Awesome Jurassic Park Costumes: T-Rex and Ellie

Awesome Jurassic Park Costumes: T-Rex and Ellie

My daughter is absolutely obsessed with dinosaurs at the moment. She wants to be a paleontologist when she grows up, but didn’t think that that would make a good costume. She kept going through all of her favorite dinosaurs over and over again, until she watched Jurassic Park and fell in love with the T-Rex. … Read more

Super Cool Homemade Dinosaur Couple Costume

Super Cool Homemade Dinosaur Couple Costume

This year for Halloween, my boyfriend and I wanted to stick with a costume that was basic in principle, but innovative in terms of execution. We decided that creating our own one-of-a-kind dinosaurs (T-Rex and Dilophosauras) was the way to achieve just that.  I’ve seen several dinosaur costumes over the years, but I wanted ours … Read more

Cave Girl Costume – Won 1st Place… Twice!

Cave Girl Costume - Won 1st Place... Twice!

For my daughter’s cave girl costume, I used / bought the following: Old boots, caveman wig (which matches my daughters hair perfectly couldn’t tell what was her hair or the wigs), skull head and bones necklace and bracelet set, gross green/brown rubber teeth,  a caveman club, used my hot glue gun, used brown eye shadow … Read more

Epic DIY Cyborg T-Rex Costume

Epic DIY Cyborg T-Rex Costume

Earlier in the year I had been thinking about our annual costume party we have in the weeks before Halloween and what I was going to do this year. I wanted it to be memorable and over the top. I had seen videos of velociraptor and baby t-Rex costumes and the companies that make them … Read more

Easy Last Minute Carton Box Dinosaur Costume

Easy Last Minute Carton Box Dinosaur Costume

The theme was ‘Blast From the Past’ the setting was the Franz Josef Glacier Guides 2013 Christmas Staff Party. And I was flat broke. Franz Josef is a tiny tourist town of 350 permanent residents on the West Coast of NZ. As Australian native, I moved there in 2013 to work on the glacier as … Read more

Pre-Historic Terror Bird Costume

Pre-Historic Terror Bird Costume

My son had been studying pre-historic animals in his class at school and wanted to be one for Halloween. So, I said something really stupid to him like, “Honey, I’ll make you whatever costume you want, as long as you can show me a picture of it.” (Remember, this generation of children are masters of finding anything on … Read more

Terrific (and Troublesome!) Terror Bird Costume

Terrific (and Troublesome!) Terror Bird Costume

My boys are unique.  They love animals.  And while they like some things other boys like (Doesn’t every boy go through a “dinosaur” phase?) they also like to investigate obscure animals that most of us have never considered before.  When other kids his age liked spiders and beetles, my son (at 3-years-old) decided that his … Read more

Cool DIY Cave Woman Costume

Cool DIY Cave Woman Costume

Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday, so each year AFTER Halloween, I plan my next costume.  I have a vision in my head, and that is how I create it.  Very little is store bought, as I make my costumes myself, often the night before like this one! I cut out my pattern (just by looking … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cave Man Costume for a Toddler

Coolest Homemade Cave Man Costume for a Toddler

The inspiration for this costume came from Kyler’s current developmental stage. His frequent tantrums, difficulty communicating and complete disregard for manners and cleanliness make him quite the little Neanderthal. The costume itself was very simple to make. A quick and easy pattern with one shoulder out of brown fleece was cut and then sewn. Snaps … Read more

Erupting Mount Vesuvius Costume for a Kindergartener

Erupting Mount Vesuvius Costume for a Kindergartener

My son loves reading about Pompeii, so when it came time to chose a Halloween costume, he asked to be Mount Vesuvius. Challenge accepted! I gathered supplies from around the house: a hula hoop, fabric remnants and ribbon. I don’t know how to sew, so I also busted out the glue gun and safety pins! … Read more