My son chose a toy army man costume to go along with my toy/game theme. We love our school’s Trunk-or-Treat event. This toy army man costume was rather easy to make in general… but did take a LOT of paint and primer! I bought old military style clothing, covered them with primer, and then paint. … Read more
Who doesn’t have fond memories of playing with the little green army men during childhood? Or the not so fond memories of stepping on them? Nothing feels like waiting until 8 p.m. on the night before Halloween to decide on a costume. By now, all the stores have been picked clean so we were relying on internet … Read more
Let’s just say, this has been my favorite costume we’ve ever done, and we’ve done some pretty fun costumes! I saw the costume idea floating around the internet and thought it would be pretty awesome if we could pull it off. I got my girlfriends together and asked what they thought and they were IN! Step 1: … Read more
Halloween is our favorite time of the year. Leaves are falling, warm colors, pumpkins, ghosts and little goblins everywhere! I am the oldest of three sisters. Both my younger sisters have five kids each and I have one. Together we have 11 exciting get-ups to assemble to each personality. My middle sister is a wiz … Read more
This toy soldier army of three costume was a huge hit this Halloween. We perused the internet for the green army men ideas and set out on our own adventure to make this way too costume! We first had to decide which army dude each wanted to be. I chose the bazooka guy, my youngest, … Read more
This toy soldier’s costume idea was perfect for the family and getting everyone involved. We had a Halloween wedding to attend and needed costumes for it. We talked of a group Disney costume and in the search, my husband found the toy soldier from Toy Story. We started by going to the Goodwill and Salvation … Read more
Every year we go to Brevard, NC for the annual Hallowenfest. They have several categories to compete in for best Halloween Costume. This year we entered into BEST Homemade costume. My son and I chose to make a Green Army Guy costume. I found a costume on Pinterest and it had great instructions. We used … Read more
My wife saw this costume a couple years ago and we thought it was great. We have triplet twelve year old boys and they like to dress in group costumes. We gathered up old long sleeve shirts, cargo-type pants, belts and boots from around the house and local thrift stores. We used a spray paint … Read more
So I’ve always been a big transformers fan, and I’ve always made my own costumes, so I thought it would be really cool to make my own Transformer. Since I’m an over-achiever, and I’m really competitive, I couldn’t just do it the way others did it. I wanted to actually transform. I also wanted to … Read more
My costume is a homemade transforming transformer tank costume that I built for my 7 year old son Jaiden. This Halloween he asked for a costume totally outside the box (no pun intended lol) He asked me if I could make him a transforming tank costume! The challenge was on!!! I love to create things … Read more
My Son Matthew isn’t like the other kids. His classmates were all going as “store bought zombie _____ (fill in the blank, ex: zombie babseball, zombie army man, etc)” for Halloween, but not my boy. He enjoys Halloween and enjoys creating costumes that no one else has seen. This season- ‘Aircraft Carrier’. We have made … Read more
My sister and I are best friends, so when our sons were born only three days apart, we knew they would be close. Although they have very different personalities, the boys like to do as much as possible together. My family loves Halloween, and we like to make our own costumes. The boys were nine … Read more