I wanted to make a big Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume for a long time but never thought I could do it. I made this for Halloween this year and I think it’s going to be my best costume ever. It was done all in one week and all hand stitched and stuffed. The head … Read more
Here is our Completely Homemade Ghostbuster and StayPuft. All but the Ghostbuster patches were homemade. We had a great time and the Stay Puft was the center of attention all night. He WAS hard to miss! Our Ghostbuster pack was packed with lights. We used battery operated LED Christmas lights and blinky star lights in … Read more
We did this Homemade Pippi Longstocking Costume for “Favorite Book Character” Day at school and it turned out really cute so I thought we would share. We used a dress we already had. There was no purchase necessary. I cut fabric from old clothes we did not want anymore and made the patches to sew … Read more
Every year we ask our son, Caenen, what he wants to be for Halloween around August because he usually has a very tall order. This year he wanted to be a Lego guy. He is a Lego fanatic and just as fanatical about Star Wars, so we decided to combine the 2 ideas and make … Read more
We went through a major Star Wars phase recently. My daughter wanted to be Ayla Secura, the female Jedi. Ayla Secura is a blue creature with 2 big blue tentacle type things coming out of her head. We went to a local beauty supply store and bought a tube of blue costume paint and a … Read more
My 6 year old daughter was recently introduced to the “Star Wars” saga and she absolutely loved and wanted to be the heroine character of Princess Leia. After scouring the internet, and not coming across anything that wasn’t overtly risky (like the slave costume) or goofy, like the fake-looking brown ear muffs intended to be … Read more
This is my home made storm trooper from Star Wars. He’s constructed from billion boxes and egg boxes, duct tape, loo rolls, a cider bottle and loads of newspaper. It took me a few weeks to complete but I think the result was all worth it. And yes I do have far too much time … Read more
This year my friend had a Halloween party, we had it the week before so I made a Homemade Teen Wolf Costume inspired by the prom scene from the original 1985 film. The hair: I bought a love guru wig and beard set from ebay and customised by making shorter and attaching some flesh coloured … Read more
I went all out for this Teen Wolf costume and it really paid off. I purchased a high school basketball uniform and had the team name and number screen-printed onto it. I also went on eBay and purchased a full body wolf suit. I picked up the remaining makeup from the Halloween USA store. The … Read more
My husband always love the book, “Where the Wild Things Are”. Since the movie came out just before Halloween, we thought it would be cool to make this Homemade Where the Wild Things Are Halloween Costume. He sketched out his own version of a Wild Thing. I constructed it, and invented the pattern. It’s sewn … Read more
My boyfriend does like costume parties, and he does like Halloween, but he doesn’t always like thinking up the ideas in advance. A couple of months before Halloween, I had already figured out what I wanted to be and had started working on my costume. Therefore, I started bugging him to do the same. Eventually, … Read more
We decided to do a Wizard of Oz theme this year. I was elected to be the tin man. After looking for Wizard of OZ Tin Man DIY Halloween costume ideas, I found that everything looked to bland and wanted to have an authentic look. Before I started my costume I had not idea how … Read more