Halloween is our favorite time of the year. Leaves are falling, warm colors, pumpkins, ghosts and little goblins everywhere! I am the oldest of three sisters. Both my younger sisters have five kids each and I have one. Together we have 11 exciting get-ups to assemble to each personality. My middle sister is a wiz … Read more
This Bud Lightyear costume was such an easy costume to make. I already had a Bud Light shirt that I cut, but you can just tape a Bud Light symbol onto your chest too. I bought Buzz Lightyear inflatable wings at a costume store for $10. I used purple and green duct tape, and at … Read more
This is our family trick-or-treat – for the local food pantry every year to help out those families in need (we have been doing this for many years). Each year I come up with a new theme and then I hand sew each of the costumes we wear because its just another way of saying thank … Read more
This toy soldier army of three costume was a huge hit this Halloween. We perused the internet for the green army men ideas and set out on our own adventure to make this way too costume! We first had to decide which army dude each wanted to be. I chose the bazooka guy, my youngest, … Read more
Ok guys, (or should I say Gal’s) ;) here are the amazing yet quite simple ingredients for this FIERCE, FUN, RIDICULOUSLY COLORFUL costume: white long sleeved dress $13 from Forever 21, kids wing pack $19.99 @ Party City, white toe-in ladies tights $6 from Target, and bright green Tutu $6 from the amazing Amazon.com (be … Read more
This year, we chose to create Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes with the added fun of making them interactive. This is how we created the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costumes: Make potato shapes with brown material mounted on batting (we spray mounted micro suede to it!). All the parts were made of felt, … Read more
This toy soldier’s costume idea was perfect for the family and getting everyone involved. We had a Halloween wedding to attend and needed costumes for it. We talked of a group Disney costume and in the search, my husband found the toy soldier from Toy Story. We started by going to the Goodwill and Salvation … Read more
I wanted to make a costume for my three month old baby that would make it easy for me to take her out trick or treating with her older brother this Halloween. I decided that a stroller costume would be my best choice, but felt like the Cabbage Patch Doll stroller costume has been done … Read more
Every year we go to Brevard, NC for the annual Hallowenfest. They have several categories to compete in for best Halloween Costume. This year we entered into BEST Homemade costume. My son and I chose to make a Green Army Guy costume. I found a costume on Pinterest and it had great instructions. We used … Read more
I loved how unique this costume was, and I was asked how I thought of this idea throughout the night. I thought this costume would be more difficult than it was to make. I am sure that by purchasing the right color top and bottoms, people can make this costume without sewing a thing. First, … Read more
My 12 year old niece Cassandra is wearing the costume. We got a white long sleeve button shirt and painted it with yellow fabric paint. Then with red puff paint, made red swirls. On the blue jeans we sewed cow print material as chaps. For the arm cuffs we got yellow foam squares and cut … Read more
My wife saw this costume a couple years ago and we thought it was great. We have triplet twelve year old boys and they like to dress in group costumes. We gathered up old long sleeve shirts, cargo-type pants, belts and boots from around the house and local thrift stores. We used a spray paint … Read more