This is the scarecrow costume we made for our three year old son. We brought some raffia and thick white cord from the hobby shop, an old shirt and jeans, and an old straw hat from the thrift shop. Cost maybe $10 altogether. We found some old coloured fabric around the house and cut them … Read more
My children dressed as Homemade Scarecrow Siblings Costumes this year. I bought overalls and plaid shirts from Yardsales, bucket hats too. I glued fabric patches on the clothes from Halloween material, and had raffia sticking out. On my daughter’s costume I glued raffia to the sleeves and pant cuffs but on my son I thought … Read more
A Camper’s Worst Nightmare … While searching the internet for inspiration, my son and I came across a pre-made “The Bugs are Biting “costume. This got us started on our Homemade Camper’s Nightmare Costume. Different plastic bugs were purchased at various stores and the jeans and shirt were picked up at a local thrift store. … Read more
This started out as a simple question, “What are you going to be for Halloween?” The first thing that came to mind: Praying Mantis. Upon hearing this my boyfriend responded “please don’t,” and at that moment I knew I had my Praying Mantis Costume and a challenge. The next day I immediately went to work. … Read more
Our family went as bugs. Praying Mantis, Ladybug, Butterfly, Bumble Bee & Firefly. All of the bug costumes ( except for the wings) were homemade. I was the firefly. You can’t see the back of the costume but I used a white balloon with glow sticks inside for my bum light. Then just used sticky … Read more
I wanted to do something original, cute and funny. One day the Travelocity Gnome popped into my head. Although a lot of people also thought I was David the Gnome. I hand sewed the Gnome Halloween costume outfit out of a fuzzy blue blanket. To do this I first cut a head hole on the … Read more
My two boys love spooky and scary! Halloween is their favorite holiday second only to Christmas. We usually decide on a costume and when we are done making it we start thinking of ideas for next year’s costume. I hate spiders so I do not know how I got talked into this Homemade Spider Snack … Read more
I took black and yellow felt and sewed strips of it together and then eyeballed the general shape of the shirt and cut those out, along with black lining. One of the shoulders was left open and velcros together. I sewed that all together and stuffed the costume with batting. I took hard felt and … Read more
Here is a one-nighter costume I made for a youth group camp I went to. The theme was ‘God’s Weird & Wonderful Creation’. Materials: black smooth fabric, polyester wadding, acrylic paint and brushes, a black headband and black pipe cleaners. It’s pretty much a flat quilt-like design with a fabric sash/bow to tie round the … Read more
My son has always liked the Venus fly plant (he wishes they had a Venus man eater plant). He ran across this creative Halloween costume idea on the Internet, fun for dear old mom. This creative Halloween costume is approx 24″ X 17 1/2″. I went and purchased black, green, red and white felt, large … Read more
I decided that I wanted Daniel to have a scarecrow Halloween costume this year (2008) but I could not find his size in-store or on-line. I was determined to make him a scarecrow. So I checked on-line for ideas from other pictures. I scrounged around home to see what I had to use. I wound … Read more
Have you ever wanted to pass down the traditions of Halloween to your kids, then the best thing that I could do for them was to make sure that their Halloween costumes are always handmade. Growing up, my mother always made my costumes by hand and used her imagination to bring these costumes to life … Read more