My son is six years old and he always comes up with unique ideas for his costume each year. This year, he decided on a Hot Air Balloon. My mother and I make his costumes each year. First, I purchased a wicker hamper we cut the bottom out and used black duct tape around the … Read more
I was motivated in to making costumes for my family so my daughter picked this hot air balloon costume from this site. We used a round laundry basket, some basket weave from a craft store, four dowel rods, flame fabric, a piece of duct work from the hardware store and an inflatable ball from a … Read more
I am not very good at making costumes for Halloween but this was real easy! The hot air Balloon was made up of a cardboard box and spray paint. The material for the balloon was nylon that I sewed together and used 3/4 inch PVC pipes to hold it up. I sewed the weight bags, … Read more
Making costumes for Halloween is lots of fun, but I always prefer to make something easy? We came up with the idea of a Hot Air Balloon The basket was a cardboard box covered in light brown paper with darker brown strips weaved through. Along the top rim of the box was large pipe insulation … Read more
Items used: Cardboard box, white paper strips, balloons, embroidery hoops, plastic pipe, pipe insulation, and paper bag. The balloon basket is made from a cardboard box with both end flaps cut off. Then, cut one-inch strips in the box and weave one-inch white strips through the box to create the basket look. Another thing you … Read more
I used a cardboard box, cut slits into it, and weaved light brown construction paper in and out to make the box look like a basket. Of course the bottom of the box is cut out for her legs. The day of the Halloween party I bought a helium balloon at a party store; the … Read more
My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more