This costume was super easy to make! Supplies needed: *10 adult size natural color hula skirts *full or queen size flat sheet in a cream or light tan color *safety pins (medium to large size) *bowling hat *sunglasses I began with putting the flat sheet over my body to cover me (as if I were … Read more
We decided to go as the Addams Family for Halloween. I talked my 10 year old daughter into being Cousin Itt. A Cousin Itt costume is REALLY hard to find, so I decided to whip one up on my own. I had a black bowler hat already, so I just needed everything else. I spray … Read more
This year I wanted to pick a costume for my family of four. One of our favorite movies is The Addams Family, and it was a perfect fit for us, and very easy and inexpensive. This is how I made our Addams Family Halloween costume. Morticia- that’s me. I bought a cheap, long black witch’s … Read more
I used an old velvet black gown I wore to a wedding. It had a low-cut back so I wore it backwards. I bought lacy black material and sewed it on as sleeves. My husband had a gray pinstripe suit and I added the gold chain watch and mustache. I wore a long black wig, … Read more
This is a Cousin Itt Costume that I had the idea for that my mom helped me make. First we got some hair colored discount fabric and a tan knit hat from the dollar store. Then we got some yarn that was close to the fabric color. It took four 8 ounce skeins for a … Read more
With a last minute Party, we were at a loss for cool costume ideas for Halloween. We hunted through the closets and came up with a lot of black so Wednesday from the Addams Family came to mind. We simply used: A long Black shirt dress, black leggings, black boots/shoes will do. I baby powdered … Read more
Here is my family dressed in the Homemade Addams Family Costume. We even included “THING”.
This is our Homemade Addams Family Costume for Halloween. My husband was Gomez – we got him a dark suit, red tie and big fat cigar. He has a mustache drawn on with an eyeliner. I was Morticia, I wore a long black wig and long black dress. My son was Uncle Fester. We bought … Read more
I made this Homemade Cousin It from the Addams Family Costume a couple of years back. I cut hundreds of threads that I purchased all the same length and then taped together using the method of laying them even on one sheet of duct tape and the covering it with another. My original idea was … Read more
I had no idea what to have my children be and I had limited funds. So every year I try to come up with homemade costume ideas. My son was a pirate one year from a homemade costume in 2007 and I was amazed because his costume looked better than all the kids wearing store … Read more
My siblings and I were going on a cruise that fell on Halloween. The ship had a costume contest and being competitive, I wanted to win! We thought for months what would be a great group costume that would work with our body sizes and personalities. It finally hit me… since WE are a family, … Read more
This homemade Wednesday Addams costume was awesome to make. I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination so I didn’t know what I was going to do. However, I went to Goodwill and found this adult stretch polyester dress, floor length with a turtle neck. I figured I could try something. I … Read more