I had so much fun making these costumes. You will have too! I wanted something simple and inexpensive for our 2014 Cub Scout Homemade Costume Contest. So began my online search for an easy, creative costume. I looked at over 100 different costumes and many websites and when I saw this costume, I knew it … Read more
Instead of a traditional wedding cake, my husband and I had a tier of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Six years later we created two little doughnuts ourselves (one and four year old daughters). After searching for doughnut costumes and only finding ones for $60, I decided to make my own, however, I don’t know how to … Read more
I had a lot of trouble deciding what to wear to a party. Then it came to me, why not make an already well known super creepy clown more creepy? This costume was a blast. It received a lot of attention and I won costume of the night. It was also the perfect costume to … Read more
Each year our family themes it up for Halloween. My daughter chose this year’s theme by wanting to go as Mrs. Butterworth and surprisingly, my youngest was watching a cartoon where they were obsessed with waffle and he begged to be a waffle. Tada! We have a theme! Mina (Mrs. Butterworth) – I bought a … Read more
Both of us absolutely love dressing up and wearing creative costumes that we make ourselves. The ones from the store just don’t do it for us. We wanted to be something that “fit” together, so this box of candy took care of that. We were sharing a box of Mike and Ikes at recess, and the … Read more
This popcorn box costume was homemade by my eleven year old daughter and myself. It was inspired by the walking refreshment characters that used to come on before a movie. I had some old-fashioned popcorn boxes left over from a party that I used as my template for the design on the box. To form the box, … 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
My friend and I decided to make Bertie Bassett costumes after the licorice all sort sweets. We thought it would be more impressive to have two rather than just one. It took about four weeks to make the costumes and lots of things went wrong but we got there in the end. The heads are … Read more
This Bud Lightyear costume was such an easy costume to make. I already had a Bud Light shirt that I cut, but you can just tape a Bud Light symbol onto your chest too. I bought Buzz Lightyear inflatable wings at a costume store for $10. I used purple and green duct tape, and at … 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
To make this M&M costume, I purchased 2.5 yards of brown felt and .5 yard of white felt. I cut the circular pattern using a round chair. Pre-cut eyes, brows, glasses, m letters, then started sewing all pieces together. I had a white sleeping shirt and shorts underneath the costume. I bought nylons at $5.79, … Read more
I was drinking a honey-crisp beer and trying to decide what to be for Halloween. BAM! It hit me, I was going to create a Shock Top beer costume. I bought a blonde punk rock Mohawk wig and my mom helped me cut it to the right length and put fake wheat from Michaels on … Read more