Every year my daughter wants a unique costume of her own. She doesn’t want anyone else to be like her. So I have found that the best way to achieve this is to make one! Here is the Holstein cow costume that she wanted to be last year. Body: I took a white sweatshirt that … Read more
Our daughter had the cutest baby chicken costume ever! I took an onesie and put it inside a one piece turtle neck. I sewed the two garments to each other at the arm holes, leg holes and neck hole. I put lots of batting between the two garments and snapped the crotches closed. I then … Read more
I stink at using a sewing machine, first off, so I am pretty proud that I hand sewed these four bat costumes. Although there were nights of wine, tears and frustration, my husband, Ed, was a good sport and my kids, Adelaide and Andrew had a blast. T he bat costumes were constructed mainly of … Read more
Prickly the porcupine was made for a two year old severely OCD boy. Making his costume was a challenge of measuring a pair of pajamas for the faux fur fabric to making a separate cape of quills made out of zip ties and white tape sewed to the cape. We then attached it all with … Read more
Ever want to have a great vampire costume with wings that retract and expand without emptying your bank account? This is the one for you. To do this cool wing effect, you will need the following: 8 eyebolts, lots of washers, short machine screws with nuts, two long threaded bolts without heads, dirt bike vest, … Read more
Our 4th daughter left for college this year, so our “empty nest” was the inspiration behind our Halloween costume. We decided to dress up as chickens whose chicks “flew the coop”. All of our daughters are in college right now so in the cracked eggs (paper mached balloons using flour, water and salt and scrap … Read more
This year I had a Homemade Zebra Halloween Costume Idea! After making my peacock costume last year, a solely black and white costume would be super different. I started by painting my entire body white with Ben Nye white matte makeup (my friend helped get my back). Then, we painted my forearms and legs (under … Read more
Hi! I’m Erica, a 12-year-old, and this Bambi Deer costume was completely handmade by myself. It consists of two parts, the headpiece, and the tutu. This is a no sewing required costume, and from head-to-toe, it only cost me $12. The whole costume probably took me more than 8 hours to make, but the time … Read more
This is my 5th year creating a homemade costume for my dogs. In all prior years, my dogs’ costumes have been food related, but this year I decided to do something different. I recently started sewing and decided the perfect costume would be pincushions for the dogs with me being a pile a of scrap … Read more
For the Peacock costume, I will start with the top and work down. For the headpiece, I sewed together 4 fascinator hat bases in blue satin to form a dome shape. This “hat” was them covered in swirled pipe cleaners. I made the corona feathers by painting shish kebob skewers white, then glueing feathers on … Read more
So this one is completely unique idea we come up with. Making the costume took us a couple of days, but the costume got many feedbacks and compliments! The material we have used: For the flamingo: Pink feather boas Goggle eyes Elastic Scissors Glue Pink, black and Yellow EVA Half styrofoam ball Pink headband For … Read more
Channel the proud and striking peacock for a show-stopping peacock costumes this Halloween. Strut your stuff in these uniquely homemade costume designs. In addition, if you’re looking to steer away from princess costumes, these regal peacock costumes make a sparkly and fun alternative. So, fluff up your feathers and check out the most awesomely beautiful … Read more