After making my six year old son’s Pteranadon costume, my three year old daughter decided her costume just was not as good as her big brother’s. She really wanted to be a Pteranadon too, so that she could be like her big brother. I had already fumbled through the making of a Pteranadon, so I … Read more
I have a hard time finding costumes to fit me the way I would like for them too, so I decided to make it. My husband had a caveman/barbarian outfit and we wanted to match so I made a Cavewoman Costume. I purchased the material and got to work. I cut the pattern, did minimal … Read more
We had about 2 hours to make a costume so my friends and I went to a fabric store and bought 1 yard of fabric each. Three costumes we actually hand sewed, but the rest are just draped around and safety pinned. The leopard print only cost $3.50 for a yard and the most expensive … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES dinosaurs! I was really worried when he decided that he’d be a Triceratops for Halloween. I was not quite sure how I would pull off a dinosaur kid homemade costume. After digging for some thick jersey for the body and velvet for the horns, I realized that maybe it wouldn’t … Read more
I started this Cave Woman costume by buying a yrd and a half of material from Wal-Mart. I traced and cut out the pattern and sewed the sides to fit my shape, cut the hem jagged, and tied the shoulder strap. For my hair – I washed and blow dried it and then added hair … Read more
Five days before Halloween I needed to find a costume for my 2 1/2 year old. Grandma and Grandpa, who normally purchase my kids’ costumes were not able to contribute more than $25 between both. I therefore decided to try making a Homemade Dinosaur Costume. I searched online for some ideas and decided to see … Read more
This is a volcano costume I am wearing that is 100% hand made from a chicken wire shell covered in paper mache. There is a rock climber and hula dancers on the face. You may not see it in the photo, but I actually have hidden containers at the opening where I had dry ice … Read more
My son wanted to have a dinosaur themed 5th birthday party. So we looked for dinosaur costumes but his birthday is in March so we didn’t find much. I decided to make him a homemade dinosaur costume myself. I started with a funky green fabric that had dots raised all over it. I basically sewed … Read more
My nephew loves volcanoes. When he asked me to help him make a costume this year, I knew exactly what to make him. He was so excited. I took his measurements and I was off and running with a Homemade Erupting Volcano Costume. He didn’t see it until the day before Halloween. It took me … Read more
Here is a custom homemade unique dinosaur costume made from a satin green material with cotton in the middle for comfort and looks. This is all hand sewn and each of the dinosaur spikes are handmade with a piece of cardboard in each spike then sewn together. The dinosaur eyes are made from a large … Read more
I was taken back for the first time when my son expressed his desire to be a volcano for Halloween since we had been planning a Tie Fighter Costume for a while. I decided to do both since it couldn’t hurt to have two finished costumes and I had all the materials. The Homemade Little … Read more
I began this Dinosaur Costume with a dinosaur mask that I got from the Children’s Museum. Using black foam core I attached a long spiky, bumpy tail. The wonderful thing about foam core is that you can create bumps with heat, can paint it, and can glue onto it. Around the shoulders are more spikes … Read more