This past Halloween I decided to be a tree. Then, I thought, wouldn’t it be funny to be a tree that had been toilet papered? Many of us have been either on the giving or receiving side of that classic high school prank. My family’s house and trees were toilet papered once (to both my horror and … Read more
It wasn’t horribly difficult for my stepdaughter and I to make this walking tree costume. The hardest part was finding the box that was big enough. We found a thin piece of metal that was sturdy enough to keep the round shape and used that at the top and stapled it to the box. Then took a … Read more
To create the head of my tree costume I used a hat which I wrapped in flower foam and taped in place using packaging tape. I wrapped the foam hat with burlap and then sewed a burlap mask around the perimeter which hangs down to my shoulders. I cut a face hole in the front … Read more
My son has been very creative at coming up with costumes. One year he really wanted to be an apple tree, so we did our best to oblige and this is our Apple Tree child costume i.dea We took a large piece of cardboard and cut out the shape of a tree, wrapping the trunk … Read more
The theme of the event was Robin Hood, but I knew all the women would go as Maid Marion or a wench and I wanted something different. I went in an Oak tree costume. I started off making the hat by finding a bowl that fitted on my head. I then covered this with paper … Read more
Our son wanted to be a scary tree and there are no “tree costumes” that we could buy so we got some material from Joanns and a lot of leaves from Michael’s. We made his body suite to be shaped like the trunk and we made a hat to hold the leaves and branches and … Read more
Halloween 2008 we went as original four season trees, mother nature and father time group costume. Mother nature wore an old dress and accessorized with craft store garland, flowers, birds etc…Father time borrowed the robe, a clock from his mantle, and bought the faux-sickle. As for the trees, we got 99% of our items at … Read more
I dressed up in a Owl in a Tree Costume for Halloween one year. I made a mask out of paper plates, feathers, etc. To make my face into the owl, and I glued bark and leaves onto a cardboard box to make the tree. I got lots of comments when I wore this to … Read more
My Homemade Haunted Tree Costume took roughly 3 weeks to complete. I made the tree of dark brown burlap and leaves. The tree features a ghost looking out of a knot in the center of the tree. Vines go up the sides with leaves and a paper mache pumpkin that lights up is at the … Read more
My daughter (4yrs) decided she wanted to be wear a homemade scary tree costume this year. She loves things like Mr. Bones and scary creatures etc. We started with a cardboard box cut it down the side and rolled it to give it a trunk shape, cut holes for arms and face. I took coat … Read more
Hi and Happy Halloween! This year my daughter wanted to be a Spooky Tree so her mom and dad put their minds together to create this sinister looking Spooky Tree costume. We started off by working some cardboard into a log shape then using a stiff round tube rolled in a circle to keep the … Read more
I started this garden Halloween costume with an idea, of anything that you can find that would be on grass, hence the fence, dogs running around, dog fencing, dog poo(with a fly attached to it, ha!) airplane, car, flower, golf ball, and golf flag, added a fence, and woolah! I used a small tote lid … Read more