This “Sleeping Beauty” costume took a fair bit of thinking which is hard to do these days with 2 kids running about the place! The easiest part of the costume was spray painting the 4 styrofoam balls, and 3 wrapping paper rolls gold. My daughter was able to take some ownership of this costume making … Read more
This Dirty Laundry costume was super easy to make for my daughter! The only cost was the laundry basket which was about $8. First we cut out the bottom, making sure not to make the hole too big so that she could carry it on her hips. Then we threw in a sheet, a towel, a … Read more
October of last year (2012), I had been very busy. My best friend’s wedding was the weekend before Halloween, and on top of that, I was very busy with a 2 week long Halloween event at my place of employment. Needless to say, I did not have the time, energy, or disposable income for a … Read more
After finding out we were pregnant with our third, and most likely last child, I begged my husband to let me make a big announcement. Since Halloween was 2 1/2 weeks away we decided to wait to tell everyone with an awesome couples costume! I got started right away with the focus piece…the oven! I’ve … Read more
This Ant at Picnic costume was a fun and very easy costume to make. My daughter was a lady bug and I needed something to go with it so an ant at a picnic was perfect. First, you purchase all of your materials – foam board, red and white table cloth, black pipe cleaners, black … Read more
This costume all started about 35 years ago when my mom was about my age. My mom and her best friend needed a cheap and easy costume, fast. That’s how the clothesline costume was born. It has now kind of become a family tradition if you want to say that. My sister and her best … Read more
Wow! Everyone just loved this idea of a Bun in the Oven and Chef costume. My wife was very pregnant so it was a great idea. We took a box and cut it out then covered it with white fabric. We used spray paint lids for the knobs then printed out a picture to put … Read more
I made this awesome pregnant woman’s costume – Bun in the Oven for Halloween 2011! I was 7 months pregnant. I wasn’t gonna dress up cause I was so huge but the idea came from my husband when he was looking online! so I thought it would be awesome! It took me like 3 days … Read more
My wife and I are pictured here last Halloween. I’m the one on the left, wearing the oven and thrusting forth my five-month pregnant belly to make the turkey stick out just a little bit more. My wife is on the right, turkey baster in hand with her chef hat reaching toward the sky. She’s … Read more
Last year I wanted to have some originality in my son’s costume. I was so tired of the same store bought ones. I did some research and found the idea to make him a washer costume. It seemed very early and with this being the 1st time I’ve tried to make his costume I went … Read more
I created a homemade dust bunny costume for my son. I needed to make a costume for him since he has Sensory Issues and also easy to put on and take off. I had to think of something that was easy for him to handle. I though a dust bunny was a fun way to … Read more
On Halloween night with our costume on you will hear remarks like : ” Hey, you’ll never guess what I saw walking down the street!!!! A table!!” Yes, a table complete with lamp, a cup of milk and a book to read casually placed on top. This Homemade Table and Lampshade Halloween Costume Idea was … Read more