This homemade showgirl costume took a lot of imagination oh how to get everything right. I spent around $100 and 48 hours making this. The majority of time was spent on finding the basics so I could add things to it. My list of materials were: * 1 black dance leotard (you could use a … Read more
This is the last year we are doing a Jack of Hearts Costume for our son Jack. All I did this year was buy 2 white poster boards. Then I drew the front of a bicycle card on one poster board and a Jack of hearts on the other poster board. It was not too … Read more
My friends and I made our Homemade Queens of the Deck Group Costumes by hand for under $20 each. It was very inexpensive, fun to make, and gave us girls an opportunity to spend time together in the process. We got the idea from this website actually, we just made it in a different way. … Read more
I needed a last minute Halloween costume, so I went to Hobby Lobby to dig around. I saw a lot of their Christmas stuff was on sale, so I headed there for ideas. I found all of their glittery tinsel-like pieces that go into flower pots for decorations and made a headdress out of them, … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
My daughter has an extremely creative mind and thought up this one last Halloween. Since this is one of her favorite games she thought she could be the playing card herself! I simple bought two white, thick poster boards and covered them with the appropriate color fabrics. I used a combination of felt and cotton … Read more
To begin making our Homemade Queens Of The Deck Group Costume, one of our moms sewed the dresses (made out of broadcloth), sashes (princess satin) and a crinoline skirt to make our dresses poof out. We all cut out felt symbols and super glued them to the dresses on the front and back. We wore … Read more
This is so easy and perfect for twins or best friends! I found lots of kid costume ideas from searching on the web and finally decided to do the dice! You will need about six yards (more or less can’t remember how much it actually was) of fuzzy material of your choice of color (though … Read more
My roommate and I dressed up as the Playing Cards Costumes from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland who were ‘painting the roses red.’ The costumes were really easy to make. The cards were made out of pillowcases and felt, and I made the buckets out of cardboard and duct tape. I’m wearing a ski mask and … Read more
I have to admit this Homemade Lady Luck Halloween Costume Idea was a lot of fun to make. We started with a used dance recital costume, found at our local thrift store. We also purchased a pair of silver low heeled (for comfort) dress shoes, we added a rhinestone broach to the tops with a … Read more
The title, Homemade Black Jack Dealer and Cocktail Waitress Costumes, says it all. You can walk up to the table to play a few hands by throwing down $1.00 to $5.00 and get real chips. If you’d like a drink you can just ask the cocktail waitress who is standing near by. If you are … Read more
I spent 5 hours painting cutting and making this DIY dice couple Halloween costume idea. Instead of walking around we rolled around! It was fun. Sadly I entered 3 costume contests and each and every one people chose store bought costumes. What happened to Halloween? The best part is to make something and be creative. … Read more