Original Homemade Elephant Costume

Original Homemade Elephant Costume

This elephant costume was the first costume I ever made. I dived in and started, having no idea what I was doing! I love elephants, and I had the box idea from primary school when we made cars out of a box, and a helmet out of paper mache. So I paper mached half of … Read more

Cool Homemade Crocodile Costume

Cool Homemade Crocodile Costume

On occasion I get a creative burst, and without planning just dive into my project! I am a fan of trial and error, I don’t really like following a guide or recipe. I started this crocodile costume with the head, using cardboard as a base with a hot glue gun, then paper mâchéing to get the right shape. For … Read more

The Elephant Man Optical Illusion Costume

The Elephant Man Optical Illusion Costume

My family loves to make our own costumes. Every year, we make to a higher and different level of imagination. This year the theme was “Trip Around the World” that shows cultures and history of people. We picked the county India because of its rich practices and colorful splendid garments. My husband made a huge … Read more

Easy and Fun Giraffe Costume

Easy and Fun Giraffe Costume

My friends and I decided to do a group themed costume as the idea of party animals. Each of us chose an animal that would be easy to dress up as, then bought our costumes, and added party hats and had party horns/streamers. Creating the giraffe costume: 1) Bought a plain yellow dress, brown tights, … Read more

Super Fun Safari Tourist and Leopard Couple Costumes

Super Fun Safari Tourist and Leopard Couple Costumes

My husband didn’t really want to dress up this year, but Halloween is my favorite holiday, so after a lot of rejected ideas we found something we were both happy about! I went as a leopard (but definitely not the store-bought “sexy cat” kind!) and he was a safari tourist. He followed me around all night with … Read more

Original Homemade Hippo Halloween Costume

My friend Ben wanted a Hippo costume, so I whipped up the most ridiculous, haggard hippo costume you've ever laid eyes on. I don't have a sewing ma

My friend Ben wanted a Hippo Halloween costume, so I whipped up the most ridiculous, haggard hippo costume you’ve ever laid eyes on. I don’t have a sewing machine, so I hand sewed this bad boy in between watching Modern Family reruns, checking Facebook, and kind of reviewing for midterms, so needless to say it’s … Read more

Homemade Zebra Costume with Cool Body Paint

Body Paint is an excellent way to show off your creativity. just like a painting, no two strokes are the same- so you are guaranteed originality.
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Body paint is an excellent way to show off your creativity. Just like a painting, no two strokes are the same- so you are guaranteed originality. What I used for this zebra costume: BODY:  black and white Snazaroo face paint.  false lashes  black high waist shorts  two black bras (one low cut dress bra)  black … Read more

Coolest Zebra Print Makeup Costume

I used white make up as a base and a black makeup crayon to draw on all the stripes on her arms, back and chest.  For her face, I used special f

I used white make up as a base and a black makeup crayon to draw on all the stripes on her arms, back and chest.  For her face, I used special face white base and black face makeup with a brush.  The make-up took close to three hours and was a blast.  I had never … Read more

Coolest Jungle Explorer Costume

i was looking for an easy to wear but elaborate costume and thought i would be fun to make it active so i thought of a puppet it was alote of fun to

I was looking for an easy to wear but elaborate costume and thought it would be fun to make it active. So I thought of a puppet. It was a lot of fun to make sculpting the head out of flower foam. This is the foam they use in the bottom of flower arrangements. It … Read more

Cool Homemade Giraffe Costume

Homemade Giraffe Costume

The challenge of this Homemade Giraffe Costume was to make a long neck that wasn’t so top heavy that it pulled the little guy over. The shoulders, neck, and head were all made of paper mache over a chicken wire base. I lined the inside with polar fleece to make it more comfortable. Giraffe fabric … Read more

Coolest Dancing Ballerina Elephant Costume

Homemade Dancing Ballerina Elephant Costume

This year (2008) I made my daughter a Ballerina Elephant costume. I live in Ohio and needed something that would be warm for her but also pretty. I got the elephant costume from a sale. I bought the tutu off of eBay. I then bought a bunch of pink roses to match the tutu. I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz Costume

Homemade Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz Costume

My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. After checking out store bought costumes I decided I could make a much better homemade Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz costume for a much cheaper price. First I bought a cheap tan sweatsuit with a hood … Read more