This easy to make Pirate Dog costume can be made from items in any costume accessory store or anytime around Halloween. If you can sew a few stitches by hand, and your dog will tolerate something on it’s head, then this easy and fun costume is for your dog. Since most pirate hats are made … Read more
This was by far a great homemade group costume idea: The Four Elements, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire and the funnest to make. We found a dress pattern that was suitable for all of us because we all used the same one; and we also found a cape pattern and sewed it to mach our … Read more
This cheap and easy to make Dexter couple costume is probably the best one I have come up with to date. It has been almost one year since we did this and friends and neighbors are still talking about it. For the Dexter victim you can see from the pictures you only really need a … Read more
Captain Claw pirate crane machine costume Wearer: Benz, 8 years old Ahoy, me hearties! I’m Captain Claw! My SUPER CREATIVE mom turned a cardboard box into a working arcade game! She taped 3 of the top flaps down and taped the top flap up after cornering the edges. This would be the front sign. All 4 … Read more
As a guy in my late 20’s, I grew up on the Ninja Turtles. Now that a new show has started up, my son, who is 2.5 also loves them. When my wife asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, he said he wanted to be Leo. My heart filled with pride, and … Read more
This great pet dog Halloween costume came about since our dog already comes with his own “fro.” I bought about 2 yards of tie-dyed fabric, and 1.5 yards of brown fringe. This was enough for my child’s costume as well. Plus hippie glasses, wig and necklaces. We already had a shirt for my child. I … Read more
My two girls were my childhood dolls for Halloween last year. They both already knew who Strawberry Shortcake was, but I had to go online and show them who Rainbow Brite was. Once they saw her, there was no question as to whom they would be for Halloween. About a month ahead of Halloween I … Read more
I was inspired by several headless costumes, but mostly Nicole Magne’s. Halloween is by far my favorite time of year and I try to out-do myself each year. This spooky headless Marie Antoinette halloween costume cost less than $50 to make. I used a plastic dress form from a local mannequin store, a backpack, a … Read more
Of course my son doesn’t want to be anything easy… lol, but I love to sew and this is my one chance to shine. I went to cut octagons for his Dry Bones costume, he (7yrs old) says “no…turtles have hexagon shells not octagons”, silly me. Material was left over from last year’s Angry Bird, … Read more
This great homemade Super Mario costume I handmade. I made the hat from felt and the overalls from blue nylon material. It was not too difficult and it was a Halloween when Mario was not as popular. We put raccoon ears and a tail to be the Mario with flying powers. My boy loves Mario … Read more
This simple and easy to make Velma costume from the Scooby Doo Gang is homemade, after looking at off the shelf costumes I thought I could do better. I started off breaking the costume down into what items I needed. It’s basically an orange polo top which I found a few on eBay. I already had a … Read more
Our son wanted to be a scary tree and there are no “tree costumes” that we could buy so we got some material from Joanns and a lot of leaves from Michael’s. We made his body suite to be shaped like the trunk and we made a hat to hold the leaves and branches and … Read more