In keeping with the nature theme, our daughter dressed as a flower the year, our son dressed as an apple tree! To put together the flower costume, my mom made a tutu out of green tulle. She basically gathered the tulle and sewed it to some elastic (there are lots of tutorials online with various … Read more
My friends and I decided to be “lawn ornaments” for Halloween, and they gave me the task of turning myself into a flower pot costume. I called around to a few floral stores asking how big their biggest planter was. I found some larger ones at Bachman’s Floral, and decided to go “try them on.” … Read more
This Halloween I had a one month old and a 3 years old at home. Of course my 3 year old wanted to go trick or treating and I couldn’t say no. I had to come up with something fast. I thought of several ideas, but because we would be walking so much I wanted … Read more
My little 6 month old daughter, Evelyn Rose, was the coolest Sunflower Baby for Halloween. This Homemade Sunflower Baby Costume idea originated from a green sleep sack that my baby girl was outgrowing and which I saw as a possible flower stem bearer. I had seen some flower costumes and I didn’t like the commercialized … Read more
I had great fun making and wearing this Dandelion costume. Here are the crafts I used: – 80 balloon sticks (you can use more) – 2 thin, white feather boas – 1 brown wool beanie cap – flower foam (1 large circle, 1 small circle, 1 ball cut in half) – craft glue made for … Read more
My daughter’s name is Soleil, which is French for sun, so I decided to make her a Baby Sunflower costume for Halloween. I started by making a brown stretchy tank top and sewing sequins onto it to resemble sunflower seeds. Next, I made satin petals and leaves and sewed them onto the tank top to … Read more
I made these homemade Lily Pad costume and Lily Flower costume for my daughters when they were 3 and 6 years old. They wanted to be the same thing, but not “exactly” the same. Pink and Purple: I started with a piece of foam, which I cut into a flower shape. I cut out the … Read more
I asked my daughter what she wanted to be this year for Halloween and she told me she wanted to be a daisy. Last year my husband and I bought her a costume – she was super-woman – well that was a complete waste of twenty dollars. This year I wanted to try out my … Read more
My 5 month old baby Madison is so cute I just had to make her a flower costume. I started by taking pink flannel fabric and made a hood. Then I took foam sheets and cut out petals so the petals would be stiff. Then I sewed the flower petals out of fabric to cover … Read more
I looked really hard to find a Halloween costume for 2010. I wanted to be a cupcake but didn’t have the time to make it. And the store was sold out of the costume. So I saw some “flower” costumes online and came with this idea for a Homemade Flower Costume basically from the top … Read more
This homemade hydrangea flower costume was made for my daughter when she was 3 years old. She absolutely loved the hydrangea flowers that we had growing outside of our house and just HAD to be a hydrangea for Halloween. Where to start… I found a plain green turtleneck and some textured green fabric at the … Read more
I originally made this little Daisy costume for a birthday party but it was such a hit that I had planned to use it again for Halloween. The theme for the party was based on Alice in Wonderland and the singing daisy’s are one of the lesser known characters in the book so to be … Read more