Our family campground has trick or treat camping, so we created a homemade S’mores family Halloween costume. The marshmallow was made out of a collapsible hamper. I had to tie up the sides to make the hamper shorter and I then cover the whole thing with quilting batting. I cut a hole in the top … Read more
This was our group costume for the office. As you can see we all love to eat sushi so this was a no-brainer. Except for the soy sauce, we all started our costumes with pillows and added stuffing or removed stuffing depending on what piece of sushi we were. Notice the little green divider and … Read more
For this vanilla ice cream cone costume, we first used an old lampshade and some foam, both covered in tan colored fabric to create the ice cream cone. We then added suspenders that we looped through the lampshade, brought up over her shoulders, and criss-crossed to keep it from falling down. Next, we spread out … Read more
To spend Halloween at Disneyworld this year, I needed costumes that were easy to pack. I found the Triple Dip costume pattern on Better Homes & Gardens Magazine’s website. I used T-shirt knit for the scoops, 100% cotton for the sugar cone skirt and syrups, white satin ribbon for the whipped cream and sequined fabric … Read more
My four year old daughter Emily wanted to go as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, so I bought two pieces of three inch foam for my bread. I dabbed light brown paint on the edges to make the crust. I also trimmed it to be more bread shaped. Then I took some purple material … Read more
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
Not only does this costume fall into the cheap Halloween costumes category it also took about an hour to make! Material needed: Interfacing (light weight, inexpensive but with a little bit of stiffness), fall leaves, thread, heavy cotton string, a piece of poster board or construction paper, and markers (to color a tag). Directions: (NOTE: … Read more
From all the free Halloween costume patterns I looked through, I finally got this idea for a costume from drinking Pepsi. I thought it would be a cute costume. I started with a cardboard box and rolled it to a can shape. I made a lid like pop top out of extra cardboard and ducked … Read more
Me and my friends wanted to do something together so we came up with the 3 Musketeers Group Costume. We invested in some shiny leggings from Debs, silver wrapping paper, and got a few boxes from a near BJ’s that would fit around us. We also bought ribbon to hold the box around our shoulders, … Read more
I was bored with having to spend a lot of money to come up with a creative costume. So after a few days of consideration, I got this amazing idea to be a box of wine for Halloween. Now, normally, everyone does the Franzia thing, so I decided to buy a box of Vella and … Read more
My mother always put a lot of time and creativity into making our costumes and I wanted to continue this tradition. I asked my 3yr. old what she wanted to be this year and she decided on a cupcake! This Homemade Cup Cake Halloween Costume was inexpensive and fairly easy to make and she walked … Read more
I choose to be a Homemade Cupcake Costume this year for Halloween. I love how it ended up coming together and was a hit all night. For the bottom, I bought a small round clothes basket. I started by just cutting the bottom out, but I soon realized it kept poking me. I ended up … Read more