First of all thank you to all those who submit to this site. I have modified and made many of the costumes. 1. This Homemade Hamster on a Wheel Costume was the result of brainstorming ideas over dinner one night. Before the end of the meal we had pretty much the whole costume thought out. … Read more
Well let me just start by saying that I love, love, love Halloween! It is absolutely without a doubt my favorite holiday. Every year when I feel that first cool crisp autumn breeze and begin to smell the vague scent of fall that lingers in the air. I then know that it is time once … Read more
I wanted to be a peacock for a few years now, but all of the peacock costumes out there were too revealing for my liking. I also wanted something more outlandish, larger, and on more of a full scale level. My friend decided to have a Halloween costume ball for her wedding reception so I … Read more
We dressed our son as a Peacock for his School activity. It was not an easy task before a lot of homework. First we bought a royal blue jersey material and made a two piece costume including the head, fingers and toes. Peacock feathers are easily available in the market, we pasted them on a … Read more
The trunk of this White Tiger Halloween costume is separate from head and boots. The head was made from a pattern of a hoodie and I made ears from a 1/2 of a dixie cup shape. Trunk was patterned from a large size boy sweat suit and boots were made of Crocs with fur outlined … Read more
I built a fireplace with a mantle out of foam core and covered it with brick contact paper. The Homemade Deer over a Fireplace Costume was affixed to me using 2 straps/belts that crisscrossed in the back and attached to the foam core above and below the mantle. On the mantle itself, I created a … Read more
This is my son Max (3 yrs) as Franklin , Noggin’s TV character that originates from the popular children’s books. To create the turtle shell I blew up a balloon and covered half of it with papier-mache found at the craft store. Once it hardened I popped the balloon and had a hollow shell. I … Read more
I love to make my children’s costumes every year. I look forward to Halloween just to make their costumes. I decided on a lamb costume for my two year old because it was going to be so fast and simple because I was making my six year old a shark costume that was going to … Read more
I dressed my son up in a parrot costume and I went as a pirate! I got the idea off of this website. I loved the little chicken costume but I didn’t want him to be a chicken. I wanted to dress up as something that went along with him. This is how I made … Read more