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
I had made my daughter an airplane costume which is also on here (Fly Girl). I couldn’t just make a costume for her. So I asked my son what he would like, he didn’t know. Well the pink fire truck came to town for breast cancer. One of the firefighters spent about a half an … Read more
For the firefighter costume I used a yellow cotton fabric which I ironed on our towns Fire Department’s logo on the back of the fire jacket. I then laminated the fabric with a fabric laminator and added 3M’s reflective tape for safety. The red satin ribbon was used to tie the hat on. I found … Read more
I love having coordinating costumes, and especially homemade ones, for our two children. Though as they get older, I know my chances of this continuing will soon come to an end. But for now, we are having fun! The first year they were Dorothy and the Tin Man. Last year, they were a Firefighter and … Read more