Simple Homemade Peg and Al Bundy Couple Costume. For Al we got the shirt and tie at a thrift store for $3 total, and bought a cheap shoe horn at a shoe store. He also carried around a old remote that we had around the house, so whenever he sat down he could “assume the … Read more
Every year we try to do a family theme for our Halloween. This year we decided to do Sesame Street. My 2 year old and 1 year old were easy, we bought Elmo and Cookie Monster on Craigslist, and they were all set. But my 8 year old wanted to be included, so he said … Read more
It was my sisters 13th birthday and she had a costume party. There was no theme really but my friend Laura and I wanted something completely different. We had loads of ideas of like Barbie and Ken Robbers fairies but they were rubbish ideas. So after looking on the internet for ideas we thought of … Read more
For Bunsen Honeydew: First I got a big ball from Walmart and paper mached it. Then I cut the mouth big enough so my daughter would be able to see out of it. I used clay to paper mache the big nose and ears and glued them on and painted it all green. I grabbed … Read more
For this Animal Costume, I first cut out a large circle out of cardboard (about 19 inches in diameter). Then I measured the circumference of my head and drew a circle that size inside the larger circle that was already cut out. I cut an “x” out of the small circle and folded the flaps … Read more
After thinking and thinking about what to be last Halloween I came up with the idea of a Homemade Beaker Costume. He is by far one of my favorite characters on the Muppets so it was a perfect choice. I have seen Beaker costumes before but all of them completely inclosed the persons head. I … Read more
I am a huge Muppet show fan so had to come up with some homemade costume ideas for this Halloween. I used felt and Styrofoam. The hair is a feather boa and I bought the outfit at a discount store. Beakers head sat on top of mine and my eyes were around his chest area. … Read more
For our Dog the Bounty hunter and Beth costumes, we bought all of the clothes and shoes from thrift stores. The leather vest, black jeans and black boots were purchased for Dog. A plain black t-shirt (I cut the edges and added beads, then tied knots at the end for a real 80’s look), hideous … Read more
I am a big fan of Reno 911 so I decided to dress up as Lt. Dangle for Halloween 2007 because he is hilarious. I saw all the cheap costumes that the Halloween stores were selling and knew that wasn’t good enough for me. I decided to venture out and find the clothing and altered … Read more
Lt. Dangle from the Comedy Central program Reno 911 was one of the most comical characters in 2008. I looked on the Internet for costume ideas and found many a LT. Dangle from Reno 911 Costume, but most were plastic and cheap-looking. So, I made one myself. I started with cheap tan shorts, two sizes … Read more
After much antique shopping and crafting at home, our vision was realized for our Ricky and Lucy Ricardo Couple Costumes! Ricky pulled an old skinny tie out of his closet and Lucy found a polka dot dress on eBay. The hoop skirt underneath came from a vintage shop. We found the apron at an antique … Read more
The three of us did some characters from Reno 911. This is our Homemade Reno 911 Group Costume. I was pregnant Trudy Weigel, my brother was Deputy Travis Junior, and my friend was Clementine Johnson. We either had or bought the khaki tops and pants (the girls bought Dickies brand shirts and pants – cheap … Read more