Someone-Special
This is my cats first Halloween… I’m not sure where the idea came from but it popped into my head during the middle of the night, of course. I got really excited because I had the perfect wig! Oh no, wait, we just gave boxes of stuff to Good Will! Oh, I hope… Yes! We … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was made for a Cadiz (Spain) carnival in February 2012. I always loved this movie and, of course, Johnny Depp!) By the time my son was 12 years old, I thought this costume was going to fit him perfectly. I bought cheap faux leather pants and jacket at a Chinese store. … Read more
Hi, my name is Victoria and I have the most adorable Pomeranian, Gia Marie. We always dress up together for Halloween. The past Halloween I wanted to be a little creative and I was inspired by making a homemade costume. The idea to create a Cabbage Patch Pom was inspired by kid’s homemade costumes and … Read more
To create this unique, easy, inexpensive, most creative and last-minute Halloween, Newspaper Fairy costume you will need 1 newspaper and 1 pair of wings (which you can easily find in Party City, but since this was a last minute costume I didn’t want to waste time in going to Party City and buying wings,so we … Read more
Every year I ask my daughter what she wants to be for Halloween. Well, this year she came up with a doozey! A Ferris Wheel! It took about two days to assemble. Items needed: Duct Tape (we used purple) Two- hula hoops Medium sized box Lights with battery packs Barbie dolls Two tissue boxes Three … Read more
So we wanted a really cool, over the top, prize winning costume. We made lego people! Here’s the complete DIY instruction list: Cardboard Collection time We collected a lot of cardboard, we practically hoarded it. We weren’t sure how much we would need so we grabbed a ton. We ended up using two large boxes for the … Read more
So on a long flight home after enjoying ten days of fun in the sun on my honeymoon I had the opportunity to watch Disney’s Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie. It was all the inspiration I needed for this years Halloween costume. I have always enjoyed Halloween and enjoy even more challenging myself to make the best, most realistic costume … Read more
In August, I started looking into ideas for my Halloween costume. I came upon your site and I found my Halloween costume for this year. It was the walking cemetery that a man made. I am 5′ tall and 115 lbs. so I needed to make the costume fit and work for me. So off … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
Making these Mary Poppins and Bert costumes was really fun! The skirt was made out of discount material and sheer curtain panels. The shirt was found at a second hand store. It was then fitted and had ribbon and lace sewn onto it. The red corset was made out of some material I had on hand. … Read more
This popcorn box costume was homemade by my eleven year old daughter and myself. It was inspired by the walking refreshment characters that used to come on before a movie. I had some old-fashioned popcorn boxes left over from a party that I used as my template for the design on the box. To form the box, … Read more
First we brought orange footed and hooded onesies to create the body. We used orange fleece fabric to connect the body and then applied brown felt to the body to make cat dogs spots. The masks and ears were also made of orange, purple, red and black felt. I printed a photo of their friend … Read more