I always refer to my son Adan as my butterball, when it came time for his first Halloween I had an epiphany in the frozen foods section. The best part is that you not only get a costume, you also get dinner. Supplies for this Butterball Turkey Baby Costume: – 1 turkey, 1 tan colored … Read more
My friend’s five year old daughter wanted an Ariel the Little Mermaid Costume for Halloween, but did not like any of the Ariel costumes on the rack at any of the stores. I told my friend that I would see what I could do about making a costume she might like. I got some green … Read more
This Coolest Giraffe Costume is very easy! Ears and ossicones came on a headband I bought from eBay for about a fiver, just clipped my hair over the band to make it look like they were coming out of my head. Fabric was an effort, couldn’t find any giraffe print so just painted onto gold … Read more
I created this Homemade Zebra Costume. The catsuit parts is Zentai, comes from U.K and the cinch comes from Spirit Halloween, and the boa is 2 boas intertwined for the tail. Sexy ankle boots and gloves for hooves, face painted and hair done by cornrowing and hair coloring. Won best costume prize twice at local … Read more
One day, I was just browsing through the costumes at the local thrift shop. I came across a short lion costume (no legs, no arms, just a body with tail and hood). It was only $6, so I bought it. Originally, I had planned to just allow my daughter to use it as a costume … Read more
This is my son’s Captain Hook costume from last year. If you could not tell it is Captian Hook from Peter Pan. Every year we try to come up with a theme, that year it was Peter Pan. I found some pictures on site of Captain Hook for reference in colors and such. I think … Read more
Pirates and parrots go together like peas and carrots. Well, sometimes they do, other times they fight like cats and dogs (or at least at my house). Although not used for Halloween, my boys dressed as a pirate and parrot for a costume contest (the boys finished in the pairs contest). The pirate was sewn … Read more
This is Lucy, she is four, and her costume was created for a party at preschool. It was a Hawaiian theme and I think she looks great!! After trying on the finished product she couldn’t stop staring at herself and she proceeded to act out the part. This is one of my favorite pictures and … Read more
A bunch of girls from my high school got in trouble for playing beer pong and putting up pictures of ourselves online. It was a huge controversy and so we thought it would only be fitting to go in a group Beer Pong costume for our Senior Halloween. At lunch one day well all got … Read more
I made this Homemade Boy Fairy Costume, apart from the wings which I bought, when I couldn’t find anything I liked. I modeled it after “Terrance” from Tinkerbell. So he is a Sparrow Man which is a fancy way of saying a ‘Boy Fairy’. My biggest fear was that it would turn out too girly … Read more
I created this Homemade Balloon Boy Costume in response to the family in Colorado who had the who world on pins and needles when they claimed their 6 year old son flew away in their homemade weather balloon/flying saucer. It turned out to be a hoax and nothing more than a publicity stunt. The costume … Read more
I made this Forrest Fairy costume for the faerieworlds festival 2011. My inspiration was just an idea – to become a “forest themed” fairy that could easily have come from the mossy woodlands of Oregon. I started with a bodice found online for 7$ and altered it – painting the lace a lighter green and … Read more