My husband wanted to be a cactus and since we always do a family costume, I decided to be tumbleweed. My 2 daughters are flowers and my son is a tree. My husband’s costume is made of felt. The head is lined with foam rubber, with green mesh over his face. The body is a … Read more
I wanted to my kids Wyatt Earp and Miss Kitty. For my son I found a pattern for a dress vest with the right lapels I was looking for. I used a beautiful silver and black brocade and black satin. I used a regular pants pattern with a pinstripe material. The white collar shirt is … Read more
I wanted something funny/ scary. The handmade Cereal Killer Dog costume idea came from my dog attacking tearing apart a cardboard box. I also made the same costume for myself. Used a black dog coat made with 2 velcro belts sewn at chest & waist level as well as neck velcro’s on so costume doesn’t … Read more
This cereal killer and cereal box Halloween costume was an idea I came up with, by surfing on this site before Halloween. For the cereal box: I knew it would take me a lot of time doing it if my goal was not to spend a lot of money, so I started doing it about … Read more
I needed a really cool costume for school because it was our spirit/homecoming week and I wanted to have the best costume! I had no ideas so I started looking through my closet when I came across my Tim Duncan jersey. I LOVE basketball, but instead of being just another “basketball player” I decided to … Read more
This is a picture of my sister and I as Dunkin’ Donuts. We came up with the idea of a Homemade Dunkin’ Donuts Halloween Costume searching the Internet and thought it was awesome. We bought our outfits from Value Village; jerseys, long tub socks, and basketball shorts. We wore sneakers. Our donuts were handmade. We … Read more
We came up with this “Pot Brownie” Couple Costume because we didn’t want the typical slutty costume. We wanted something funny and creative. We got the skirt and shirts from Value Village, bought the socks at Fred Meyer and went to Joanna fabrics and got green and brown fabric and felts. I already wear glasses … Read more
This is for the Hot Dog Vendor costume (the one in the middle). Supplies: White shirt Red Tie Cardboard Box (kind used for carrying canned cokes) Stick on Letters Empty Ketchup & Mustang bottled Hot Dog Buns & Aluminum Foil Rope We took a cardboard box (kind canned cokes come in) and used stick on … Read more
My son loves to watch marching bands. We live in Ottawa and follow the Changing of the Guard throughout the summer. This year our son asked if I could make him a Homemade Grenadier Drum Major Costume. I figured it would be fun to try and make it. I started with the jacket. I used … Read more
One year, my friend Liz and I had waited a little too long to buy a Halloween costume. We were going to a party, and obviously wanted to look a little bit sexy… but neither of us wanted to spend $60.00 on one of those “sexy fill-in-the-blank” costumes. 1) A huge waste of money and … Read more
This is Farmer Mc’Harley. He is a eight (8) year old Chihuahua from Chandler, Arizona. Harley loves dressing up for Halloween, as this is his 7th year entering costume contests. My grandmother helped me make his Pet Dog Homemade Halloween Costume. We were able to even customize a tractor for him to ride.
Since my St. Bernard is too big for normal pet costumes, we tried something different. I bought a child’s size 4-6 1-piece devil costume with attached hood. I cut the back open and put it over his head, then put his feet in the leg openings. I stuffed the arms with Styrofoam so that they … Read more