The Hangover costume was so simple, but I have already been to a party and people love it! I thought it would be funny but man it was awesome. I went to a discount store to get most of the stuff on this list. A baby doll Two pairs of similar styled sunglasses Something to … Read more
After watching Waynes World one night, my fiancee and I decided that a Wayne and Garth Couple Costume would make a perfect couples costume. The outfits were simple, and the only thing we needed to purchase were wigs, glasses, and a “Waynes World” hat we found on Ebay. Garth’s costume consisted of a Led Zeppelin … Read more
I wanted to come up with a costume that was easily recognizable, and current… this led me to the most popular movie in a long time, “The Hangover”! Wanting to be as authentic as possible, I had to do research and find the exact items, because in my opinion that is what makes the costume. … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Captain Hook costume. I have two boys now and thought it would be great to dress them in a Captain Hook and Peter Pan costume. After looking at store-bought costumes, and not liking the quality or the price tag, my Grandma and I decided to tackle it ourselves. For the … Read more
Every year my son and I dress up for Halloween in complimenting costumes. This year he wanted to be Jango Fett from Star Wars. I went as Queen Amidala which completed our Star wars Halloween costumes. Years ago I found a dress at Goodwill that I thought I could someday use as a renaissance dress. … Read more
Our better-than-bought, homemade Harry Poter costume was made with: 1) A “new-again” black satin robe from Mom’s PJ drawer (we printed a Hogwarts Crest from the internet onto color transfer fabric and sewed it on) 2) A whipped up scarf made from yellow and red fabric 3) A wand made from clay and a lightening … Read more
My boys are twins, so what better thing to be than Thing One and Thing Two! I simply put these costumes together by purchasing red turtlenecks, red sweats, red slippers and red gloves. I bought some white material and iron on backing and cut out a circle, ironed it on the shirt and outlined it … 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
The idea for the Homemade Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts Costumes came from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, starring Johnny Depp, and premiering in March 2010. We happened to see the trailer for the movie and pictures from it online and based our costumes on them. Both costumes were completely homemade by us. A … Read more
The Queen of Hearts has always been one of my favorite villains, so this year I decided to use her as my costume inspiration. Since Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was released this year, I knew there would be a lot of Queen of Hearts roaming around on Halloween, so I tried to make sure … Read more
For Halloween this year, I had a Red Queen from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Girl’s Costume Idea to do as a family theme. I was the White Queen and my 3 year old daughter was the Red Queen of Hearts. It looked so good since she is small, we were able to get the … Read more