I was going to a party where the theme was household objects, so, naturally I thought whisk. However to my anguish a friend decided that she wanted to. So I thought “fine, sure, I’ll be a TV”. This idea was stolen from me with less than 48 to hours to spear. LUCKILY, I used my … Read more
My 12 year old son asked to be a Lava Lamp Costume for Halloween this year. To make the base, I took two oval laundry baskets and cut out the bottoms. I then stacked them and tied the bottoms together so that it made a figure 8 shape and he could stand in it, mimicking … Read more
This Halloween we were having a hard time finding a costume idea for my 8-year-old son that we were both happy with. I don’t like the scary ones and he feels he is getting a little old for the cute ones. So as we stared out the window we saw the recycle cans. As his … Read more
This original Halloween costume took about 2 days to buy, create, and for paint to dry. It was the last year for my daughter to compete in the costume contests, so I had to go out with a big bang. I was wracking my brain, when suddenly it came to me. I was at work … Read more
This costume was made for my son’s 2nd Halloween. He was 15 months old at the time. My husband is a master electrician so I thought it would be cute to make an electrical outlet costume for our son. My Mom and I bought cheap black fabric at the store along with white and one … Read more
My 8-year-old daughter was playing in the rain one day, and came out of the garage wrapped in large black trash bags. I thought to myself “what a great costume for Halloween”…and the Homemade Bag of Trash Child Halloween Costume was created. I bought a long sleeved black shirt at the goodwill for $2.50, saved … Read more
My daughter had a fancy dress competition and the theme was “innovative idea”. So my mind started working. I wanted to build something extra ordinary and something that was not done before. I thought about BULB as I can also make it functional by giving a light torch in my daughter’s hand which she can … Read more
It’s fun to make original Halloween costumes! I used black track pants and a black turtleneck as the base for the costume. The handle was made from a bent, empty paper towel roll that was wrapped in black, sticky backed felt. It was sewn onto a black hat. The lower part of the vacuum was … Read more