I got my idea for this Pea in a Pod costume from a post on www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com but made a few minor adjustments. Supplies: • Two 4” half sphere Styrofoam balls (from the floral dept of your local craft store. These will become the “peas”). • ½ yard 1-way stretch green polyester (to cover the Styrofoam … Read more
I really wanted to make a costume that directly incorporated my dreadlocks. After playing with them for a while, I realized that if I put them in a ponytail directly on top of my head they sort of stood up, and looked like the top of a carrot. I was afraid green hair dye wouldn’t … Read more
This Baked Potato Costume ended up being a last minute costume with very little prep. The only thing we did the night before was to sew the little “pat of butter” hat. To do that, I used leftover yellow flannel from a blanket I made. I sewed it into a quick square and stuffed it … Read more
My one daughter was a bunny, so it was fitting to make her twin sister a carrot! For this carrot costume, I got a 3T orange sweatshirt at a second-hand shop. My mother and I cut the stomach and back off of the sweatshirt and turned the cut edges under to make it neat. We … Read more
This Homemade Sack of Taters Baby Costume was fairly easy but time consuming. I took an old burlap sack (from eBay $5) and cut arm and leg holes to fit my baby. I also centered up and painted an Idaho potato logo with black paint, $2. I cut the back so that I could cinch … Read more
This nephew wanted to be a Jalapeno pepper, but he kept saying he wanted it in red. I finally figured out he wanted a Homemade Chili Pepper Halloween Costume, like the ones he sees at the restaurant he loves. I brazenly stole the image of the chili pepper from aforementioned restaurant’s web site. God forgive … Read more
Two year-old Kadyn’s favorite food was tomatoes. When we asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, he decided was going to be a tomato, or as he pronounced it, “an amato”. Now there was just one problem: where do you find a tomato Halloween costume? Lucky for me, my mother-in-law is quite crafty … Read more
I made a tomato costume for my baby Lucia. I used a red fabric for the hat and green fabric for the leaves. I put fabric leaves on top of the hat and around the neck. I used my baby’s red cotton babygrow for the actual tomato. The trick is to look among your child’s … Read more
This corn on the cob costume was easy to make, but a little time consuming. For the hat I used an old milk jug cut in half with bubble wrap painted yellow using plastic spray paint. The corn on the chest was an old sweatshirt dyed yellow with bubble wrap glue on using Allenes craft … Read more
I am from Iowa and what do you think of when you think of Iowa? Corn! I was going to a costume party at my sister’s in Minneapolis and thought of a few ideas for Halloween costumes but this corn costume was a unique idea. First of all I got four egg carton bottoms and … Read more