I was making a piece of bread in the morning, tired, getting ready for school, when I burned myself on my toaster. Ouch! But then it occurred to me what a great costume a toaster would make. This is made mainly with a box, so finding the right size was the hardest part for me. … Read more
It doesn’t suck literally or figuratively. The literal not sucking is a compromise of my 4-year old son’s original vision of having a vacuum costume that could even suck up candy when trick-or-treating. He settled on a backpack where he could pretend play that the candy got vacuumed. He was thrilled with the result and … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Dirty Laundry group costumes. After browsing photos online, our kids passed up the opportunity to be candy and popcorn and instead chose to be appliances and dirty laundry, lol! Our oldest was the washing machine, complete with a door that opens (made from a deli tray), ‘bubbles & soap’ (blue … Read more
My three year old son was obsessed with vacuum cleaners so I just knew that it would be the perfect costume for Halloween! The majority of the costume I made from foam core that I spray painted red. With a box cutter, I cut out one large rectangle for the main body of the costume … Read more
Wow! Everyone just loved this idea of a Bun in the Oven and Chef costume. My wife was very pregnant so it was a great idea. We took a box and cut it out then covered it with white fabric. We used spray paint lids for the knobs then printed out a picture to put … Read more
I made this awesome pregnant woman’s costume – Bun in the Oven for Halloween 2011! I was 7 months pregnant. I wasn’t gonna dress up cause I was so huge but the idea came from my husband when he was looking online! so I thought it would be awesome! It took me like 3 days … Read more
My wife and I are pictured here last Halloween. I’m the one on the left, wearing the oven and thrusting forth my five-month pregnant belly to make the turkey stick out just a little bit more. My wife is on the right, turkey baster in hand with her chef hat reaching toward the sky. She’s … Read more
This was a very and one of the more original Halloween costumes to make. It only took me a good day in the floor to make it. My son, Tyler, came up with the idea and that is why we named it a Ty-Tag washer. We try to go very frugal so this was perfect … Read more
My senior of high school, I came up with the idea for a friend to be a refrigerator for Halloween. We created the costume in one night, and it was a huge hit. That birthed the idea during my freshman year of college to continue the kitchen appliance theme and make sink a Homemade Microwave … Read more
I hope you enjoy our Toaster and Oven costume idea. Supplies List: Large cardboard box, medium size cardboard box, miscellaneous scrap cardboard, one 6″ cardboard cake, round one 8″ cardboard cake, round one sheet white poster board, one sheet black foam board, 1 package fake eyeballs, one fake hand, one package fake cockroaches, one fake … Read more
My daughter couldn’t decide what she wanted to be for Halloween so we put our heads together and came up with the washing machine costume. To my surprise the costume came out looking great and it was a big hit with the neighborhood.
I made this homemade Snuggle Bear in laundry basket baby costume for my daughter and her 7 month old baby son, Kaden, as she always calls him her “Snuggle Bear”. We picked out soft fabrics for the bear and made sure to have lots of blue around so there’d be no misunderstanding that he was … Read more