Creative Homemade Christmas Tree and Present Couple Costume

My friend and I came up with the ingenious idea to mixup holidays with these costumes. Best part is they were ridiculously cheap. Everything we got w

My friend and I came up with the ingenious idea to make a creative homemade Christmas Tree and Present couple costume. Best part is they were ridiculously cheap. Everything we got was from the thrift store and it was all done in 1 day. Firstly the Xmas tree was a ton of fun to put … Read more

Coolest Last-Minute Heat Miser and Snow Miser Couple Costumes

Coolest Last-Minute Heat Miser and Snow Miser Couple Costumes

The night before our friends’ Halloween party in Cincinnati, we were faced with the expectation of surpassing our previous year’s Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein costumes. I’d always wanted to use another holiday (particularly Christmas) as inspiration, and this was my favorite TV special. It’s pretty clear from the photo that I spent more time … Read more

Coolest DIY Christmas Tree Costume

This is a 13 foot tall fully lit Christmas tree with 280 ornaments.  The constuction is pvc pipes, garlands, duct tape and two laundry baskets.&

This Christmas Tree costume is a 13 foot tall fully lit Christmas tree with 280 ornaments. The construction is PVC pipes, garlands, duct tape and two laundry baskets. The costume is supported on my head through out the night. One of the pictures shows a friend of mine wearing a Capt Crunch costume I created a … Read more

Coolest Christmas Tree Cake

Christmas Tree Cake

I used an old satin sheet, cut it into a Christmas tree pattern and sewed it together. For trunk of the tree I just used a piece of brown scrap material and pined it to the bottom of the tree. The decoration on the Christmas tree costume was made out of red and white pieces … Read more

Coolest Homemade Christmas Tree Costume

Homemade Christmas Tree Costume

My daughter wanted to be something homemade, so I tried this Homemade Christmas Tree Costume. I got 6 yards of thick green felt and one yard of yellow from Walmart, cost $18.00. Cut the 6 yards in half, giving you two 3 yard pieces of green felt. I laid out one of the 3 yards … Read more

Coolest Homemade Santa’s Reindeer Group Halloween Costume

Homemade Santa's Reindeer Group Halloween Costume

While in college, a group of my sorority sisters and I were all broke and trying to figure out what to be for a Halloween party. My friend Eliza, and I went to the store to look at the costumes in hopes to find some inspiration of something we could mimic. However, most of the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Christmas Present Under the Tree Costume

Homemade Christmas Present Under the Tree Costume

My daughter, Sierra, does not do gory, gross or scary. In fact, she won’t even stay in the same room if someone is talking about blood, guts or gore. Halloween is obviously not her favorite holiday since it involves all of the above. This year she decided to skip the Halloween horrors and move on … Read more

Coolest Christmas Stocking Costume

Homemade Christmas Stocking Costume

Last year our boys decided that they wanted to be a marionette and a Christmas stocking. It is our tradition to allow them to choose what they want to be and we will try to make it. The Homemade Christmas Stocking Costume: Cut out material so that child can fit in in the shape of … Read more

Coolest Homemade Green Elf Costume

Homemade Green Elf Costume

This homemade Green Elf costume can be used for any costume parties for children. It can be worn even if it’s not a Christmas Holiday. Material used is silk and cotton and it’s child friendly. My grandson wore it the whole time without any sign of irritation. It’s cute. It’s cool and easy to wash … Read more

Coolest Baking Elf and Gingerbread Girl Costume

Baking Elf and Gingerbread Girl Costume

My twins love the book Gingerbread Baby. So when it was time to pick Halloween costumes Alison wanted to be a gingerbread. I was quite scared to attempt this costume since I don’t sew, but much to my surprise it turned out better than I expected and no stitching required. I got brown felt from … Read more

Cute Homemade Christmas Tree Costume

Homemade Christmas Tree Costume

About two months ago I was hanging out with my friends at lunch and I jokingly put o water bottle on the top of my head and put all of my hair around it to make it stand straight up in a cone. I then wondered how I could incorporate this into my Halloween costume, … Read more