When my 2-year old son came up with the creative idea of a Turkey Costume, I did my best to bring his idea to life. It was inexpensive and simple- and I am no seamstress! To make: 1.) Purchase two large pieces of brown felt. Cut a small circle in the middle of one piece, … Read more
I love having an excuse to be colorful and authentic, so for this Halloween I dressed as a Mexican Sugar Skull (Frida Kahlo inspired). This is a great inexpensive way of making yourself notice at a Halloween party and it’s easy to do! The best part of this DIY Mexican Sugar Skull Dia de los … Read more
My boyfriend was skeptical about my homemade Christmas tree Halloween costume, but when I showed it to him, and then lit it up, he was thrilled. Although sewing fake pine garland to sweatshirt material is no walk in the park (and quite a job for the vacuum cleaner), I knew that the costumes would be … Read more
My Homemade Tiger Lily Indian Princess Costume is made entirely out of brown paper bags. They were cut into strips and sown together with hemp to make the skirt. The vest was made by turning a bag upside down and cutting arm holes and then trimming it down to size. The front of the vest … Read more
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
I wore a homemade Christmas tree costume. I bought a tutu on and sewed on ornaments throughout the skirt. I then strung battery operated lighters that actually lit up throughout the night. There was also garland along the waist band. The head band was just a basic head band that I then used wire to … Read more
My husband and I wanted to do something funny for Thanksgiving so we (along with my sister-in-law) decided to dress up and surprise everyone by running out of the room right before our family Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey let out a huge scream and started running through the house followed by a Native American and … Read more
My birthday is on Halloween. I never dressed-up ever. So when I was pressured by my husband and friends to actually go out and dress up – I didn’t want to be something everyone else was, and since I am obsessed with anything that has to do with Dia De Los Muertos I had to … Read more
Homemade in our native Pennsylvania, the Amish were a simple choice. Prior to our party, we did basic shopping for fresh bread and jarred jelly to give the host as a gift and people didn’t know if we were authentic Amish or not! The best part was not allowing the picture to capture our faces,as … Read more
I have always loved Frida Kahlo’s paintings and Dia de Los Muertos, so I thought I would mix the two to make a unique Homemade Frida Kahlo Costume. 1)THE ‘DO: I braided my hair into pig tails and then pinned them to the top of my head and arranged bright flowers I bought from the … Read more
Having always been a fan of making my own Halloween costume I decided I would “branch” out last year on this idea. I have seen many Christmas tree costumes online before but none of them had been very realistic. I spent many hours thinking of the best way to coordinate everything into making the best … Read more
It all started over a year ago, I went as Jesus and entered a contest on break.com. I received second place next to Billy Maze, poor guy. So this year I decided to push the spiritual envelope again. I was having trouble deciding how I was going to do it, but knew I needed to … Read more