This was a cool ‘sky’ theme that matched the end of our Polish family name. The hot air balloon was made from extra colored flag fabric sewed together. Then, hoola hoops were inserted and it was attached to an extra laundry basket with four wooden dowels. It was decorated with some old tan pillow cases … Read more
This year was the first Halloween that our son has ever experienced. He is just barely three months old so I wanted to make sure he was cute and comfortable. My husband is a Captain in the army and we had an event that was a costume party. I knew it would be around the … Read more
Our 4 year old boy is obsessed with the solar system. So when we asked what he wanted to be for Halloween he said ‘Saturn’. Where do you find a 3′ round ball / sponge / foam / anything to fit over a 4 year old and be rugged and light weight? My wife had … Read more
I’ve heard of little kids and pregnant ladies dressing up as the solar system for Halloween. I wanted to take that costume idea and make it a little sleeker and trendier so made a Ms. Universe costume. I started out by taking a dress I already owned paired with leggings and shoes that I already … Read more
My son loves space but do to budget constraints (we are moving) I had no money to buy a costume, then I remember the rocket outfit Gru wears as a child in Despicable Me and I started wondering how hard that would be to make. I looked and looked and couldn’t find that image so … Read more
These astronauts costumes were inspired by the one and only first astronaut that landed the American Flag on the moon by Edward H. White. One of the things that inspired me was when the Endeavor final mission landed on L.A.X. I was one of the most fortunate of hundreds of people to go see it … Read more
Firstly, I would like to apologize for my English writing skill. English is my 2nd language. So, I will try my best to describe how I made my son’s Halloween costume. I older boy is 3 and he loves Rocket Ship so I decided to make him a coolest Rocket Ship costume because it’s more fun and special. I spent … Read more
My very creative daughter decided she wants to be a sun for Purim. The internet offered boring/expensive options. Well, with some arts and crafts, present string, gold paper plates, yellow tights and shirt we put together this Sunshine costume.
For this star costume, I started with a paper mache headpiece that had a wire base, one measured around the top of my head, another measured around my face. I joined them together with masking tape. Next I cut out triangular shapes of cardboard and taped them around the face part. I added one strip … Read more
These child Halloween costumes were very tricky to make. I used the old McDonalds commercial from the 80’s for the idea. They did a take-off on “Mac The Knife”, and called the moon head with the sunglasses “Mac Tonight”. Having no idea how to make the moon head costumes, I first thought papier-mache would be … Read more
For this Shuttle Astronaut Costume I made a zip up sweatshirt/jacket and sweatpants from orange fleece. (Pattern for both at my local fabric store.) I bought the patches online (just do a search, there are several sites which sell them.) There’s also a US Flag patch on his left arm…they’re available almost anywhere. I took … Read more
My 3 year old son requested his costume to be “an astronaut in a rocketship” for Halloween this year. Here is how I made this astronaut homemade Halloween costume and rocketship: 1 – I cut a diaper box to fit his torso. I cut a U shaped hole in the top for his head and … Read more