I wanted to do something very original for Halloween this year, and when Lady Gaga wore the meat dress to the VMA’s this year, I thought it was the perfect costume idea. The DIY Lady Gaga meat dress Halloween costume took me about 3 weeks to finish, working about 1 to 2 hours on it … Read more
This Homemade Hungry Hungry Hippos Costume took about 6 hours off and on to make. I used fabric, paper mache over chicken wire and other odds and ends to the the shapes correct. I spray painted cardboard to shape the back pieces, or buttons from the game.
When I was pregnant with my first daughter I wanted to be fat bastard thinking what a funny costume it would be but being to tired and not feeling the holiday spirit I didn’t. I swore if I got pregnant again during that time of year I wouldn’t pass up such an opportunity. I then … Read more
I was about 7 months pregnant and worked in an environment where my bare belly (painted or not) could not be exposed but I wanted a costume that showed off my growing belly. I came up with an idea of being a Homemade Cat Who Swallowed the Fishbowl Pregnant Costume. I simply wore black pants … Read more
The Black Devil costume was worn by my son in his Trick or Treat Costume Contest. The whole body was painted black. Eyes were painted yellow. A huge pair of wings were added to make it scarier. The wings were made of old newspapers. The skeleton of the wings were from old strings. It was … Read more
Every Year we find a new way to go out for Halloween and every year I let my son pick what he wants to be. This year he picked “Cat in the Hat”, and then the wheelchair project begins. We decided to put the Cat in the Hat in his crazy vacuum cleaner that he … Read more
I purchased a joker dog costume and sewed on the open back and cut out the cotton stuffing and made room for my babies arms. This is the end result of my Joker Baby Costume.
The movie “Up” was the inspiration behind this costume. Ever since it came out, it has been in the DVD player. My boyfriend and I decided he would be the perfect fit to dress up as Russel and I would dress as Mr. Fredricksen.
Well, Halloween was rolling around the corner again and it was time to start brainstorming! This year I came up with the idea of being a Magic Mirror. To make this homemade Magic Mirror costume, I used a big piece of cardboard, some Styrofoam, brown, black, gold and silver paint, some colored rhinestones, silver face … Read more
The 4 of us (Me as Alex in the middle) decided to do a group costume for this years Halloween, and what cooler group is there than Alex and his Droogs! The Homemade Clockwork Orange Group Costume was made up from what we had lying around at our homes (luckily, including the hats). The shirts … Read more
A sparkly ra-ra dress and white shoes were bought from the Thrift store $12. A blonde curly wig $7. Fake French tip nails, Plastic crown, $1, fan of money, $1 and a sash, $3. Heavy make-up finished the look of the Homemade Toddlers and Tiaras Costume.
This Homemade Scarecrow Halloween Costume was so easy, and we got so many compliments! We started with a hand-me down pair of overalls. Then we took a few patches of material from some older clothes that were now rags! We used hot glue and applied the patches randomly on the back and front of the … Read more