Take a look at these cool homemade Nutcracker Soldier Costumes shared with us by costume enthusiasts from around the world. Along with the costumes here, you’ll also find loads of homemade costume ideas and DIY Halloween costume inspiration for your next costume project. Enjoy!
Some of my favorite childhood memories consist of Halloween memories because my mom always created our costumes from scratch and she always did such an amazing job and I have loved creating those same memories for my own family now. I’ve lived out of my home state and away from my family since getting married, … Read more
How did we come up with these Nutcracker ballet costumes? After searching for unique couples’ costumes, we were coming up with zilch that had never been done around our area – that is until somebody did a post about ballet practice for their child’s upcoming Nutcracker ballet. I saw a picture and it sparked the … Read more
I should start off by saying that my boyfriend did not like the idea of me being a nutcracker when I pitched it to him at first, he is always very supportive of the crazy costumes I come up with but just thought this one was weird… BUT once he saw me all put together … Read more
Materials used for this Homemade Wind-Up Toy Nutckracker Soldier Costume: Hot glue gun, needle+thread, duct tape, musical mechanism from my jewelry box, thinnest plywood available, wooden dowel, gold or silver spray paint, drill with tiny drill bit, heavy duty wood glue, approx 1 1/2 inch foam – can pull from a pillow, or find in … Read more