I wanted to share my costume with my son, so we decided to be Superman and coming out of a phone booth. I made the costume out of a wardrobe box. It comes complete with Clark Kent dress shirt and glasses, a public phone with phone cord (in the rear), and a crinkled front page … Read more
Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and Susie hit high school! And who do they meet there? Only their favorite reptile, Reptar! REPTAR – The Reptar costume started out with a white sweat suit which we dyed green. We also dyed an additional long sleeve shirt green so we could use the sleeve as a tail later. The … Read more
My grandson always wants to be something different than any other kid he knows. So he challenges me each year to make a unique costume. One year it was Sponge Bob. Last year, it was Patrick the starfish. This year he wanted to be Mr. Krabs! He sent a picture of him or I wouldn’t … Read more
I’ve always loved the character Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. She’s so dramatic, and I loved her headdress! The scene at the end where she turned into a dragon near the end really imprinted on my brain at an early age. That’s why I decided to make her my costume. Making the headdress of the Maleficent … Read more
Here are my versions of homemade Spongebob and Patrick costumes. Very easy to make both! Spongebob is basically a giant box with a poster taped on the front. I painted the back yellow, added the shoes to match, and am wearing a yellow shirt. Patrick was a little more complicated. He is made 100% out … Read more
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! Here’s my version of Rapunzel from the movie Tangled. I also made a version of Pascal, her pet! Rapunzel starts off with the prettiest pink cotton for the skirt and bodice inset. Then, a beautiful lavender cotton for the bodice and puffy sleeves. The sleeves have pink, satin stripes … Read more
Having learned that my favorite childhood movie, The Secret of NIMH, is currently being remade for a modern audience, I decided to bring the original characters to life this Halloween with Homemade Secret of NIMH Costumes! MRS. BRISBY – Materials Matching brown shirt, pants, gloves, extra fabric Belt Light brown fabric Red fabric 80s Rocker … Read more