Mr. Peanut Girl Costume

Mr. Peanut Girl

I started with paper mache to 2 balloons and used brown paper towels to cover it. I made a hat out of cardboard and black spray paint. She wore black leotards, white gloves and carry a cane. She won first place in school

Coolest DIY Geico Money Halloween Costume

Homemade Geico Money Halloween Costume

My son loves the Geico Money commercials so we decided to make him a Homemade Geico Money Halloween Costume this year. We bought a box and cut newspaper into strips to use as papier mache on the box. We spray painted the box and cut circles from white cardboard for the eyes. We also downloaded … Read more

Coolest Homemade GEICO Money Stack Costume

Homemade GEICO Money Stack Costume

Our 7 year old decided to choose his own costume this year; a GEICO Money Stack costume. Of course, this was a costume that you could not buy in a store. It took a lot of planning to get this costume to look good as well as to fit well. The first issue was making … Read more

Coolest Homemade Money You Could Be Saving With Geico Costume

Homemade Money You Could Be Saving With Geico Costume

After spending a month working on this Homemade Money You Could Be Saving With Geico Costume, downloading the music and getting speakers to play the song, I was set with my box of money. I recycled a bunch of my co-workers newspapers into the front, back and sides of a large cardboard box and stapled … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cereal Box Costumes

Homemade Cereal Box Costumes

We love cereal! The “we” being three juniors and three seniors in Pittsburgh, PA where they all play high school volleyball together. The idea transpired during our very last volleyball game we would ever play in together. Tears should have been flowing as reality sunk in that this was the end of our three-year journey … Read more

Cool Homemade Geico Money Costume

Homemade Geico Money Costume

I decided about two weeks before Halloween that I wanted to be the money you are saving on your car insurance by switching to Geico. So to make this Homemade Geico Money Costume I bought some perforated cardboard and had Kinko’s help me out with a 5 dollar bill. I had a harness that I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Geico Halloween Costume

Homemade Geico Halloween Costume

While the rest of my team did purchase their costumes, I have a firm policy of never buying Halloween costumes and this year made myself a Geico costume. I used about 20 boxes; I flattened them out, cut a hole in the middle that I could fit into but, at the same time, was small … Read more

Cool DIY Geico Money Halloween Costume

Homemade Geico Money Halloween Costume

The Geico Money Halloween costume is all hand made. While walking around trick or treating, my son even had his own theme music! It’s made from 2 sections of foam which I then painted green. Then I printed the large money on a Mylar type material. I glued them all together and wrapped the ribbons … Read more

Coolest Homemade Sprout Jolly Green Giant Costume

Sprout

This homemade Sprout Jolly Green Giant costume was perfect for my son, not only because he looks just like Sprout, but because it was comfortable for him and very easy to make. I just took a green youth T-shirt, cut the neck and one arm off to make it a one-shoulder shirt and cut off … Read more

Coolest Homemade Fruit of the Loom Costume

Homemade Fruit of the Loom Costume

I had a sudden idea from out of the blue to dress up as the apple from the “Fruit of the Loom” commercials. I knew this would be a difficult task, but with a bit of cardboard, a bunch of stuffing, a few yards of fabric, and some heavy duty sewing, I had myself a … Read more

Coolest Energizer Bunny Halloween Costume

Enegizer Bunny Halloween Costume

This Energizer Bunny Halloween costume really was easy and most of the stuff I had or got from the dollar store. A friend found the bunny costume at a yard sale for $.50. I dyed it pink. The batteries on the butt were little sports bottles I wrapped in aluminum foil and copied and blew … Read more