For her first Halloween I thought I’d turn my daughter into a banana costume since her name rhymes with it and it’s what we always call her anyway. I already had a white bunting bag which became the part of the banana you eat. I then stapled on foam cutouts to make the peel. Sewing … Read more
This homemade bunch of grapes Halloween costume is the easiest and the cheapest costume I have ever made! The best part is it only took about half an hour to put it all together. The shopping list is one purple long sleeve shirt, 50 purple balloons, one pack of safety pins, 2 sheets of green … Read more
The raspberry costume went down an absolute treat! It was easy and cheap to create, I bought 30 red balloons and attached them to my top carefully with safety pins (you’ll need a friend to help!)I didn’t inflate the balloons TOO much because they were too big and drooped. I wore black shorts and a … Read more
This was an easy Halloween costume that I thought of. My friend and I were raspberries! We wore all red and safety pinned red balloons all over our bodies. Also add in the face paint and you will be looking yummy as can be! This was so much fun. All you need is red balloons. … Read more
This Homemade Grapes Halloween Costume is made from balloons. The balloons are attached with safety pins. The face is painted green and a green hat is worn with a vine intertwined between the balloons.
For this costume, I purchased a black sweat suit consisting of a hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. I hot glued a cording on the front of the sweat suit to look like the vine of the grapes. I purchased a few packages of deep purple balloons – you could also go with a green sweat suit … Read more
I have twin 3 month old daughters and could not find a costume that could fit them and keep them warm. My 8 year old son and I were out looking for baby clothes and came up with the idea to dress them as a couple bunches of grapes. This Homemade Bunch of Grapes Baby … Read more
We often created homemade costumes for Halloween as a chance to think beyond the usual and expected as well as for the so much touted “quality time”! This particular if peculiar idea for Halloween costumes to make came from my daughter\’s mild unruliness during an excursion where she, her younger brother and I searched a … Read more
The DIY Raspberry Halloween Costume Idea was such fun to make and dress up as. I went to the craft store and looked around the fake flower section and found two huge leaves. I super glued the two leaves and clipped the stem about so there was about 8 inches left to stick in my … Read more
Made my twins homemade bunch of grapes costumes for Halloween. Very easy steps to build and they were a huge hit. I made the purple grapes so I started off with purple shirts and black leggings. I bought a large bag of purple balloons at the party store, a box of safety pins, and some … Read more
This Homemade Pineapple Costume is a costume from last year, so I don’t have photos of the creation process. No need to include this in any contest, if those things prevent it from qualifying – just saw there was only 1 pineapple costume on the site, quite different from mine, so I wanted to share.) … Read more
My daughter declared that she wanted to be a Strawberry for Halloween when she was 4, but I could not find a pattern anywhere! To improvise the Strawberry costume I found a bright red quilting fabric and a similarly colored soft flannel to line the itchy quilting fabric. I laid out 4 pieces of the … Read more