Homemade Chicken Costume: I bought a cheap feather pillow at Big Lots ($3.99) and a can of spray adhesive … and a long sleeve white tee … sprayed one side of the tee and patted the loose feathers onto the adhesive. I bought orange ladies scrub pants for chicken feet, and used the spray adhesive … Read more
This Homemade Geico Money Costume was my costume for Halloween last year. I always cracked up at the commercials so I thought it would be fun to do it! There were several others who attempted to do it before, but I wanted to do better! I started making this costume a little at a time … Read more
We have been working on my Captain Morgan costume for about four months. I decided to do a costume you can’t buy. I have tried to include every detail. Sword, gun, cape and belt are custom made from a saddle shop. Everything I could do. It appeared to be so authentic that I went downtown … 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.