We are the Dickerson family and we’re dressed as carnival food and a vendor. My daughter, her first Halloween, is cotton candy. I am popcorn. My husband is a food vendor. I made the cotton candy by spraying poly-fil with pink silk flower spray and hot gluing it to a pink onesie and pink shoes … Read more
Enjoy reading about my cotton candy inspired homemade Halloween dog costume here! I’ve written out my DIY costume steps so you can try this too. Homemade Halloween Dog Costume Materials -Poly Fil Pillow Stuffing (about 6 lbs for 25 lb dog) -Spray paint in light yellow, light blue, and light pink (1 can of each … Read more
This Cotton Candy costume was for my daughter. We all went as baseball themed. I started with an old t- shirt. I bought tights that had cotton candy and ice cream on them. I used pillow batting and hot glued it to the pants and shirt. Once dried I sprayed it with candy pink spray paint. Her … Read more
This year, I wanted to dress as something pink, poofy, and sparkly for Halloween. Upon brainstorming, I came up with the perfect idea for a costume: cotton candy! I knew it would be fun to make, and it would be creative because cotton candy is definitely not a common Halloween costume. The base of the … Read more
My best friend and I are really into making our own costumes. We save ideas in our phones all year. This cotton candy couple costume idea came to us at a Red Sox game. We purchased an over-sized tube top that worked as a dress (we’re both 5 feet tall) and then bought cotton stuffing, … Read more
This is my 4 yr. old daughter. Every year I ask her what she wants to be for Halloween. I have been making my kids’ costumes for them since their first Halloween. My mother used to make mine as a child and I have since decided to carry on the tradition. She loves the color … Read more
I love Halloween! I always love to come up with creative and new ideas that will wow people. My girlfriends and I collectively came up with the idea to make cotton candy girls costumes. The instant we figured out what we were going to be, my wheels started turning. I could envision it immediately. First … Read more
This costume has been recreated because of it going viral and also by request. So here we go again! This was just as fun to make the second time around, and I may be partial, but I think Journey looks even cuter this four years later. ;) Originally, I was with my daughters at the … Read more
This is my 7 year old daughter she wanted to be her favorite treat for our Halloween day at our campground so I hand made this Pink Cotton Candy costume. It started with a blue Jean dress from the thrift store. I used cheap pillow about 5 cut them open on sprayed dress with spray … Read more
I work in an outpatient building at a local hospital and we were permitted to dress up for Halloween as long as it was deemed tasteful and appropriate to carry out work duties. As I was contemplating what to wear, I remembered a costume that I had helped a friend do for her daughter. It … Read more
To make this costume I started with the cottom candy tutu. I bought light pink and light blue tulle. I first bought 3 yards of each color but has to go back for 2 more yards of each. I probably wouldn’t have needed so much tulle if I didn’t want the tutu to be so … Read more
Making this cotton candy costume with tutu and corset is actually a lot easier than it seemed like it would be. It’s a little tedious, but I promise you, people will not forget how awesome you look. I even had a couple people ask if I had real cotton candy on my tutu! It would have … Read more