I wanted my son to be a scarecrow for Halloween but I wanted something homemade. At least three people I know also chose scarecrow costumes and they all bought the same one from the store. It was nice to have my son in something different. And it meant so much more to me that I … Read more
I made this Lawn Gnome costume for my boyfriend for an impromptu costume party. I made the hat out of poster board and red felt. All I needed was a glue-gun! I found the clothes at a thrift store and the white beard at a costume store for only 5 bucks! Entire costume cost under … Read more
About two weeks before Halloween, my friends and I were discussing our costumes. One friend suggested a gnome and everyone laughed out loud. You see, I’m terrified of gnomes specifically yards gnomes. I have no idea why, they are just creepy looking. So the Roaming Gnome began as a joke. All my friends knew of … Read more
I wanted to make my little girl a fun and funky caterpillar costume, so I sewed bright donut shaped pillows out of fun fur with elastic bands on the top and bottom of each one. Then I attached them to each other with tights sticking out in between stuffed with stuffing. Her legs and arms … Read more
“The bush” is a double meaning costume. Let’s begin with how this concept came about. It started that I wanted to be poison ivy because she has red hair as do I. So I decided I would make it myself because all the poison ivy costumes I saw were too cheesy for my taste. So … Read more
I decided that I wanted a Homemade Birdhouse Costume this year so I started with a moving box that I spray painted brown and cut a hole big enough (at the front) in it for my head to see out of. I then painted windows on the other sides of the box and taped with … Read more
I used an old man prosthetic piece with wig and beard for my gnome costume. I got the clothes at goodwill. And I used a Santa hat with the ball taken off. Total Spent: $75
I needed to come up with a different idea for a costume for an older child. It gets harder every year to come up with a cool costume for an older boy (I like to dress my children up in very original costumes). I saw a commercial for the movie the fly and the costume … Read more
I looked really hard to find a Halloween costume for 2010. I wanted to be a cupcake but didn’t have the time to make it. And the store was sold out of the costume. So I saw some “flower” costumes online and came with this idea for a Homemade Flower Costume basically from the top … Read more
This Halloween I decided to go as a scarecrow! I looked up pictures of scarecrow costumes, watched the Wizard of Oz and brought this Homemade Valley Girl Scarecrow Costume together with a personal touch. I started out with some old jeans that I destroyed using sand paper and a razor. I then made these straw … Read more
I dressed up in a Owl in a Tree Costume for Halloween one year. I made a mask out of paper plates, feathers, etc. To make my face into the owl, and I glued bark and leaves onto a cardboard box to make the tree. I got lots of comments when I wore this to … Read more
I saw this idea for an autumn leaves costume on Familyfun.com web site, it was called Leaf Man. I wanted a unique and unusual costume for a co-workers party, also one that would not cost an arm-and-a-leg to make. The original costume suggested using just a red half mask, however, I wanted to be completely … Read more