Charlie brown has always been a childhood favorite of mine and I decided to search for a Charlie Brown Halloween costume from the internet by searching the internet. I got the paper mache idea from this site and other paper mache how to info from the internet. This was a two part process, first the … Read more
Our department at work decided to dress up as the Peanuts Gang for Halloween. We were inspired by Kimberly B. of Tampa FL, who submitted the Charlie Brown costume, also Lucy and Snoopy to this web site. Each one of us picked a character and made our own mask for that character. We each used … Read more
When my 4 kids wanted to be the Peanuts gang for Halloween, your site was the first place I hit – and got great ideas for paper mache heads for the 3 older ones. (I made the mouths wide open for two of them so the little ones could see better. Also, I used yarn … Read more
We actually followed a description of a Charlie Brown costume already on this site! We used large balloons (the punching balloons worked really well) and paper-Mache (one part water, one part flour and a little Elmer’s glue for strength and to keep pests away – as instructed by an elementary school art teacher). We did … Read more
I got so many compliments on this Charlie Brown and Lucy costume I decided I needed to share my idea even though it was 4 years ago. For Lucy we used a simple girls dress pattern and altered it slightly and added scallops to the neck to look like Lucy’s dress. We found four large … Read more
Our little blonde boy has a very round head and my husband used to call him Charlie Brown. Perfect idea for Halloween to make him a Charlie Brown costume! I sewed a shirt out of $1/yard yellow fabric according to a child’s shirt pattern I have used many times. I also made the black shorts … Read more
The finance department at Touchstone Behavioral Health adapted their own version of the Peanuts gang this year. The heads were designed using the punch ball balloons with paper mache and then painted and decorated with various items. This is the result of our Homemade Peanuts Group Costume.
Three of my children wanted a Charlie Brown costume so I dressed them up as Charlie Brown Lucy and Snoopy. I made all three of the costumes by hand. The oversized heads are paper Mache. It took about 5 days to make each one of these. The Paper Mache takes a while to dry. I … Read more
My friends and I are not the type to go buy a pre-made Halloween costume. We like to be creative, original and more importantly, we like to dress up as a group. So the Homemade Peanuts Cartoon Costumes were a perfect choice. We worked on our costumes for 6 consecutive days. The paper mache heads are … Read more
We have always loved “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” so for our son’s first Halloween we decided to make him a Charlie Brown costume. It was fairly simple and fairly cheap to make. (As you can see from the photo) Total Spent: $10
Our bank participated in a Christmas Parade in our city. The theme for the parade was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is our best photo from the day and includes, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty, Freida, Lucy and Snoopy, Pigpen and Sally Brown. We blew up balloons, covered them with plastic wrap and then covered them … Read more
After putting this build off for a number of years I finally made this Charlie brown costume. Very simple and cheap! First off I found a large enough box. After cutting it into shape I glued the flaps to the peaks. Don’t be shy with the glue. I cut a hole for me to stand … Read more