I loved Lady Gaga’s outfit at the VMA’s so I decided to make it for Halloween. I made the hat out of fishnet stockings, lace, and wire pulled from an old hat. I made the mask with a full mask, cut to shape and covered with gold leafing. I made the neck corset with lace, … Read more
Gaga has inspired loads of us, including me. Well here is my homemade Lady Gaga murderer costume. It’s a collaboration of all my favorite Gaga stuff especially telephone. The uniqueness is that this is a mixture of my own inspired work and the best thing is the tape and telephone, yes that is a real … Read more
My baby’s favorite toy is her playschool gloworm toy, it also have a sentimental meaning for me (my baby was super tiny when she was born, the gloworm’s head was a lot bigger than hers, so this toy reminds me how well she is doing and how small and fragile she was). We decided to … Read more
My daughter was 9 months pregnant and came up with this great idea for a costume for herself. We just bought some tight black pants, and a black shirt at the resale store for $2.00. She got the cat tail and ears a while back at the resale store as well for $1.00. I used … Read more
Firstly, I got my idea for a Homemade Day of the Dead Pregnant Belly Costume from going to a day of the dead parade and I was kinda bummed that I was pregnant and couldn’t be a skeleton so I figured my unborn baby could be a skeleton too. So, I Googled baby skeleton X … Read more
My daughter got the idea for her Homemade Zombie Bride Halloween Costume this year from watching Michael Jackson’s Thriller video for the first time. We got an old wedding dress at our local Goodwill for $7 and soaked it in hot tea to make it look old. We did the same for her veil and … Read more
Years ago we read a suggestion in Exceptional Parent magazine to incorporate the wheelchair into the Halloween costume. We’ve had lots of fun doing just that! The Pirate in a Ship Wheelchair Costume was made using large pieces of cardboard, covered in brown paper and decorated with marker. The box easily folded flat for transporting … Read more
My 11 year old daughter made this betty rubble costume using some blue material lying around the house and her sewing machine. She just made a cylinder top, and added a neck strap to hold it. Her little cousin is the model, holding her doll to match. The skirt is also a cylinder, at the … Read more
My Homemade Jessie from Toy Story Costume was made by a few designer friends at work. We made a cardboard box and cut out a piece at the front and put some clear plastic so it looked like I was a doll in a box waiting to be sold. We made sure there was a … Read more
I made this homemade Snow White Halloween costume for my 5 year old daughter. We purchased the wig, but the rest I made from a pattern. The collar was the tricky part, I used a fusible interfacing and snaps to hold it to the dress. The sleeves are made from a nice silk I had … Read more
My twins are 15 months old. I’ve been planning on dressing them as Thing 1 & Thing 2 since last year! Their wigs were gray and I sprayed them blue with blue hairspray from the local party store. I bought red union suits and the Thing 1 & Thing 2 signs are just made from … Read more
Kermit the Frog took me about 2 weeks to construct and and alot of trial and era but finally got this masterpiece to look like the real deal. We went to a couple of big parties in arizona and placed 1st at one with over 1000 people there and 2nd at the other with over … Read more