Coolest Grocery Bag Costume

Coolest Grocery Bag Costume

My Daughter, Danielle wanted a costume that had a chance of winning her school’s monster mash costume contest and her dad was telling her how he won a contest as a kid when he was a grocery bag.  She wanted to see a picture of him but we didn’t have one so we decided to … Read more

Lovely Homemade Toddler Peacock Costume

Lovely Homemade Toddler Peacock Costume

I used tulle to make a long dress and attached it to an elastic band. The instructions how to do this are easy and found on YouTube. I then wrapped teal ribbon around the top of the dress in order to hide the elastic. I attached some peacock feathers to a hair bow and hot … Read more

Coolest DIY Oogie Boogie Costume

Coolest DIY Oogie Boogie Costume

Our 8 year old daughter decided she wanted to be Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas this year. Of course this is not  a costume you can find online or in stores – SO I knew I needed to get to work. I purchased burlap, hobby wire, black & brown embroidery floss, black yarn and … Read more

Halo Grunt Costume for a Boy

Halo Grunt Costume for a Boy

This costume is completely handmade from head to alien toe. I used mostly EVA foam and various techniques of paint, sewing and lots of cutting and gluing. This is a completely freehand. I shape the foam pieces by cutting angles into the foam then gluing the many pieces together like a big puzzle. I always … Read more

Three Brothers Living the LEGO Movie Dream on Halloween

Three Brothers Living the LEGO Movie Dream on Halloween

I am the mom of three little boys. I am surrounded, outnumbered, and totally submerged in all things boy, all day, every day, and I have come to embrace this. Halloween costumes are no exception to this rule. Each year, I like to do the boys’ costumes as one common theme. (And they’re still young … Read more

Frozen Sven and Elsa Child Costumes

Frozen Sven and Elsa Child Costumes

Elsa is made out of light blue satin and blue sequin and white shimmering organza for the cape. Diamond beading on neckline and waist. She loves how it blows in the wind. Every little girls dream. This was made from a simplicity pattern and just added a few extra touches! Sven- great grandma original it … Read more

Fully Functional Mr. Potato Head Costume

Fully Functional Mr. Potato Head Costume

We’ve over the years amassed a pretty large collection of Potato Head parts which our youngest daughter loves to play with so we thought it would be neat to make her a Mr. Potato Head costume for Halloween.  Of course what’s the point of having a giant Mr. Potato head if you can’t play with … Read more

How to Train Your Dragon Toothless Kids Costume

How to Train Your Dragon Toothless Kids Costume

This year my daughter gave me a big challenge. ‘Dad, I want a toothless Costume. And I want wings that open and close and fire on the back.’ I was dumfounded. How was I supposed to do this? Well, very carefully. Here’s how we did it. Thanks for voting for us! We started off with … Read more

Coolest Kid’s Medieval Knight DIY Halloween Costume

Coolest Kid's Medieval Knight DIY Halloween Costume

Several months after last year’s Halloween, my 9 year old son decided he wanted to be a medieval knight for Halloween this year.  In my household, Halloween is a pretty big deal and we make our costumes, so this wasn’t going to be just any knight costume – we were going to go for full … Read more

Transforming Bumblebee Camaro Costume

Transforming Bumblebee Camaro Costume

The Transformers Bumblebee Costume is my son Nicholas Walters and he is 6 years old, he couldn’t decide what he wanted to be so I made the mistake of letting him search with me online and we came across a Bumblee costume and low and behold he selected it and wanted it to transform. We … Read more

Money Lovin’ Eugene Krabs Halloween Costume

Money Lovin' Eugene Krabs Halloween Costume

Welcome to the Krusty Krab. My 3 year old son has been asking to be the money lovin’ Eugene Krabs since the Easter bunny came! He wanted his daddy to be SpongeBob so he could tell him to “Get back to work.” I started to make the costume in September by constructing the body out … Read more

Cool Transforming Transformer Costume

Cool Transforming Transformer Costume

My 7 year old son wanted to be Optimus Prime this year, and I embraced the challenge! We used cardboard boxes and made several trips back to the store for “just one more roll” of duct tape. Coffee can lids make up the wheels, and square tissue boxes fit his legs perfectly. Flashlights from the … Read more