Coolest Last-Minute Basketball and Net Costume

Coolest Last-Minute Basketball and Net Costume

Cut out the bottom of a round laundry basket, cut a piece of cardboard to use as a back board(connect the back board to the laundry basket with wire). Paint a line on the backboard. Then you cut a slice out of one of your brothers old basket balls and put it on your head!

Coolest Homemade Basketball Hoop Costume

Homemade Basketball Hoop Costume

Get Dunked On! Literally. Here is a little play by play of my basketball hoop costume this year: Materials I needed: Foam white board, Basketball Net, Name-Tag Clips, Head Band, black foam sheet, Orange tape, Orange Tights, Red tape, and Print out of a Shot clock. 1) Measure and cut arm holes. 2) Cut hole … Read more

Coolest Harlem Globetrotters Halloween Group Costume

Homemade Harlem Globetrotters Halloween Group Costume

Another year, another awesome Halloween! My friends and I decided to go with a tribute to the Harlem Globetrotters of the past; you know Curly and the gang. So with that idea here is what we did. First off we order the old school converse all-stars off line at the converse website and had them … Read more

Coolest Homemade Pregnant Basketball Player Costume

Homemade Pregnant Basketball Player Costume

Well, I was almost 38 weeks pregnant and came up with the idea after everyone always telling me – you just have a basketball in there… that’s it, just a basketball belly. So it was real easy to come up with this one. Plus, I really didn’t want to do the obvious same ‘ol pregnant … Read more

Funny Family Basketball Game Costume

Funny Family Basketball Game Costume

Our family loves to do Halloween family costume ideas, so when we found out we had another baby on the way we started planning. Trying to figure out how to incorporate the pregnancy into the costume was a lot of fun. So the family basketball game costume was a very simple costume idea that included … Read more

Homemade Space Jam Family Costumes!

Homemade Space Jam Family Costumes!

We came up with this homemade Space Jam family costume idea because our three year old son, Jayden LOVES Space Jam & loves basketball! We think we resembled each character! ;) & it’s hard to find interracial character costumes hehe! Creating the homemade Space Jam Family Costumes We started with solid white shirts & shorts: … Read more

Slam Dunk Pregnant Belly Costume

Slam Dunk Pregnant Belly Costume

I was 8 and a half months pregnant, and I wanted to make a clever pregnant belly costume to wear at the school in which I taught.  I looked online to try to get ideas for pregnant women, and I couldn’t find anything that I liked, or that I willing to put the effort into.  … Read more

Best Harlem Globetrotters Boy Group Costume

Best Harlem Globetrotters Boy Group Costume

Let me start by saying that there aren’t many options for a five-boy group costume unless they are open to being a boy band or something like that.  With that being said, our options were limited.  Since all the boys are athletes and basketball tryouts were right around the corner, The Harlem Globetrotters seemed very … Read more

Pregnant Couple Costume: Basketball Player and Ball

Pregnant Couple Costume: Basketball Player and Ball

I actually painted the ball on my belly myself using the bathroom mirror. I made sure to paint over the stretch marks I have gotten. This is our first pregnancy. I am 38 weeks pregnant in the picture. We don’t know the gender, we are keeping it a surprise so we just say “We are … Read more

Coolest Harlem Globetrotters Homemade Group Costume

We bought the blue tshirts from Michaels for $4 and cut off the sleeves and neck. We got the red shorts at academy for $6 and we used white fabric pa

We bought the blue tshirts from Michael’s for $4 and cut off the sleeves and neck. We got the red shorts at Academy for $6 and we used white fabric paint to paint the stripes on. We realized that it was too time consuming so we just bought athletic tape to do the guys shorts. … Read more

Original Pregnant Basketball Player Costume

I was due in December 2010, and our friends have a halloween party every year. When I was pregnant, I was all belly and I thought if I could somehow

I was due in December 2010, and our friends have a Halloween party every year. When I was pregnant, I was all belly and I thought if I could somehow make my belly a basketball, I could make the rest of the basketball player costume from items around the house. I cut the belly out … Read more