My dress was purchased at the local thrift store. It was a witch and I added the bottom. The necklace from Wal-Mart kids Halloween items. Morticia took a bouquet of rose stems for the party host. Gomez’s suit is also from the thrift store. His hair was craft fur, a little sewing and a lot … Read more
The idea for this Homemade Cousin Itt Halloween Costume actually came to me after last year’s Halloween. When I was 14, I made a wig for a Halloween costume using the same technique. Not that I’m 14 any longer, not have been for many years. It is made using Sisal Baler Twine available from a … Read more
While searching for easy to make costumes, we decided that my son Joshua would make a good Uncle Fester. I bought several yards of brown burlap and my sister sewed the robe together. We salvaged a fur collar from an old coat and attached it to the top. The final step was shaving Josh’s head. … 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
Our office decided upon the Addams family as the party’s theme was ‘movie characters’. “Cousin It” was made using 3 hula skirts wrapped at the neck of the person playing that part. We handmade a felt hat to fit over her head and cut a hole for her eyes then glued a piece of netting … Read more