My son is obsessed with construction equipment, like most little boys, especially any kind of Skid Steer Loader. He has a toy one that was the model for what I made. My original plan was to make something wearable but I decided after getting all the materials it would be awkward for him to walk … Read more
I am not a sewer in the least so I probably made this harder than it was with a lot of trial and error. I made a skirt for the wrapper of the cupcake. I made pleats in the skirt to look like a cupcake wrapper. The skirt took me three evenings to get … Read more
My boyfriend (Luke) and I (Danielle) attend Ohio University in Athens Oh, and Halloween is always a huge deal! So if you want to stand out you HAVE to be creative! All summer we contimplated all kinds of costume ideas. When I got back to school a group of my friends also wanted me to … Read more
My 3-year old son Phoenix is into all thinks with wheels! When I asked him what he wanted to be this year for Halloween his reply was “Hmm…mama…let’s hab a diggah…no no…backhoe! Hmm, oh mama, I mean a mudd truck!, Yes, a mudd truck.” So here I am thinking, I need boxes, paint, tape and … Read more
Bring the magic to your Halloween party as a rabbit in a hat!! Dress like a bunny from the hips up and make a top hat as a skirt – abracadabra! You’re a star! Making the Top Hat frame. The frame was pretty easy – made from very thin PVC pipe from Home Depot using … Read more
This Ice Cream Man Ice Cream Cone costume was inspired by the fact that we live just down the street from our real-life neighborhood ice cream man. My children are endlessly fascinated by him and they squeal with delight when the hear the happy music of his truck (which, incidentally, is not really a truck but … Read more
I was trying to think of a simple, cute costume for my one year old. when I was searching online, I saw an advertisement for Chip N Dale dancers. The thought just popped into my head….make a baby Chip N Dale costume, just for fun, of course. I entered him in a local Halloween Contest … Read more
For the mailman costume we bought a blue shirt and pants at Goodwill, just used a plain black bag. All the stickers we used we got from a local post office! The Mail order bride costume was a simple white tutu, white garter, white stockings, a veil, and then printed out the mail logo on … Read more
This week we studied Community Helpers and dressed up like our favorite one. My son chose to be a policeman! I took a large, empty box of paper towels from our kitchen and made it into a police car! It was a HIT at school! simple design that didn’t cost me a dime!
My baby was 6 weeks old for his first Halloween, and it was only my second ever Halloween in the USA (I grew up in a country where Halloween wasn’t really celebrated, yet we saw all the “trick or treat” stuff on TV, so I was making up for lost time!). I wanted to do … Read more
I looooove dressing up and was trying to think of something clever as I was 6 months pregnant. And I came up with a 50’s housewife and milkman. We had to stop at the grocery store on the way to the party and everyone thought it was hysterical! Thrift store dress, my grandma’s costume jewelry, … Read more
This was the easiest costume ever! The magician: Black shorts, white button up, suspenders, and the magician hat! Most of these things are aready things in the closet! The bunny: all white, and bunny ears. Well-ah. My boyfriend (the bunny) is Samoan, so he’s pretty large. A large man in bunny ears and tights is … Read more