This is for the Hot Dog Vendor costume (the one in the middle). Supplies: White shirt Red Tie Cardboard Box (kind used for carrying canned cokes) Stick on Letters Empty Ketchup & Mustang bottled Hot Dog Buns & Aluminum Foil Rope We took a cardboard box (kind canned cokes come in) and used stick on … Read more
My son loves to watch marching bands. We live in Ottawa and follow the Changing of the Guard throughout the summer. This year our son asked if I could make him a Homemade Grenadier Drum Major Costume. I figured it would be fun to try and make it. I started with the jacket. I used … Read more
One year, my friend Liz and I had waited a little too long to buy a Halloween costume. We were going to a party, and obviously wanted to look a little bit sexy… but neither of us wanted to spend $60.00 on one of those “sexy fill-in-the-blank” costumes. 1) A huge waste of money and … Read more
My 4.5 year old son, who is fascinated by construction equipment, decided that this year he would like to be a backhoe. Knowing right off that there would be no store bought costume available, my husband and I set about devising how to construct a Homemade Backhoe Halloween Costume. First off we started sketching out … Read more
My kids always want to have very original costumes, and this year, my daughter decided on a Homemade Ice Cream Truck Costume. I was an ice cream truck in the 6th grade, and while many thought it was a crazy idea, it is original and my daughter decided it was a good idea for her … Read more
My daughter really wanted to be an artist so we started looking at pictures on the internet, books, anything we could get our hands on. We finally found a cute outfit on the internet that my daughter loved. I first found a broom at a Halloween store. I tied the top with a rubber band … Read more
Ryan Schultz, our 3 year old son, was determined to be a UPS Man for Halloween this year. When looking at Halloween costume catalogs on various occasions, we asked Ryan what he wanted to be for Halloween. There were a lot of things that caught his eye, but he kept saying he wanted to be … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a cop this year. So I found some size 24 mth boys fleece cargo pants and a polo style shirt both in navy blue. I made patches, name tag, and all the little details. I just used fabric paint to paint on fabric then cut the ones I liked out … Read more
This homemade construction costume was a fun project to take on. The Loader actually scoops! Everything was found in my basement except for the paint for a total cost of $15! The Loader and Digger buckets are diaper boxes. The main body is a mosquito zapper box and the upper part is an amazon box. … Read more
This year, I decided to create an Ice Cream Man and Truck costume. I made the truck out of 1/4″ plywood, screws, glue, hinges and velcro; I then fastened it to a wheelchair. I had my menu for different types of ice cream, tiny doors on the back so that people would have access if … Read more
To make this Miss America Costume I started with a womans dress I found at a thrift store.(I have included the before picture). Dress- cut the sleeves off and modify the style to make it more “stylish”. I used silver ribbon that looked almost like a chain to hide the parts of the dress I … Read more
We had twins day in office and my friend and I wanted to do something interesting. But we had no time and we didn’t want to spend too much… Our motive was just to figure out something that will give healthy competition to other contestants :). So we first thought of what are the outfits … Read more