The best part about this Rainbow Brite Homemade Halloween Costume is that it is warm for trick-or-treating and since procrastination is only done best at the last minute, I finished it in less than one week. Fortunately, fleece was on sale when I decided to make this costume and since it is freezing cold most … Read more

I debated a long time with what to be this year…and finally picked after my husband decided he was going to be Optimus Prime. I picked Rainbow Brite for 2 reasons 1: HELLO, it’s Rainbow Brite, how awesome is that!! and number 2: Cause I like to do the Couples costume thing with Adam, this … Read more

I made this Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume for a Saturday morning cartoon theme party I attended and wore it again for Halloween last year. I made it from scraps of fabric and sewing together in to tubes and stuffing them with a light stuffing. I sewed the dress and made the belt with fabric and … Read more

This Rainbow Brite Costume was a very fun and rather easy costume to put together. It was inspired of course from my own childhood favorite character Rainbow Brite! I made the top as a long sleeve shirt and sewed in each color ring after I finished the sleeves. I did have part of a pattern … Read more

I made the entire Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume with the exception of the wig, shoes and tights! The arm warmers are actually a pair of tights with the feet cut off and slipped onto the arms. I bought most of my supplies at a fabric store. I LOVE how the skirt part is extra shiny! … Read more

My Rainbow Brite costume proved to be an affordable and fun adventure. The project began about 7 years ago, and every couple of years, I chose a few pieces to improve or rebuild. Finally, I feel that my current costume best reflects what the original doll would have worn. At $1.85 per yard, the shiny … Read more

I like to be “hard to find” costumes for Halloween. I’ve wanted to do this Homemade Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume for over a year and finally had the resources to do it.

This was my first attempt in making a costume. I made the entire Rainbow Brite costume as well as the wig. Growing up, Rainbow Brite was my hero! So I decided to be her for Halloween. It was such a hit. Everyone at the Halloween party I attended raved about it. I had so much … Read more

I decided to be Rainbow Brite this year for Halloween and going through the tons of pages of lame store versions I finally realized that it would be completely better if I made my own version of a Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume. So I went to Goodwill to find something big and blue for the … Read more

Like every other girl growing up in the 1980’s, I was obsessed with the cartoon Rainbow Brite. For whatever reason, it is not something I grew out of. So when my friends and I decided to dress up as 80’s characters to go out for Halloween this year, I immediately knew what I wanted my … Read more

I made this Homemade Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume out of an old bridesmaid dress that I found at a thrift store for $10. I cut off the bottom and used the excess to make the sleeves and wristbands. I used rainbow socks for the leggings and arm warmers and sequin suspenders that I found at … Read more

For my 28th birthday, I decided to have a ’80s cartoon’ theme. Rainbow Brite was one of my favourite cartoons from the 80’s so it made sense that I wanted to recreate the look for my birthday. I was quite disappointed that the ‘ready made’ outfits seem to cater more for strippers rather than people … Read more