The base of this homemade Kaiba from Yugioh child Halloween costume idea was a woman’s dress from Goodwill. The zipper was removed and the dress cut down the middle, the front of the jacket is actually the back of the dress. Darts were added to bring in the waistline and make it fit a child … Read more
I wore my homemade Wonder Woman costume during a super heroes parade for a Bachelorette party and then for a Carnival (the theme was television). I always loved the character of Wonder Woman, I used to read the comic book and watch the series and Justice league. I chose to come back at the origins … Read more
After seeing the movie Up when it came out on DVD sometime around November 2009, I knew that I was going dress in a House and Carl Fredricksen From Pixar’s UP DIY Costume the following Halloween. I started making the costume in September this year and it took me up until the day before my … Read more
This was my cheap and easy Rocky and Bullwinkle costume. All I did for Rocky was buy an Amelia Earhart head gear and spray painted it blue. I also wore swimming goggles for my pilot’s eyewear. I then made took a long gray sock and stuffed it with other socks to make my tail. The … Read more
A few weeks before Halloween we had a Skunk fall in our window well. It sprayed several times and our house stunk so bad! We had to steam clean everything. It was a crazy few days trying to get rid of the smell. I saw the skunk costume for sale on an online ad and … Read more
My children attend a school where they are given a theme for the costume dances. This year’s theme was ‘Disneyland’. I have four children so they each thought of which character they’d like to be. My sophomore son decided he wanted to be Chip from Beauty and the Beast! * I started looking for ideas … Read more
My son wanted a Toothless the Dragon DIY Halloween costume this year. So I bought a black sweatshirt and pants at a secondhand store. I decorated the hood of the sweatshirt to make the dragon face by cutting and gluing on felt shapes for the eyes, tongue and teeth. I painted on the nose with … Read more
This Buzz Lightyear costume is actually quite easy to build. After finding something approximately the right dimensions I paper matched the pieces for the upper part of the body. I cut them down to the correct size and taped them together in the appropriate positions. For the midriff I used some black material, stuffed it … Read more
My son loves Monsters Inc and he wanted a Monster Inc. costume so he decided to be Mike Wazowski for Halloween. To make Mike’s body I used a large air-filled rubber ball that I got at Wal-Mart for less than two dollars. To create the eye I duct taped a Styrofoam ball cut in half … Read more
After seeing the cheap look of the Bob the Builder store costumes we decided to make our own Bob the builder costume. We already had the overalls and just needed a few more items which we found at a thrift store; we found the hard hat, shoes, belt and shirt. Our son loved it! The … Read more
My son Alex wanted to be Doc Oc. and of course there are no costumes for him. So we came up with original costume ideas that we saw on the web. The “arms” are noodles (like you use in a pool) spray painted with silver spray paint, wire for the claws and tin foil wrapped … Read more
We wanted to be something very obvious but did not want to buy our costumes or borrow someone else’s. We thought of doing Disney villains but figured it might be too common. We liked Cruella so we decided to to a Cruella and her Dalmatians Group Costume because we have not seen that combination together. … Read more