Best DIY Minion Costume Ever!

Best DIY Minion Costume Ever!

“Bee do bee do bee do!  Baboi! Baboi! Mom, I want to be a Minion for Halloween!!” ecstatically exclaimed my eight-year-old middle guy. For this child to actually WANT to be anything for Halloween is just shy of amazing! You see, my middle son is diagnosed with high-functioning autism and sensory integration dysfunction, which means, … Read more

Super Awesome Demona Costume from Disney’s Gargoyles

Super Awesome Demona Costume from Disney's Gargoyles

For those who never saw Disney’s brilliant cartoon TV series Gargoyles, I pity you. It was an amazing, gritty cartoon that showcased some brilliant writing along with tie ins to actual history and Shakespeare. My favorite character from this show was Demona, originally part of the main gargoyle clan who went her own way when … Read more

Totally Awesome Ninja Turtle Costume for a Little Boy

Totally Awesome Ninja Turtle Costume for a Little Boy

My son wanted to be Raph from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so I knew I would have to make something homemade. What is funny is that several years back my friends and I had dressed up like the Ninja Turtles and I too was Raph. The first step was to find a matching green … Read more

Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

My son wanted to be a Minion for Halloween but at the store the costumes we saw looked like sacks. I knew I could do better than that. Since I work all the time, I could only do the costume on weekends. I got a paper and pen and drew a schedule for how long I had until Halloween. I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Despicable Me Minions Costume

Coolest Homemade Despicable Me Minions Costume

P.S. if my English is bad, excuse me, I am a French Canadian. Last year, a friend of mine and me decided to do Lego costumes for Halloween and won 1st place in two different bars, so we decided to participate again this year. We brainstormed for about two weeks and ended up with the … Read more

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

This was my first year ever making homemade costumes. I’ve done the makeup before but nothing like this! My 3 kids wanted to be the characters from Monsters Inc. So this is Boo, her brother was Mike and her sister was Sully. We started the job by hunting down the fabric. First we would raid … Read more

Original Homemade Marge Simpson Costume

Cool Homemade Marge Simpson Costume

A few years back I dressed up as Marge Simpson. I didn’t want to buy a costume so I made my own. My hair piece is bubble wrap painted blue. The dress I had for along time. The necklaces I made with clay that you put in the oven to harden. I used yellow body … Read more

Original DIY Couple Costume: Ninja Turtle and Shredder

Original DIY Couple Costume: Ninja Turtle and Shredder

Everything in this Ninja Turtle and Shredder Costume expect for the weapons and the Ninja Turtle nose, were homemade. The Ninja Turtle Costume: Round Sledding Disk Green Sticky Foam Yellow Sticky Form Brown Foam Red Fabric Ninja Turtle nose bought online Green Fabric Green Paint Brown Spray Paint The most work was put into the shell … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

This Mike Wazoski Halloween costume was so much fun to make! My kids wanted to make our own costumes this year, for the first time, and they chose the characters from Monsters Inc. My son was Mike, and my daughters were Sully and Boo. I got the idea on how to make Mike while I was … Read more

A HULK of a Homemade Costume!

A HULK of a Homemade Costume!

Hulk and the Avengers were always my favorite characters ever. I have seen those movies dozens of times and wanted to bring the energy from the big screen to life. I sat down at my kitchen table one night trying to come up with my next great costume idea and it hit me, what better … Read more

Awesome Homemade Ken and Barbie Toy Story 3 Couple Costume

Awesome Homemade Ken and Barbie Toy Story 3 Couple Costume

It’s always difficult to find a couples costume that allows for both parties to be recognizable when they are away from each other. After searching through several ideas, and really wanting an excuse to wear a wig, we settled on Workout Barbie and Safari Ken from Toy Story 3. I thought it would be a … Read more

Coolest Homemade Duff Crew Group Costume Idea

Coolest Homemade Duff Crew Group Costume Idea

We were a group of girls and just one guy so I had the idea to go as DUFF Man and his chearleaders… DUFF MAN Hand paint the shirt and his hat Print some Duff can Logos and glue it on empty cans. Then attached the cans to his belt. You can use a blonde wig … Read more