I knew last year that I wanted to be Animal this year for Halloween. Thinking I had lots of time to put this homemade Animal Halloween costume idea together came down to the last week and we hadn’t started the mask yet. I already had the clothes, the accessories and the materials needed. Most of … Read more
In anticipation of the new Muppet Movie, we decided to be some of our favorite Muppets. For Gonzo: I simply took a football helmet and hot glued pieces of foam to it to build it up. I shaped the nose out of crumpled up newspaper wrapped in duct tape and hot glued it to the … Read more
My boyfriend is a drummer and a fan of the Muppet’s Animal. He needed a costume for a Halloween show. We found nothing in stores, so I decided to create a mask of my own. The biggest hurdle was that he needed to be able to see out of the costume to play the drums. … Read more
These Homemade Kermit and Miss Piggy couple Halloween costume ideas came to my fiance and I because we wanted something cute and not often done for Halloween. Kermit: We found a green hooded sweater, green pants and a light green T-shirt. We then crafted the light green T-shirts into triangle shapes and placed them around … Read more
This homemade Camilla the Chicken from the Muppets Halloween costume idea came about from my kids deciding to be different muppets for Halloween. I like to make their costumes and my 11 yr old oldest son wanted to dress up again this year – I had feared he would think himself too old to dress … Read more
I created this Swedish chef costume out of a Pabst blue ribbon box, a ball of yarn and some fabric for the hat. The paint was the cheapest acrylic paint I could find and the paper mache was made using newspaper powder. I made it because I’m a culinary student at the Culinary Institute of … Read more
While strolling through the Jim Henson exhibit at the Smithsonian, my two friends and I decided we needed a Muppets Halloween costume. And not just any Muppets, but the best Muppet’s ever: the Mahna Mahna Muppets. They are also known as Mahna Mahna and the Snowths. For the Snowths we made the heads out of … Read more
So after doing Animal in previous years I wanted to move on to my other favorite Muppet, Beaker. He’s real simple, just a cylinder, sorta. But here’s how i make it complicated: -I want the eyes to light up -I want the mouth to operate as I meep And thus I began the construction of … Read more
I’ve always admired the character “Nanny” from “The Muppet Babies”. She was the wise character with the striped stockings who always came in to snap those Muppet babies back to reality. The best part about her was you never were permitted to see above her knee. So mysterious and stoic. This year I convinced my … Read more
This is my first time submitting a costume to “Coolest”. For the upcoming release of their new film this year I went as Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets. They are the two cranky old guys in the balcony. Every year I like to try and challenge myself both with the costume and the make … Read more
Every year I try to outdo myself on Halloween costumes. I was ALF, Roger Rabbit, and Sloth from The Goonies previous years, so I wanted to make my own Do it Yourself Beaker Halloween Costume this year. Everyone loved the Muppets, and Beaker looked like the easiest. Making the head was the most work out … Read more
I wish I had taken pictures of the process of making this Homemade Sweetums from The Muppet Show Costume. It wasn’t a very hard costume to make, it just took a lot of patience and a LOT of yarn. Materials needed: – lots of yarn ( about 8 rolls ) – glue gun and glue … Read more