I originally came on to this site as inspiration for a Halloween costume. I have a graphic design background, so making my own costumes is a challenge but also my choice, I refuse to buy a costume. I found an illusion costume where a gnome is sitting on a mushroom, and I fell in love … Read more
Just started this Homemade Autumn Tree Costume with a big girl’s turtle neck. Sewed and glued fall leaves down both arms and around neck. Scattered some around bodice for color too. Headpiece is a Statue of Liberty crown sprayed brown, and loaded with real twigs, leaves and stones for sparkle. Took her suede brown boots … Read more
We found the idea online for A Shrub…The Best Spy Costume Ever but made our own changes. We bought a plastic tub, the kind with rope handles. It was a thin one, bought it at Dollar General. I cut the bottom out of it and used a file to “soften” the edges. Next we bought … Read more
I was thinking of funny costume ideas when I came up with this one. I took 2 white poster boards and taped them together to make the shape of a can. Then I took a piece of cardboard and made a lid to look like an open can. I used a pattern off of a … Read more
I asked my daughter what she wanted to be this year for Halloween and she told me she wanted to be a daisy. Last year my husband and I bought her a costume – she was super-woman – well that was a complete waste of twenty dollars. This year I wanted to try out my … Read more
This is my daughter Kinley’s Homemade Scarecrow Costume. She is a Not So Scarey Scarecrow. She wanted to be a scarecrow, but I wanted to make her something out of the norm. It was made with 20 yards of tulle, several different colors lots of ribbons, sunflowers and rafia. She even has rafia ribbon arm … Read more
To make the giant bucket of fishing worms is very cheap and inexpensive. First we bought a silver 30 gallon trashcan and cut the bottom out of it. We bought some paint and painted “Fishin Worms” on the outside, we added a little paint to look like dirt to the trash can. We bought a … Read more
My son has Cerebral Palsy and uses a walker to get around so I had to come up with a costume that would not take up too much space or get caught up in his walker. I also wanted to dress up his walker and have it match the costume. His favorite song is the … Read more
This was another throw-together-quickly costume. I spent nothing on it and used what I had on hand from making other costumes. Materials Needed – Wings: * Heavy-duty Wire (Mechanic?s Wire) * Zip Ties * 4 (13 Gallon) Garbage bags (Color of your choice) * Fabric Strip * Glitter Glue OR Spray Adhesive and loose glitter … Read more
I’ve been thinking of group/family costumes for us the past few years while the kids are young (and willing to go along with my ideas!). This Bee Family Costume fit the bill for us: cute, inexpensive, and my husband didn’t have to be too silly. Bees: Basic cylinder/tube pattern. I sewed black and yellow fuzzy … Read more
For Halloween 2010 myself and a group of girlfriends were going out in Nottingham and wanted to a theme for our costumes. We decided on Robin Hood (for obvious reasons) and quite quickly every chose their costume. We had Robin Hood, Maid Marion, The Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard the Lion Heart. I really struggled … Read more
There were three main parts to this Homemade Butterfly Catcher Costume, the net, hat and clothes. The only thing that I needed to buy was pith helmet, net fabric, and fake butterflies. I bought a 9 pack of orange butterflies for about $10 that happened to be at a museum that I was at. For … Read more