I’ve always made my son’s Halloween costumes and this year was no different. My son is 10 years old, so I’ve had many years of practice. I started thinking about an idea for his costume in May or June and eventually narrowed the choice down to either the Grinch or Shrek. I started pricing lime … Read more
When my school announced that we could wear Christmas themed fancy dress on the last day before we broke up for Christmas me and my best friend knew it had to be something special as our school was never this much fun! We needed something that was original but could be done cheaply and that … Read more
These costumes were inexpensive and very fun to make. For Thing 1 and 2, I purchased red-footed sleepers ($5 a piece at Target), cut out 2 pieces of white felt in the shape of circles and wrote “Thing 1” & “Thing 2” in black marker, then safety-pinned them to the front of the sleepers. For … Read more
Our four year old was going to be The Cat In The Hat for Halloween and very much wanted his two brothers (ages two and 8 months) to be Thing 1 & Thing 2. I did not like any of the costumes available in stores (and none would fit the baby) so I found this … Read more
This Cat in the Hat Costume was for world book day for my 6 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 … Read more
This is a Homemade Cindy Lou Who Halloween Costume for my 6 year old daughter. I found an adult red velvet cape from a vampire costume from years’ past and cut it to my daughter’s size. I then added white fur trim around the hood and edges. She wore her Christmas dress from last year. … Read more
I wanted to think of something fun for my boys so I came to this site for inspiration. I found the homemade Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes and I knew that was what I wanted to do. Making these costumes was very easy. I bought red sweatsuits, white felt, and black fabric paint for … Read more
My daughter wanted a DIY Cindy Lou Who Child Halloween Costume for Halloween this year. I knew it had been done few few times with the everyday dress but we decided to do a take on the dress at the final feast. I found the perfect fabrics, consulted with my “client” on how the dress … Read more
It took a few weeks, but we finally decided on a “Cat in the Hat” family theme for Halloween 2010. I bought a goldfish costume ($12) for my 6-month-old. My 2- and 3-year-old boys went as Thing 1 and Thing 2 (very fitting!). I bought red long-sleeved tees and sweat from Wal-mart ($14 total), 2 … Read more
My mother in law and I sewed up these Pregnant Twiddle Dum and Twiddle Dee Costume. We bought a monkey pattern and tweeked it a little! We did not add a tail and we made mittens for the hands, then we sewed the feet into the costume. It really did not take us too long. … Read more
The hardest part of this cute Homemade Cindy Lou Who Halloween Costume is finding all the pieces to make it as authentic as possible and still remaining within budget. If you start early enough most items can be found at a second hand store or borrowed from friends/family. The key pieces are the plaid dress … Read more
I was Cat in the Hat and bought the bow tie, hat and gloves as a set at a costume store. I also purchased a black tail. I wore a black turtleneck and black sweat pants. I went and purchased some furry fabric from WalMart and cut it in a large oval and sewed it … Read more