Last year, in 2010, me and my boyfriend decided to wear a Toy Story’s costume in a Carnival’s party, he like a Wood and me like a Little Bo Peep. It was easy and cost us very cheap, because we used items of clothing we already had in the closet, others we made and some … Read more
One of my favorite Disney movies is Toy Story and I wanted to come up with a great group costume, so instead of the traditional characters of Woody, Jessie, and the gang, I decided we should be the Bucket O Soldiers – 5 green toy soldiers. We bought used Army fatigues, belts, and boots from … Read more
This homemade Little Bo Peep and sheep costume was made to be funny. Normally, Little Bo Peep would be a girl and the sheep the boy. But in our case, we decided switching roles – would make it that much better. Ben plays the role of Little Bo Peep, strutting a pink skirt and hat … Read more
For this Toy Plastic Soldier Costume – pants and jacket were bought from a thrift store. I chose a raincoat and pants which had a slick material. I bought the utility belt, riffle, canteen, and walkie talkie from the dollar store. I used a pair of old work boots for my shoes. I had to … Read more
Ok, so due to the economy we are super broke. I decided to make my 4 year old the best costume ever, because I can be VERY creative at times! :) I got together some recycling and a big cardboard box, a hot glue gun, and VOILA… created a homemade WALL-E child costume! My son … Read more
You can’t just come up with costumes like this overnight! We started by upping our gym regiments four months before Halloween. But other than that, here is how we developed the Homemade X Men Wolverine and Mystique Costume. Wolverine – The claw-things are made of wood, we could not use anything that could be mistaken … Read more
I am constantly on the lookout for costume ideas so I pick up pieces and bits at yard sales and thrift stores in hopes that I can use them one day. This Corpse Bride costume started with the wig which I found at a yard sale for $1, and a boy’s skeleton costume that I … Read more
My friends and I saw a poster advertising the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie and this became the inspiration for our Homemade Alvin and the Chipmunks Group Costume. We went to Value Village and found oversized men’s coloured T-shirts in the 3 colours we needed. We put our own touches on them; I (for Alvin) … Read more
Our son wanted to be Lightning McQueen this Halloween so we pulled out his toy cars and coloring book for ideas on the look and shape. I drew a pattern on paper and then traced 2 side panels on coroplast (corrogated plastic). I cut those out using an exacto knife. For the hood and middle … Read more
With my son being 1&1/2 and Family Guy being such an awesome show I decided a Homemade Stewie Griffin Halloween Costume Idea was the way to go. I bought a long sleeved yellow shirt and red conductor striped overalls that I dyed red to give a two tone appearance like corduroy. I painted white leather … Read more
I could not decide what I was going to go as for Halloween and I was looking all over the internet for an interesting/funny idea. One afternoon my sister and I were sitting in her living room just throwing out different ideas. Then sitting there on the couch I looked at my 3 year old … Read more
This Homemade Alvin and the Chipmunks Group Costume is super easy! Just used regular t-shirts, and foam with self adhesive strips for the letters. We found ears at the Dollar store and I found a cheap red hat to use for Alvin. Leggings and tube socks helped unify our costumes.