After seeing Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland I knew I wanted to be the crazy Mad Hatter for Halloween. I started off by taping off vertical stripes on an old green dress. I painted the skirt of the dress purple, so that when the tape was removed there would be green and purple stripes. I … Read more
I wanted to create a Beetlejuice costume with a twist that was clearly Beetlejuice- but also had a little bit of my own twist to it .. plus I wanted it to be a costume for a girl. I began by dying an old dress I had laying around. It was dark green originally, so … Read more
This is a homemade costume idea I made that is supposed to be a broken doll that reveals the demon within the doll. Ever wonder if your dolls are alive? Watch out or she will get you in your sleep. I spent three weeks just working on making the corset for this outfit. For the … Read more
After googling images, my friend and I put together our version of LMFAO costumes. I bought some zebra print pants from a Halloween store and painted their shuffling logo on a black shirt with puffy paint. My friend bought her LMFAO tshirt and wore bright leggings. Of course we had to top it with curly … Read more
This year my three year old daughter, Danika, was a Book Fairy! I started with the skirt, using just some elastic band for the waste, and some tulle. I found a video on Youtube.com on how to make these no sew tutus a long time ago, they are really simple! Then I made her book … Read more
This is my baby girl’s first Halloween and I wanted her to have a really cute costume. I always sing the lil cuppycake song to her and we even call her Cuppycake sometimes so I thought a baby cupcake costume would be the perfect costume. First, I wrapped a regular round laundry basket I had … Read more
My son Joey is five years old and he LOVES dinosaurs. He wanted to be a Trex this Halloween because that is his favorite dinosaur of them all. He is such a fan of them that a silly cartoonish costume would not do. He needed something realistic so I decided to make make the coolest homemade … Read more
This is an easy and cheap homemade costume idea: Car Wash costume from a few years ago but I’m putting it out there for mothers who have a similar child and might need an idea. So my 4-year-old son LOVED car washes. He made them out of shoe boxes, tables, crates, ANYTHING and loved pushing … Read more
Having a serious love for sewing and the delight in having an outfit, costume, or décor/craft item that no one else has…gave my daughter and often times several of her friends an edge on Halloween. Nearly all of her life, I was thrilled to put my talent to work on costumes, most were from patterns … Read more
I made my 18 month old son, Oliver, a Book Worm costume this year for Halloween! I started by making a hoodie from green fleece, and added a big black bow tie to the front of that hoodie from felt. Then made matching green fleece pants. I had to use Youtube.com to learn how to … Read more
Having hardly any money to spend for costumes for the whole family, I decided to create a homemade costume instead of buying one. I decide on a Smurfette costume idea. I had to gather my thoughts and figure out how in the world I was going to do it, since this would be my first … Read more
My son who is 8 has started a tradition for me for Trick-Or-Treating. He loves homemade costumes. He has been a bath tub of bubbles, zombie who died via DVD impalement and much more. He is a cub scout and wanted to enter the costume contest at the annual Spook-O-Ree last year. First place was … Read more