My daughter and I were trying to come up withan idea for different children costumes. She wanted to be something that no one else would be. Then I came up with what I thought was the greatest homemade Halloween costume idea; she could go as a candy bar! For the homemade Halloween costume we took … Read more
The school that my children attend asks that parents try to have their children wear costumes that keep with a fall theme, as the parties are now called “Harvest Parties”, not “Halloween Parties” anymore. I always try to come up with some cute things for them to be and I really love Candy Corn, so … Read more
This Lifesaver Candy Costume is the first homemade costume I attempted and I was so pleased on how it turned out! The inspiration came from the shoes you see in the picture that I purchased overseas while living abroad with my parents. At the time, I didn’t really have a use for the shoes, but … Read more
This M&Ms chocolate costume is 100% home made. No patterns, no other ideas from children costumes, just an idea from a candy wrapper and a bunch of felt! As you can see I used heavy duty felt. The colors are found in 8×10 squares and the brown and white were purchased off the bolt – … Read more
Every Sunday at church a gentleman gives my son a bag of skittles. I told him if he didn’t stop one day my son would turn into a bag of skittles, so this year we made it happen. We made him a skittles costume. I took a large vinyl lined tablecloth, a large man’s red … Read more
I wanted something different than the normal costume. I bought a bag of M&M’s and copied it to life size – all the way down to the ingredients on the back with the bar code. It is comfortable to wear and it doesn’t take up much storage. It’s also fun to see people’s reaction.
I had to have a cool Halloween costume for work. My manager said it was mandatory. (I am a preschool teacher) I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a costume that I would wear for a few hours so I decided to be a bag of jelly beans. From there my costume … Read more
This Pez costume is very easy to make, and everybody loved it. All I did was cut arm holes out of a long box (box that Styrofoam cups came in from work). Then I taped blue poster board on the outside of it and cut out stencils of the PEZ letters. I was thinking about … Read more
Everyone has seen the M&M costume with the big white hands but who has ever seen the fruity, sweet and delicious tasting skittle?! I’d say we definitely looked sweet in our Homemade Skittles Group Costume! Last year for Halloween my college friends and I decided to be skittles! What a hit we were! First, we … Read more
My friend and I had a long tough search about what we were going to be for Halloween about 2 months before the actual day. We were eating our Skittles when it hit us! We were going to be Skittles and spent the next 2 months designing our Skittles Costumes and eating as many Skittles … Read more
My daughter had a Toostie Pop Costume for Halloween. I made this costume by starting with a red turtle neck and white pants. The “pop” was made from 2 pieces of cardboard cut into circles. I covered each circle with red fabric and gathered it at the bottom of each circle with ribbon. I made … Read more