My boys all wanted Pokemon costumes this year and because of the total lack of Store bought Pokemon costumes I was persuaded ever so nicely to make them a Pokemon Group Costume. Ash was the easiest. One trip to the local thrift shop and I had everything I needed for him minus the small details. … Read more

On a dare from my nephew, I dressed as James from Team Rocket for a Pokemon Trading Card Game event and Halloween in the year 2000. So, I cropped an old turtleneck shirt that I bought at a Salvation Army store, sewed a felt “R” in red on the front, got a white pair of … Read more

PIKACHU COSTUME: For Pikachu’s costume, I purchased a simple yellow tube dress on clearance and altered it to the correct size/length. I purchased the yellow leg warmers on ebay. For Pikachu’s ears, I used rabbit ears leftover from Easter – I stripped the fabric off the ears and re-covered them with yellow and black felt. … Read more

My son loves Pokemon. One of his favorite Pokemon characters is Blastoise. In the past, I have had a real difficult time finding a high quality, affordable costume that will comfortably fit my son’s body type. Therefore, this year I decided to get creative and home make his Halloween costume for 2010. I recommend this … Read more

My costume is Krabby from the epic cartoon show Pokemon. I first started making the homemade Pokemon costume by drawing out the shape on a hard cardboard piece I found behind a furniture store. I painted the cardboard. Pretty simple. I had to cut a hole in the middle so my head could help carry … Read more

Prepare for trouble, and make it double. Arguably the greatest villains on a TV show, we decided they needed to be honored and remembered on the greatest of holidays. We did this Team Rocket Couple Costume with two girls, but it could definitely be even better with a guy and a girl! This costume was … Read more

I’m still making costumes for Max (see Franklin Turtle costume when he was 3). Max, at 7 years old, loved Pokemon and wanted to be Trainer Ash Kethum for Halloween. I put together this quick and easy Homemade Pokemon Trainer Ash Kethum Costume and thought I’d share it with you. I took an old red … Read more

This Awesome Pokemon Groudon Costume idea came from my 8 year old who wanted to dress as his favorite pokemon character, a Legendary Pokemon. Groudon is a lava-rock type Pokemon and his firey personality fits my 8 year old red headed boy perfectly. I made the basic form out of craft foam from a local … Read more

I decided this year to make my Halloween costume rather than buy it, and I think I am hooked! The choice of costume was never up for debate, coolest Pokemon that I could think of was Charizard. I looked around online to see if there was any part of this costume I could buy whole … Read more

This is my story: I’ve been making costumes for my oldest son since he was 2 months old. Every year since he was 4 he has been coming up with some pretty unique and challenging costumes for me to make. First he tells me what he wants to be and then the country wide search … Read more

My Dad helped me make the coolest costume ever, a Pokemon costume. Which one, you ask? A big, bad, blue Lucario, of course! To make this costume, we basically copied the instructions from Riva F.’s costume on this site, with a few exceptions. Instead of putting 1/2 inch thick foam inside the tail, we put … Read more