This “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” Couple Costume was inspired by Mo Willems’ book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! These boys are brothers, and this book is one of their favorites! Little brother Callum is always trying to steal big brother Casimir’s toys, so it was quite fitting for Casimir to … Read more
One of the best 70’s movies of all time (in my opinion) is Smokey and the Bandit. From the 77’ Trans Am to the eighteen wheeler carrying a truck load of bootleg Coors beer, throw in some CB lingo and this movie is a southern classic. The Homemade Smokey and the Bandit Couple Costume was … Read more
I made the Homemade Terminator Costume from the movie “T2: Judgment Day”. I am a huge fan of the Terminator movies and T2 was the best one ever made (even today). I will start with the clothing. I wore black leather pants and jacket. Black shirt underneath and Arnolds classic glasses. They are a pair … Read more
For Halloween me and a group of my friends had this homemade hangover costume idea and decided to be the guys from the movie ‘The Hangover’. For each character we had different things that we had to get. For Doug (the guy getting married): We just found him some simple dress clothes at a local … Read more
My Mom has a party every year so we dressed up as “Something About Mary”. Mary Costume: Mom bought a simple red dress at a thrift shop, got a short blonde wig & a piece of hair was gelled up in the air. She had a stuffed little dog that we bandaged up. Hers was … Read more
This R2D2 costume was so much fun to make. My oldest son was Darth Vader and my youngest son was Yoda, so keeping with the Star Wars theme I had to come up with a character for my middle son. I kept searching for something to catch my eye, but none of the store costumes … Read more
I bought the wig on eBay for this Jack Sparrow costume. The bone comb is a wooden spoon handle. The chest belt is a belt I found at a thrift store and safety pined to an old shirt. I bought the jacket at the same thrift store. The sash was made by tying together a … Read more
Here are my boys Jacob age 7 and Joseph age 5 as Thing 1 and Thing 2. The costume was made from a pattern for an animal jumpsuit (it came with the pattern for the mittens and foot covers so it was perfect for this costume idea). The names on the front are on sticky … 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
Alice in Wonderland characters are always a good go-to for a Halloween costume. But you just can’t go with a run-of-the-mill Wonderland costume if you want to impress; you have to create a really good one. I decided to base my costume on both the new Johnny Depp version of the Mad Hatter and the … Read more
After watching the new Alice in Wonderland my daughter decided she HAD to be the character Alice played “Um from Umbridge”. I watched the movie and scoured the internet for photos and ended up putting a camera on a tri-pod and pausing the movie to see the different views and then making this Homemade Um … Read more