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Hello, My name is Guadalupe Gutierrez and my son’s name is Alan. Ever since his first Halloween I’ve made his costumes. This year he told me he did not want a costume and he was just going to buy a mask. He got as you see a piggy mask, I asked him if he wanted … Read more
My daughter’s Geico Costume is really simple. Just a box covered on top with posterboard decorated to look like money. The sides are covered with heater filters to give it that “stacked” look. Two Styrofoam discs for the eyes & more paper for the money wrapper. Add suspenders for easy walking.
Every year my job has a costume contest to see who can be the most creative. I kept seeing the GEICO eyes on commercials and decided to try a Homemade GEICO Money Eyes Costume. So I got a rectangular box from work. I scanned fake money onto my computer and printed out sixteen large copies … Read more
It all started with a cardboard shipping box from Wal-Mart. When I couldn’t think of anything cute and looking at the prices of this year’s Halloween costumes, I decided to go ahead and make my son a prize inside a box of Captain Crunch to save money. The drawing out was done after laying a … Read more
This is my homemade Flo costume (the Progressive insurance lady), and my favorite costume thus far! It was perfect because it was easy, cheap, funny, clever, AND work-appropriate, so I was able to wear it to my job (I work retail). Anytime a customer gave me a coupon to check out with, I’d yell “discount!” … Read more
This Homemade Jack in the Box Costume started as an “easy” box costume, it turned into a big project. Several years earlier I made a super cute clown costume for my older daughter, luckily it fit my youngest and it was used for the Jack-In-The-Box costume. Having the clown costume already made saved a lot … Read more
Homemade Chicken Costume: I bought a cheap feather pillow at Big Lots ($3.99) and a can of spray adhesive … and a long sleeve white tee … sprayed one side of the tee and patted the loose feathers onto the adhesive. I bought orange ladies scrub pants for chicken feet, and used the spray adhesive … Read more
This is a twist on a Ronald McDonald costume. The costume was super easy to make and very affordable. All the clothes were bought at the goodwill and then spray painted. It consists of a suit vest, khakis, and a white collared shirt that went underneath which was taped with duct tape and then spray … Read more
We decided on a Homemade Captain Crunch and Toucan Sam Couple Costume after an idea we got off the internet. Captain Crunch: purchased a jacket from Goodwill and then bought yellow felt to make the button and trim on the jacket. The hat was a little bit more difficult. I bought foam from Joann’s and … Read more
I had the idea to be Jack from “Jack in the Box” for Halloween. The head was a plastic dome from a Halloween fortune teller globe decoration and I wrapped it in a stretchy white see-through cloth that I glued down. I cut the mouth, eyes, and hat out of colored foam sheet from the … Read more
This Homemade Geico Money Costume was my costume for Halloween last year. I always cracked up at the commercials so I thought it would be fun to do it! There were several others who attempted to do it before, but I wanted to do better! I started making this costume a little at a time … Read more
I love twisting bed time stories up a bit. This time it’s Little Red Riding Hood costume attacked by the Wolf! Supplies: Red Riding Hood Outfit Cape Latex neck piece Arm wounds Makeup Blood