I began working on this couch potato costume in September 2007. My little brothers have a most creative Halloween Costume Contest at their school so we are always up against some pretty tough competition. It only took a few days to finish the costume, it would have been a little sooner, but I had to … Read more
My old roommate (RIP) made this hell in handbasket costume. I have no idea what gave her the idea for this. It was probably just one of those random ideas. The costume looks like it was pretty easy to make. A large bucket with a hole cut out of the bottom, the devil’s fork, and … Read more
The first part of the Couch Potato Costume made is the potato. I bought a textured beige curtain panel, folded it in half, sewed the rectangle 3/4ths around, leaving enough room to stuff it with quilt batting. I then sewed small pockets across the top and bottom of the stuffed rectangle and ran elastic through … Read more
I took an old cardboard box and cut out head and arms, covered it with paper and made drawer fronts and attached them put all kinds of silly things on top of box such as ashtray crushed beer cans and clock. I then took a lampshade and put a light inside of it and attached … Read more
For this Tiger Woods Halloween costume idea – I bought the shirt with a double thick collar and sweater vest from thrift store. I threaded a round circle of styrofoam into underside of collar to use as a base for my trees. I poked small holes through the collar and pushed my greenery into it, … Read more
I was looking for something stereotypical and CHEAP! I bought a cheap plastic garbage can (should’ve seen me standing in it at the store. They must’ve thought I was NUTS!) Anyway, I cut the bottom off the can. (Very hard to cut! You will need strong scissors!) and I spray painted the garbage can white. … Read more
For Halloween I wore a Gold Digger costume, hence the gold costume and the construction worker hat and shovel. At the same time, I was trying to portray a gold-digging female who wants money! This costume was a hit! Everyone loved it. I bought a gold dress from a fashion store, a construction worker hat … Read more
The Homemade One Night Stand Costume was a big hit! I entered in a costume contest at a local bar and took first place. Items used: cardboard box (for the table), 1 yard of fabric (to cover the table), lampshade (hat), bra (hat), condoms, empty beer cans, ash tray, and fishing line (for the straps. … Read more
I decided to dress up in a Homemade White Trash Halloween Costume. What I did is I got all white clothing head to toe and hot glued pieces of garbage all over so I was white trash! I have gotten numerous commentary and won a couple of costume contests.
My 4 year-old son’s name is Jackson . Every year I come up with a Halloween costume idea so to incorporate his name with his costume, i.e. (Jack-o-lantern, Jack in the box, Jack of hearts and this year he was Hungry Jack). The materials used for this Halloween costume idea were 9×11″ sheets of felt, … Read more
We came up with this idea for a devil’s food cake costume after looking at your website for quite some time. We liked the cupcake ideas, but my daughter wanted to be “scarier,” so somehow we came up with devil’s food cake! We took a laundry basket and cut out the bottom for her legs. … Read more
Cereal Killer is a pun on words so the teachers loved it. He won 1st prize for most original. All I did was get a black tee shirt and black sweats and hot glue small cereal boxes on the shirt and pants. All on the front of both. I also took plastic spoons and glued … Read more