Using foam core and brick contact paper, I created a building wall where it meets the sidewalk, including a sidewalk all the way to the curb (always overly ambitious, I also built part of the street with the drain and the manhole cover, but those had to be cut from the costume due to size … Read more
I got most of the ideas from this website for a firefighter costume. First I got a black shirt from Wal-Mart. I got it a size 4-5 even though my son wears a 2T. That way it would fit over his clothes if it was cold on Halloween night. I cut off the shirt tails … Read more
My roommate and I have been creating our own original costumes for 4 years now and entering the costume contests. We tried looking online for a picture of a hydrant costume (so that we had some ideas on how to create it), but no luck there. This doesn’t only have to be a child costume. … Read more
Because I have twins I tried to think of costumes that would go together, but would also be unique and out of the ordinary. I came up with the idea of a Dalmatian dog costume and a fire hydrant child costume. I am not sure where the idea came from, but it was fun to … Read more
My 2 year old son is infatuated with firetrucks and firefighters. He has 2 of his very own volunteer firefighters in his family, so coming up with an idea for a fireman costume was fairly easy for him! I went in search of the perfect costume, only to find cheesey ones in the stores or … Read more
I got most of the ideas from this website for a firefighter costume. I used a black shirt from Wal-Mart. I got it a size 4-5 even though my son wears a 2T. That way it would fit over his clothes if it was cold on Halloween night. I cut off the shirt tails and … Read more
I got this idea from a cartoon I came across when searching for ideas. The cartoon was a picture of a fire-extinguisher with a funny caption that read “I put out”. I was sold from that point on that I was making the costume. 2 styrofoam ballsred feltblack see through feltplastic tubingfunnelplastic basket10 sheets of … Read more
Five days before Halloween my 4-year-old daughter, decided that she passionately wanted to be a firefighter. It was nearly impossible at this late date to find a firefighter costume at the store and when I finally did find a firefighter costume at a Halloween specialty shop it cost $60! So, I examined the firefighter costume … Read more
I got the idea for this Fireman and Firetruck Costume from this website. I borrowed bits and pieces from other submissions. I started with a long narrow box that I purchased from a U-haul store (about 5.00). Because my son was only 3 years old, I cut the box in half to make it shorter … Read more
This site inspired me to make this fire truck firefighter costume. I picked up a box 29″x91/2″ at our local Walmart store (they were putting up freight- got this free). I bought red, black and white paint. I painted the box red (went by the picture here at this site) drew out the detail work … Read more
Our little two year old loves everything about a firefighter. He loves the trucks, the sounds, and the lights. Naturally he takes right after his father. I found this Firefighter costume online and it was perfect. He looked just like his father! Everyone loved it. He still wears it around.
For this firefighter costume I took a weed eater box and painted it. I used pictures from my son’s books to get ideas of how to paint it. I built a ladder out of cardboard and put two Fisher Price little people in it. One was a fire Dalmatian dog. I used plastic tubing as … Read more