Items used: Victoria Secret bra 1980’s sequined dress 1 yard purple fabric 1/2 yard yellow fabric 2 yards green fabric Square dance crinoline in green Stuffed flounder toy Purse strap Bag of stuffing Cheap fake pearl necklace Rhinestones or sequins Purple flower Starting off I made the fishtail with a stretchy sequined 1980’s prom dress. … Read more
I love Halloween and was thrilled to celebrate my daughter’s first Halloween in grand fashion, and celebrate our first Halloween as a family of three with an ensemble. A corny Halloween Every good idea starts with a kernel I love sweet corn even more than I love Halloween. As an Iowa native living in Minnesota, … Read more
I made this cool homemade Halloween costume by getting a pair of white leggings and a white long sleeved top and sewing them together. My leggings didn’t go the whole way to my ankle so I got a pair of knew high socks to wear with the suit. I then started to look at graphs … Read more
To create the head of my tree costume I used a hat which I wrapped in flower foam and taped in place using packaging tape. I wrapped the foam hat with burlap and then sewed a burlap mask around the perimeter which hangs down to my shoulders. I cut a face hole in the front … Read more
This last minute group costume was quite easy to put together. Although I already had everything in my costume drawer (yes I’m an adult and I have a costume drawer). For Ed McMahon I borrowed some pants and a shirt from my dad. I bought the jacket at a resale shop. I bought a wig … Read more
We bought the blue tshirts from Michael’s for $4 and cut off the sleeves and neck. We got the red shorts at Academy for $6 and we used white fabric paint to paint the stripes on. We realized that it was too time consuming so we just bought athletic tape to do the guys shorts. … Read more
This is my son Thomas Firestone. He is 14 years old and lives in Maple Grove Minnesota. Last year just after Halloween we were talking about how boring some of our costumes seemed to be getting. Store bought masks were not doing it for us any more. We got to talking about ideas that would … Read more
This Witch Doctor couple costume was a total last minute costume idea. My usual is a play on words idea. We were invited to a costume party the day of and had to come up with something quick. I had already worn my costume for several other occasions such as my Witch Kraft ideas and … Read more
Here is my two year old’s wearable pirate ship costume. The costume is really light weight because it is made entirely of foam and a small amount of cardboard. The foam was painted with two layers of brown, the first a light brown, and then a dark brown. I used a stiff paint brush to … Read more
I used a garbage can to make my Red Solo Cup Halloween costume. I spray painted the inside white and the outside red. On each side I wrote “solo” and in the front on the rim I wrote my name in sharpie marker, just like the song says. I drilled suspenders into the sides so … Read more
For years I have wanted to be an Egyptian queen. I searched online but nothing caught my eye. I couldn’t find anything unique enough. Only thing that kept popping up was the picture of Anaksunamun from the movie The Mummy. I finally decided to make it on my own. Obviously, in the movie her whole outfit … Read more
I know it’s been done before but I’d just love to submit this plastic Toy Soldier Halloween costume any way! Materials: Cargo pants thrift store Rain Coat thrift store Combat boots thrift store hardhat helmet nitridex gloves toy gun & accessories belt green grease make up cardboard cut out with string Bought most of the … Read more