We all LOVE the Kia hamsters commercial and decided to make them for Halloween this year! The heads are made out of paper mache and fur using painted door stops for the eyes. Cutting out the mouth and some of the eyes gave us breathing room and somewhere to see out of. This KIA “Party … Read more
I got an idea for turning our six month old into the Pillsbury Doughboy for Halloween. We already had a long sleeve white onsie and white cotton pants so I bought a small piece of white material to make his neck handkerchief. I went to a restaurant supply store for the chef’s hat and had … Read more
I started this Homemade Colonel Sanders Riding a Chicken Costume about 10 days before Halloween. I began by bending chicken wire to shape the outline of the chicken itself. When that was in place, it gave it 4 layers of paper mache. There was a large hole left in the middle for me to stand … Read more
We got this idea for a Homemade Mr. Peanut Halloween Costume from an online source, but it didn’t have a picture, so I wanted to share our finished creation. We used a twin size “egg crate” mattress cover—the perfect color. I folded it in half, and cut a hole in the fold for my son’s … Read more
I decided to theme all three of kids together as fast food Icons. We have Colonel Sanders, that I fashioned from an old pair of sunglasses with the lenses popped out, a red apron with a piece of a KFC biscuit box cut out for the KFC, a piece of black ribbon for the tie … Read more
This Homemade Mister Peanut Halloween Costume was the funnest costume I ever created. In MN its cold during Halloween so I stayed nice and toasty! For the body I used faux wool material cut out in the shape of a peanut and gathered elastic through the bottom for the bubble effect. Next I sponge painted … Read more
My daughter LOVES salty so we got a big ball and paper mached the crap outta it, added some ears and painted the head white with some Krylon. Inside we got some surgical tubing and epoxied it to some bbq squirt bottles and filled them with salt then duct taped them to the top inside … Read more
With mr peanut I started gathering fencing and tried to make two nut shells out of the fencing by bending and tying the wires together. Same with the hat. Then took yellow duct tape covered the entire shell and covered the hat also. The cane is an old candy cane wrapped in duct tape. Then … Read more
We love the E*Trade baby commercials and we decided to dress our 11 month old son in a Homemade Etrade Baby Costume. At first when we thought of the idea I was a little worried not enough people would understand. But I was definitely wrong, it was a big hit and everyone thought our son … Read more
Easy Progressive Lady Costume I put together for myself on Halloween. I had to be in a costume to go out with my family but I could not be spooky for my 6 year old so I always laughed about the Progressive Insurance lady in the commercials. So I found solid a white shirt & … Read more
My friend and I decided to dress up as the KIA Soul Hamsters from the commercial. We love Halloween and make our own costumes every year but this year was by-far our favorite costumes. We bought all the matericals from boots to furs at the local thrift store and came out to about $20/costume. We … Read more
I had a Chihuahua as a pet. I wanted to be the Taco Bell dog. I started this dog costume by trying to make the head out of paper Mache’. It burst and I made a mess in the kitchen. I went to the store and purchased four different size balls. I taped them all … Read more