would work for the whole … Read more
We planned Candyland a YEAR in advance. It took a long time to make. Basically we bought things for our costumes whenever we found something, throughout the year. Princess Lolli: I was princess Lolli. I found the yellow dress at Goodwill. It was old. Long with a high neck & sleeves. I altered it. Cut … Read more
Candy Land Halloween 2012 My friends and I were looking for a great group costume idea. We came across a childhood favorite game, Candy Land! The characters of Candy Land and their creative personas intrigued us and we were excited to create the costumes. We quickly began assigning roles to group members, we did have … Read more
Every year my friends and I struggle coming up with costume ideas. We always want to be creative and original and this year I really think we topped ourselves! Our Scrabble group costume came about when a few of us were sitting around the table trying to figure out what eight girls could dress up … Read more
I saw the Twister idea on your website originally but just for a guy. We decided to make it in to a Twister couple Halloween costume. We both wore white on top and bottom, I cut out the circles from sheets of felt from the craft store and used double sided tape to stick them … Read more
Buy a white t-shirt and white shorts or pants. This dirty last-minute Twister costume requires 4-10 pieces of construction paper of 4 different colors (to make the circles) and black string to hang the twister board around your neck if needed. For the game spinner, use a white sheet of paper and cut out a … Read more