Gone With the Wind Reporter Halloween Costume

Gone With the Wind Reporter Halloween Costume

It all started when my daughter was about seven.  No, wait.  It started when I was about seven!  My mom always had these clever, low cost, homemade costume ideas.  I just loved them!  My sister always wanted to be a clown.  I, on the other hand, always wanted to be whatever my mom felt like … Read more

Storm Cloud and Lightning Victim Couple Costume

Storm Cloud and Lightning Victim Couple Costume

I tried a couple of ways to make this storm cloud costume. Our items used are mostly found around the house… Old chair cushion, old pillow, a bag of black and white spider web,old black winter hat, old glittery gold shirt and shiny blue material. First  I wrapped a rocking chair cushion in white fluff … Read more

Awesome Homemade Tornado Costume

Awesome Homemade Tornado Costume

I came up with the idea for this tornado costume after watching the movie “Twister” for the first time with my 6 year old son and he started spinning around pretending he was a tornado. I didn’t have a plan when I started, but the fun part was coming up with different ideas as I … Read more

Cool Homemade Costume Idea: Mother Nature

Cool Homemade Costume Idea: Mother Nature

For my Mother Nature costume, I bought a wig from a costume store and I actually built costume around this… loved this wig!! it’s so fun, didn’t’ know if I should go 70’s or Mother nature, when I found that floral moo moo at Goodwill, it settled it.  If I had more time I was … Read more

Easy Homemade Mother Nature Costume for Women

Easy Homemade Mother Nature Costume for Women

I had been wanting to dress up as Mother Nature for quite some time but was thinking of doing it in the style of the old “if you think it’s butter… it’s Chiffon” commercial.  I couldn’t find the right white flowy gown so this is what I ended up with instead.  T he wreath was … Read more

Sexy Mother Nature Costume

Sexy Mother Nature Costume

As a nature lover, I felt inspired while hiking with the dog through the woods and that’s when I decided to be Mother Nature.  I teach weather and natural disasters, so with a shirt for modesty it was a good costume for school and without the layer it was a flirty night out at our … Read more

Awesome Sharknado Costume

Sharknado. Is there anything else more to say? This costume was devasting on all levels. Let’s start with the costume idea: I saw Sharknado over summer and I was thinking..this is brilliant! Sharks…tornado..SO CAL..does it get any better?! Then comes Halloween and I had to think of an epic costume and thought of the summer blockbuster..sharknado! … Read more

Beautiful Handmade Mother (Daughter) Nature Costume

Beautiful Handmade Mother (Daughter) Nature Costume

Wow—this beautiful handmade mother (daughter) nature costume was an ever evolving concept.  Each year, my husband and I are faced with the challenge of topping last year’s costumes for our girls, and this year was no exception. We typically begin thinking about next year’s costumes as our girls are sorting through their candy on Halloween night, … Read more

Beautiful Homemade Rainbow Costume

Beautiful Homemade Rainbow Costume

This Rainbow Costume was the very first costume I’ve ever made. My 5 year old daughter at the time, piped up she wanted to be a rainbow for Halloween. A RAINBOW?! Sheesh.. where was I going to find a rainbow costume?? Yeah.. just as you were probably thinking.. um.. nowhere! It was time to get … Read more

Homemade Sharknado Costume That’ll Blow You Away!

Homemade Sharknado Costume That'll Blow You Away!

After watching the Sharknado Movie on the Syfy Channel this summer I was inspired to make a Sharknado Costume for Halloween. I am a Shark Week geek and I love Syfy so this seemed to be the best of both worlds Sharks and Syfy. I threw this costume together in just two days and on … Read more

Inexpensive DIY Costume Idea: Sharknado Coming Through!

Inexpensive DIY Costume Idea: Sharknado Coming Through!

So it was the week after the 4th of July, and I was sitting at a lunch table with my brother and family after being reunited with my brother after eight long weeks of not being able to see or talk to him while he was in basic training for the United States Air Force. … Read more

Sharknado and Killer Shark Couple’s Costume

Sharknado and Killer Shark Couple's Costume

My husband and I love Halloween and really enjoy coming up with creative costumes! After the craze of “Sharknado”, my husband had the great idea to go with this move as the theme of our costumes. We decided that I would be the tornado with sharks and he would be the “killer” shark from the … Read more