After looking at this site for potential Cap’n Crunch costumes I noticed people had good ideas but no one really nailed it. I came up with my own way of making this costume for literally under 30 bucks and No Sewing Needed! The Hat: Bought (4) 9×12 blue foam craft sheets. Made a hat pattern … Read more
My daughter reminded me of the Energizer Bunny because she just keeps going and going. So it was only fitting that I make her a Homemade Energizer Bunny Halloween Costume. Everyone thought it was a great costume, and my daughter loved wearing it. My mother made the bunny costume and did an excellent job, because … Read more
This Homemade Tootsie Pop Owl Costume was so fun to be. I had a great time making it, wearing it and handing out tootsie pops all day in it. I used an oversized white hoodie for my body, and covered it in hand cut white felt “feathers”. I used two long wing shaped pieces of … Read more
I wanted to make a Foreclosed Home costume for Halloween, but my mom explained that it could hurt someone’s feelings; after all there are a lot of people in California who have recently lost their homes. So then she said, “Why don’t you go as Jack?” I thought, OK, so how do I make a … Read more
It started with a white painter’s coverall provided by a friend – also available at hardware stores for about $5. I always like to have an item for the genesis of a costume. Our family brainstormed what it could be for our 10 year old son’s costume. White rabbit? Astronaut? Snowman? Our son finally settled … Read more
This is an easy made Capn Crunch costume… for the shoes I didn’t really get into it with detail (any shoes would work). For the socks I bought some blue soccer socks debating on what color blue I was going to match them with. For the pants I bought some all white classic baseball pants … Read more
I wanted to be something original this year instead of a commercial store bought idea, so for the past 2 months I searched around for an unique costume idea. I have naturally long blonde hair, so looked up famous people with blonde hair and came across the Morton Salt girl. I loved the idea of … Read more
I decided about two hours before we had to go out for Halloween activities to be “The Brawny Man”. I already had the flannel shirt (which I wear on a regular basis anyway) and I figured I could throw a fake beard on with some make-up in no time. Making the paper towel roll so … Read more
This is a twist on a Ronald McDonald costume. The costume was super easy to make and very affordable. All the clothes were bought at the goodwill and then spray painted. It consists of a suit vest, khakis, and a white collared shirt that went underneath which was taped with duct tape and then spray … Read more
We made our family of 3 the cereal monsters! Our 8 year old daughter was Boo Berry, her father was Count Chocula and I (the mommy) was Franken Berry. We had a great time making this Homemade Halloween Cereal Characters Group Costume.
These Homemade Wendy and Ronald McDonald Costumes really played to my infatuation with fast food. All in all, it took a bit of digging and the help of my girlfriend’s sewing ability to create these fun costumes. We got plenty of laughs, plus we raised awareness of Ronald and Wendy’s secret tryst. Since we could … Read more
Our 7 year old decided to choose his own costume this year; a GEICO Money Stack costume. Of course, this was a costume that you could not buy in a store. It took a lot of planning to get this costume to look good as well as to fit well. The first issue was making … Read more