Tooth was sketched into white fabric, cut out twice, sewn and stuffed, then I sewed it onto an XL t-shirt. Fairy dress was an old prom dress and homecoming crown. The necklace is yarn with kids’ teeth holders glued together. I handmade the purse out of the same white fabric as the tooth costume and … Read more
I made my mom this bloody pad and tampons costume in 2009. It all came with a random idea, I think I was on my period. lol 1. I got a Styrofoam (I had left from my sweet 15th that summer) 2. I cut it up in the shape of a pad. 3. I cut … Read more
My best friends and I had a sleepover one night and we were brainstorming ideas for cute Halloween costumes, which brought us back to our childhood memories and popular trends and then I remembered how every girl owned at least 5 of those lipsmacker gloss sticks and the decision was made, original and sexy Lipsmacker … Read more
I wanted to create cute but comfortable costumes for my boyfriend and I this year and found inspiration in the shower! I knew that to keep my boyfriend happy, he would prefer to wear ‘normal’ clothes. I was able to make him soap using 2 pieces of foam and creating a sandwich board effect. The … Read more
Man oh man. I put a lot of work into this Homemade Outhouse Costume!. I think it looks great. Everywhere we went, people were taking pictures of my son. This is how I constructed this cool Outhouse costume for my son: I got a big cardboard box from my job, and cut it up. The … Read more
This year I decided to make my 4 year old son a toilet costume for Halloween! The inspiration came to me when one afternoon, my son was using the potty in our room and I jokingly asked him if he wanted to be a potty for Halloween. After much convincing he finally agreed! So I … Read more
Every time my son made it down the hall to bathroom he would end up playing in the toilet, so that’s where I came up with the idea. I enjoy making Halloween costumes, so I started off by using flat side of a box to make the bowl. I shaped it to look like a … Read more
I found the idea for a loofah costume here and ran with it. I used pink tulle and a LOT of safety pins. I gathered squares of the tulle in one bunch then safety pinned it together and then safety pinned it to a pink shirt. I wore pink shorts and some stretch pants under … Read more
I had made the Homemade Soap and Loofah Couple Costume with about 150-200 safety pins ( I lost count) and an old dress turned inside out (tub top style). The soap we got a box and fabric and cut out letters with SOAP on it. This costume took me about 2 weeks to do. But … Read more
I originally wanted to use a refrigerator box for this Halloween but couldn’t find one in time so made a Homemade Outhouse Costume. I used a large flattened box, cut it and used packing/duct tape to get it to stay together. My favourite tool was a utility knife. It helped make the moon holes and … Read more
My 8-eight-year-old’s goal for Halloween this year was to be something “totally random”. What’s more random than a huge roll of toilet paper?!?! The costume really wasn’t that hard to make. It probably took all of 2-3 hours to put together – it will probably take you less time since you won’t have to “noodle … Read more
For this Homemade Porcelain Goddess Costume I made the back wall with a large piece of foam core recovered with checkered yellow and white contact paper. On this back wall I affixed the toilet paper roll off to the side and the porcelain toilet tank that I would wear over my head like a hat … Read more