I got the idea for a leprechaun costume when my redheaded son put a green bowl on his head pretending it was a hat. He looked too cute! I looked for costume but there was nothing but cheap ugly costumes online. I went to the fabric store and got a $.99 boys suit pattern (easy) … Read more
This Gingerbread Man Costume was for world book day for my 12 year old son. He wanted something different and found a picture of a small child wearing something similar and we worked from that. As he was going to be wearing the costume all day we did not want an ‘all in one’ costume. … Read more
This is our Homemade Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Couple Costume. Peter=Jeans, white t-shirt with Peter written in black marker, suspenders, straw hat from thrift store, pumpkin seeds and cheese whiz for the effect of “eating the pumpkin”. Pumpkin(sexy)-Kids pumpkin top filled with newspaper for fullness. Black tights and black boy shorts underwear. High heels.
My granddaughter wanted a Little Bo Peep Girl Costume for Halloween ! So I looked at premade costumes, they were not very cute! I bought a simple little girls dress pattern and made her a dress and then also made a pinafore with lots of ribbon details. I also made her bonnet by guessing, it … Read more
First for the sheep, I bought a white sweatshirt and a cheap($3) pair of white capris (they were women’s but they were stretchy and worked great). I cut the sweatshirt to about elbow length. I used a hot glue gun and glued all the cotton balls only on the front of both the shirt and … Read more
This homemade Little Bo Peep and sheep costume was made to be funny. Normally, Little Bo Peep would be a girl and the sheep the boy. But in our case, we decided switching roles – would make it that much better. Ben plays the role of Little Bo Peep, strutting a pink skirt and hat … Read more
I decided to take a very common and yet simple costume and make it more exciting. So I decided that I would make Little Red Riding Hood a Bad A$$. I bought the regular costume and added my own touch. I smeared mud on my white knee high stockings and cut them up, added scratches … Read more
My little guy wanted to be the frog prince… so to bump it up a notch we decided to make him a kissing booth under. Prince charming needs help to find a princess to kiss right..lol.. and so we made a DIY frog prince Halloween costume. We created a simple frog pattern costume… made a … Read more
This Adam and Eve Couple Costume took me approx. 40 hours to make. For Eve, first I bought nude color panties and bra. I sewed clear elastic for straps to add to the effect of wearing just leaves. I then hand sewed every leaf onto the garments with fake plants I found at the craft … Read more
I started out wanting to be BoPeep and so I started making my costume, and found that I wasn’t much for sewing, so inevitably I gave that task to my mom. She made my daughter’s costume with clearance fabric from Walmart ($10). I got a cane and wrapped it with pink ribbon for the staph. … Read more
My fiance mentioned the idea first for a Homemade Little Bo Peep and her Sheep Costume, not realizing I was going to give it my best shot. After finding an old square dancing dress and crinoline at a thrift store, I decided there was no turning back. To finish “Bo Peep’s” outfit I bought a … Read more
My Lil Bo Peep costume was handmade by one of my best friend’s. We found a pattern for a similar outfit at the material store and then added our own special touches to the costume. My staff was made by my fiance’s dad. He used some kind of electrical pipe and then covered it with … Read more