Never Neverland! Our son, Elliott, really wanted to be Peter Pan for Halloween so we went along with the theme, creating a family costume. I was Wendy, my husband Bill was Captain Hook, our daughter Lucy was Tinkerbell and Elliott, of course, was Peter Pan. I bought the patterns for all 4 costumes and made … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a woodland fairy so I got to work on her homemade Woodland Fairy Halloween costume idea. Using four colors of tulle and ribbon, I made the tutu skirt. Then, with grapevine I cut from my family’s yard, I made the base of the wings. While the vines were fresh, I … Read more
My daughter loves Tinkerbell, so she wanted a be Tinkerbell for her Halloween party. I found some flesh-colored material and some lime-green material on clearance. I used one of her own long-sleeve T-shirts for a pattern to make a “flesh” colored shirt. I then made the top part of the green and sewed it on … Read more
The girls at work and I decided to do a Homemade Peter Pan Group Costume. We all made our own costumes, I am Captain Hook. For Tinkerbell, she made a small green dress and attached fairy wings. For Peter Pan she simply wore green tights and sewed a basic shirt, hat and booties. For the … Read more
I made this Autumn Fairy costume for my daughter this year, at her request. I used the McCall’s pattern # M4887, for the dress, vest, and skirt, and purchased the wings, as I thought they were gorgeous. The wings are called “Shimmering Dark Butterfly Wings”, and are made by Fun World. They are adult sized, … Read more
I am a Fashion School drop out BUT, it doesnt keep me from “tinkering” around the sewing machine every once in awhile!. I LOVE designing and creating my own costumes for Halloween and my husband of 2 years is actually starting to let me take creative control over his Halloween costumes. The costume I made … Read more
We found a fairy pattern and bought sunflowers and glued them to the bottom of the robe and small ones for her shoes. The wings on the Fall Fairy Costume were wire then with a taffeta over the wire glued to it. I tried to attach them with Velcro but ended up tacking them into … Read more
My littlest girl wanted to be Tinkerbell last year. We didn’t like the fluffy costume you could buy in the store so we made our own Tinkerbell costume. I found a green nighty at Goodwill and shortened the straps to fit better. The bottom was chopped up into ragged points. The wings were left over … Read more
I made this Homemade Woodland Fairy Costume for my daughter when she was 3 yrs. I had this little lace dress that was given to me for her but she never got a chance to wear it. So I decided I would use it with this costume. I took 2 coat hangers and hooped the … Read more