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I’m a teacher so I always have to look for an appropriate costume for school. I decided on a Homemade Snow White Halloween Costume but didn’t want the cheap fabric of premaid costumes and I didn’t want to spend the money on a really good one. I went Value Village and bought a blue velvet … Read more
Everyone always told my daughter that she looked like Alice so we went ahead and dressed her for Halloween. Their grandmother made the dress and my son’s suit from patterns. I bought my son’s hat from a costume shop and wrote the sign for it that was in the book. I also bought the dress … Read more
I definitely wanted something no one else would be and I love the original movie, always knew I would make this Oompa Loompa costume one year. So the pants I found at a thrift store (yes they are woman’s but shhh don’t tell anyone). I couldn’t find a brown turtle neck anywhere in the world … Read more
I made this Uncle Fester costume for my brother after he caught wind that I was making my daughter Wednesday Addams. For his costume I just sewed a simple brown shift with a fake fur colar and bought the light up light bulb at a joke shop. My daughter’s Wednesday dress was a black velvet … Read more
I was a big hit at the party in my Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. I got the idea from this website and thought I could pull it off. I don’t sew but I thought I could manage straight stitches on my machine. I started with a very large pair of women’s white cotton capris that … Read more
My dad and I are really big horror movie buffs. My mom, brother, and sister, not so much. So, when they all left for a week-long vacation, we took the opportunity to rent a bunch of horror movies. I had read “Carrie” several months ago, and I decided to add the 1976 movie version to … Read more
My husband and I were looking for something affordable and unique for our son at Halloween. We made him this Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. As I am inexperienced at sewing, I just outlined a pair of pants that fit him perfectly (giving them and extra inch on each side). And used a large cup for … Read more
For this homemade Beetlejuice Halloween costume, everything was gathered from around the house or at the thrift store. All of the painting was done by myself.
Every year we do a costume party for kids and adults and every year we have to come up with couple costumes. This year we chose Beetlejuice and Lydia the wedding scene. I found a old prom dress at the thrift store for four dollars and had to add to it. The dress was strapless … Read more
OOmpa Loompa Doopity Doo, Willy Wonka Let us off work for a day of Candy making to enjoy Halloween. I really wanted to be something different than the normal Halloween costume you end up seeing so we made a modern spin on the old Homemade Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompas Group Costume. We where able … Read more
I collected different types of leaves for this Homemade Apocalypto Costume. on the head I used an old bonnet and put some leaves on it. I sewed the leaves together and made use of it as his lower garments.
I made this Homemade Ash from Army of Darkness Costume last year. I found a cheap shirt at value village and ripped it a bunch and smeared makeup over it since that’s all I had to make it look dirtier. In the back is a rifle I made out of cardboard in a holster also … Read more