To make my husband’s Grandma nightgown, I took a full size sheet, sewed it up in a nightgown shape, which was a challenging task considering my husband’s size and shape. I attached elastic around the bottom of sleeves, then hot glued lace around the sleeves and bottom of gown. The nightcap is a shower cap with eyelet lace material sewed … Read more
My 5-year old son has a crazy-dedicated obsession with BigFoot. Daddy’s bedtime stories tend to star the big guy, who always decides to befriend my son. My son thinks those stories are real. His favorite movie is “Harry and the Hendersons.” So it was no shocker when he wanted to be Bigfoot this Halloween. Problem … Read more
My Evil Queen costume this year was a smash hit at the party! I went to a Disney party and boy was it fun to be mistaken for the real deal. but getting there was half the battle. Sewing this was tough being I DON’T sew and really have not had any sewing training whatsoever, … Read more
We wanted a unique costume that could be easily removed without having to wear a special outfit or apply a lot of makeup. 2 foam boards cut into the mirror frame with a portion of half a pool noodle (cut hot dog style – not hamberger) sandwiched between the two to create depth. Spandex fabric … Read more
As a new mommy I wanted to create a couple costume for my son and I. I brainstormed several combinations and finally decided on the cute couple Princess SnowWhite and the cutest dwarf Dopey; only because I shower my baby boy with kisses just like in the movie Dopey loves kisses. To start off I … Read more
Hi my name is Elena. This is the first year I decided I was no longer buying store bought costumes for my children. Their ages are 7, 5, 2, and a month old. I decided to make a homemade costume for each but wanted all of them to be in the same theme. I choose … Read more
There are a couple different versions of the Big Bad Wolf costume, but not all are pictured due to my 4 year old not wanting to wear certain things or give good pics. I created this simple wolf costume by buying a pair of plain brown sweat pants and long sleeved flannel shirt at the … Read more
Okay, so we (oh, by ‘we’ i mean 3 best friends from the North East of England) we found out about a really cool Halloween party which would be held in one of Newcastle’s art galleries. After not a lot of persuasion at all we bought tickets and began to get our brains ticking to … Read more
I suppose every little girl desires to become a princess once, so.. Snow White it is! I decided to keep this costume very simple; a blouse and a skirt. Mirror, mirror on the wall… inspiration Making the blouse I tailored the blouse without using a pattern (out of my head) using my girl’s measurements, handstitched it, … Read more
When my girlfriend and I decided to dress up for Halloween this year, we definitely wanted to make our costumes ourselves. We figured we wanted to do something cute and simple but we wanted to make sure we looked good. Adam and Eve was one of our first choices and we stuck with it. Little … Read more
Every year, we look at ourselves and decide what couple we could play convincingly, so our looks will lend to our costume. We were a shoe in for Woody and Bo-Peep. Sick and tired of all of my peers going around in short miniskirts and cat ears, or X-Rated Disney princesses, I decided you could … Read more
My husband and I went as Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox for Halloween this year. Since my husband isn’t too fond of dressing up, I chose a costume that would be almost exactly like what he wears on a day-to-day basis (a button-up flannel shirt and jeans) and added suspenders…voila’, a homemade Paul … Read more