My friends and I wanted to do a wicked group costume this year- the Muppets! We were the hit of the party all night, everyone wanted to have their picture taken with me! The whole Homemade Beaker Costume was made for under $10, using supplies from local thrift and Dollar stores. The head is just … Read more
When we started with the idea for Beaker and Doctor Bunsen Couple Costume, we wanted something that was different but also a throw back from our childhood. I had an idea as to how to do Beaker. Bunsen on the other hand was a little more complex to put together for his head. We started … Read more
This is my tribute to the Muppets. I absolutely love the Muppets and am very excited that a new movie is about to come out. My husband was Beaker, I was Gonzo, and my sister was Animal. For Gonzo, I took a football helmet and built it up using pieces of foam and hot glue. … Read more
Wayne’s World was always one of my favourite movies when I was growing up, so with Halloween around the corner my roommate and I decided to dress as Wayne and Garth for Halloween one year. We had some plain black/white t-shirts laying around so we painted Wayne’s World on hers and went to value village … Read more
My husband and I decided to create this Chilindrina and El Chavo del Ocho couple costume from a well-known Mexican TV sitcom from the 70’s. El Chavo del Ocho (the kids from apartment 8) and his friend Chilindrina were hilarious on the show. We started getting pieces of the costume from thrift stores and slowly … Read more
This is my twenty-two month old daughter Leila Jayde Carrington as Lucille Ball. Me and my mother made this costume. Everything is homemade except for a few parts of the dress and the jewelry. I like to incorporate her naturally curly red hair into her Halloween costumes. Last year she was Pebbles Flintstone. We bought … Read more
I needed an easy, cheap costume for our Halloween party, and thought: “Okay I have big boobs, what can I do with those?” So ‘Beth’ popped into my head. I needed a top to show them off and decided on the dress I had got from Freecycle, along with the army boots. I bought a … Read more
These Homemade Doodlebops Costumes are based on the Disney Channel show The Doodlebops. My husband used to watch it in the mornings with our daughter and suggested it at as a unique costume idea. We were definitely noticeable and different from everyone else! The costumes were a lot of fun, very bright, and totally worth … Read more
I had a costume party coming up for my work Christmas party and wanted to be the best dressed there so I decided to put together a Bananas in Pyjamas costume. The ‘head’ of the costume was made with cardboard rolled into a tube. A balloon was then blown up and put in one end. … Read more
These Homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Chapman Costumes came from watching Dog the Bounty Hunter on TV. We got the best of seasons 1, 2, and 3 and were very very amused. Halloween approached and we decided to go with Dog and Beth. The costumes themselves were various items bought and found at … Read more
I got the Homemade Penny Cartoon Halloween Costume Idea shortly after Halloween 2009 when I stumbled upon a large toy penny that belonged to my boyfriend as a child. I was a big fan of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and had never seen anyone attempt to re-create Penny so despite having never worked with paper mache or … Read more
My husband and I had the perfect costume last year (2007) for Halloween. We were huge fans of the Dog the Bounty Hunter show and thought it would be a great “fit” for us, since my husband is a bit of a tough guy and I have the body/attitude to pull off a Beth costume. … Read more