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 wanted my two year old to be a very simple object that she knew of and together we decided on an apple tree. The costume itself was a very easy costume to make. I used brown pants she already had for the trunk of the tree and purchased a green t-shirt. At a craft … 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
My Homemade Haunted Tree Costume took roughly 3 weeks to complete. I made the tree of dark brown burlap and leaves. The tree features a ghost looking out of a knot in the center of the tree. Vines go up the sides with leaves and a paper mache pumpkin that lights up is at the … Read more
My daughter (4yrs) decided she wanted to be wear a homemade scary tree costume this year. She loves things like Mr. Bones and scary creatures etc. We started with a cardboard box cut it down the side and rolled it to give it a trunk shape, cut holes for arms and face. I took coat … Read more
Hi and Happy Halloween! This year my daughter wanted to be a Spooky Tree so her mom and dad put their minds together to create this sinister looking Spooky Tree costume. We started off by working some cardboard into a log shape then using a stiff round tube rolled in a circle to keep the … Read more
I started this garden Halloween costume with an idea, of anything that you can find that would be on grass, hence the fence, dogs running around, dog fencing, dog poo(with a fly attached to it, ha!) airplane, car, flower, golf ball, and golf flag, added a fence, and woolah! I used a small tote lid … 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
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