This is 3 year old, Conner. He LOVES the Travelocity commercials with the gnome. He calls it the “dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, I’ve got to get out of here” gnome (you know, from the commercial?). Anyway, when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, it was … Read more
When my 5-year-old told me he wanted to be a tree for Halloween, I quickly agreed, then thought, “Oh, no! What have I gotten myself into?” After doing some brainstorming, and a trip to both the craft store and the fabric store, here is my Tree Halloween costume. The “hat” inside the tree is made … Read more
This caterpillar costume was pretty simple to make. We used two tubes of fleece with the outer one bunched with elastic to create the segments or the body and then a hood style head with antennae sewn on the legs are strung together with elastic thread to a pair of mittens. It was nice and … Read more
Start making this costume by purchasing a black sweat suit (consisting of a hooded sweatshirt and pants). I also purchased a bunch of artificial leaves at the local craft store and pulled them off the stems. I hot glued them to the sweat suit, trying to glue quite a bit of leaves so that it … Read more
My daughter’s name is Soleil, which is French for sun, so I decided to make her a Baby Sunflower costume for Halloween. I started by making a brown stretchy tank top and sewing sequins onto it to resemble sunflower seeds. Next, I made satin petals and leaves and sewed them onto the tank top to … Read more
This year for Halloween our son choose a Wizard of Oz theme. His costume was not purchased it was handmade by his Aunt Megan, who went as Dorothy. Our son could not pronounce scarecrow, although he knew very well what his costume was. He would pronounce himself as a “square crow”. It was so adorable, … Read more
This DIY Scarecrow Halloween costume idea came to me when I saw Halloween decorations. I thought it would be different from regular costumes. This costume was very easy and fun to make. First I found a hat at a garage sale for $2. Then I took fake hay from another scarecrow and cut it off. … Read more
I wanted to make a costume that was original and cute for my son but we were broke so I needed something cheap. I then came up with this idea for a pile of leaves costume I went to a resale shop for kids clothing and purchased a plain black hooded jacket, that was several … Read more
This is my daughter dressed in a Homemade Garden Gnome Costume sitting on a mushroom. It was about $30 dollars to make. I started with a hula hoop as the base of the mushroom, then I pinned the fabric all around it, I cut a hole in the center just big enough for her to … Read more
I made this Bumble Bee Baby Costume for my 18mo son. I took a white onesie and dyed it yellow by adding turmeric spice to a bowl of water and soaking for several hours. Then I hung it to dry thoroughly to set the color, rinsed it well, and dried it again. I used electrical … Read more
My 9 year old son loves to fish so we came up with a Bucket of Fishing Worms Costume for his Halloween costume. I bought a plastic trash can and cut the bottom out of it. I wrote on the trash can with permanent marker. I bought a piece of brown cloth to look like … Read more
I made the Homemade Halloween Tree Costume out of Great Stuff foam spray, coat hangers and spray paint. I first made a cylinder mold with cardboard putting cardboard in the arm holes to keep them open. Then attached wax paper to the cardboard. I then began spraying horizontal lines of foam around the mold, leaving … Read more