I work at Kmart,(lame I know) but sell these giant Snickers bars, and a coworker and I were talking about them. When she also mentioned she wasn’t sure what to be for Halloween that had me thinking about costume ideas. Then it hit me! If you were to make a little town or In Paul … Read more
I made my leprechaun sitting on a pot of gold for this year’s work costume contest. I am always trying to win the most original category so this is what I came up with. The hill is made out of chicken wire. I didn’t give it any other structure, just several layers, bent and twisted … Read more
This Leprechaun is my 9 year old son Ayden’s 2013 costume. His grandmother makes his costumes every year, and every year they are always unique! We live in a small city where pretty much everyone knows each other and everyone in the area loves to see Ayden’s costumes! As you could imagine this puts a lot … Read more
The ultimate Leprechaun costume idea came to me because Halloween is such a big party night. Why not combine it with one of the other biggest party nights of the year……..St. Patricks Day! A simple white dress shirt and a pair of black dress pants rolled up like gauchos gets you started for your festive … Read more
These Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf were the first costumes I made. I got with both the kids and asked them what they want to be. We went through a lot of costume ideas, then my husband said Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf. We all loved it. I … Read more
These Sparkling Snow Queen and Her King costumes were created out of white banquet table cloths.I will start at the top. The crowns were the simple gold crowns sold in all party stores. We painted the crowns white, added fur trim to the rim and almost covered the crown with 1′ mirror squares (for extreme sparkle). To get … Read more
This Three Blind Mice Costume for Ladies is our 2012 Halloween costume, my sister-in-laws and I are big kids, and it’s tough to come up with costumes for 3, so after a little brainstorming we thought we had our costume. We started with gray Capri leggings and t-shirts, the idea blossomed from there. We purchased pink … Read more
Every year I look forward to coming up with a creative DIY costume and playing it out, but every year it’s hard to get the same excitement from my boyfriend. This year I decided to chose something simple but creative – Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue ox. His costume: I work in a sign shop, so I took … Read more
My boyfriend had been helping me through some major family drama. Times had not been fun. He loves Halloween, but we had not had time to plan anything due to my struggles. Anyhow, I was determined to make it special for him, even though my budget was very small. I used my first day off … Read more
Need a last minute idea? Three Bling Mice .. Easy as 1-2-3! All you need is a short black strechy tube skirt, black tank, gloves, leg warmers & a tail. Pink fuzzy toliet seat covers for the belly! We made holes in the shirt and cardboard then used zip ties to secure the belly! Can’t … Read more
I work at a summer camp and the day before all the kids leave all the lifeguards like to dress up in a silly group costume to entertain the kids. This was probably one of the best costumes we came up with. There are 7 of us lifeguards, and we recruited our boss to be … Read more
Jack and Jill went up with hill to fetch a pail of water…We all know the nursery rhyme, but what happened to them after? This is our interpretation of it! Seriously, last minute thrown together costumes can be the best, especially when doing a couple’s costume. We dug through our closet for our best looking … Read more