Julie B.
After seeing the amazing costume done by Tiffany from VA on this site my friends and my daughter decided they wanted to do the same thing. The amazing detail and instructions of the other costume made these ones very easy to put together. The hardest part was getting the hair just right. We actually did … Read more
My son always picks unique costumes. This year he wanted to be in gargoyle. This gargoyle costume turned out being one of the easiest costumes I have ever made. Bonus! I used gray fleece to sew pants and a shirt. for both i sewed in muscle lines to add a bit of definition. For the … Read more
My friends daughter decided on a DIY retro Rainbow Brite girl’s Halloween costume idea. Of course we were excited to make this costume since we grew up with rainbow bright!!!! I used a basic dress pattern and altered the sleeves to create a pointed cuff and added batting in between the rainbow arms and sewed … Read more
For this Cornelius the Kellogg’s Cornflakes Rooster Costume I found a bird pattern and made it using green fleece, I added the red fleece for a gobbler and head piece to make it a rooster. I used felt to make the eye and then just used craft glue to glue it to the head. Then … Read more
This year my family decided to be cereal box characters. We made the trick or treat boxes out of the corresponding cereal boxes. Snap Crackle and Pop: These were so cute we used elf ears and glued them with spirit gum then sewed a chef hat and the striped stocking hat we found a top … Read more
My family got together and decided to do an Alice in Wonderland Group Costume. We really got into the characters even talking and acting like them. The caterpillar was probably the most work. We used spray foam to construct the mushroom then carved a hole for my son’s body to go into and painted it. … Read more
The Grinch was a Santa suit pattern and then we made green fur pants and gloves and a small piece for chest hair. We then painted his face green and added black detail lines. Cyndi we found a fabric that was so close to her dress in the movie and made it out of a … Read more
Most of the credit for this DIY Ice Witch of Narnia child’s Halloween costume idea goes to your other contributor. I made a simple dress and dipped it into blue dye and over a few hours raised it up to have a faded light to dark blue on bottom half of dress. I then attached … Read more
There was actually 12 of us all of us, different characters from Wizard of Oz but I cant find that picture of the Wizard of Oz Group Costume right now. I made the wicked witch just using a Simplicity pattern. The little flower munchkin was also from a pattern. For the lollipop guild I found … Read more
To make this homemade Lucy and Ethel in the Candy Factory couple costume idea we started with a pattern for a lab coat. The lab coat ended up a bit boxier than we thought, but with the drawstring it was ok. We used a black fabric to create the collar and sleeve cuffs. We actually … Read more
We found a fairy pattern and bought sunflowers and glued them to the bottom of the robe and small ones for her shoes. The wings on the Fall Fairy Costume were wire then with a taffeta over the wire glued to it. I tried to attach them with Velcro but ended up tacking them into … Read more
My son decided on a homemade Minotaur child Halloween costume idea this year. The body was easy. I made a long sleeve shirt and leggings in a nude color. I then bought some cow hide-looking fur. I made him fur shorts, shirt and a neck warmer. I made pleather hooves and attached them to some … Read more