Head on a Platter Wheelchair Costume for 99 Year Old Granny!

Head on a Platter Wheelchair Costume for 99 Year Old Granny!

My mother is 99 years old, confined to a wheel chair, but yet still filled with life.  Each year a Halloween costume parade is held at the nursing home where she resides. She loves to participate in it, so I try to think of an original idea to use which will also incorporate her wheel chair. This … Read more

Coolest Homemade DIY Turkey Costume with a Punny Twist

Coolest Homemade DIY Turkey Costume with a Punny Twist

Here’s my original DIY Turkey costume. What’s on the menu, you ask? Creativity! Fun! Family! Friendship! And Entertainment!  Annually, the Eastside Turkey Trot 5k Run is held Thanksgiving morning at the Eastern Community YMCA, Oregon, Ohio.  Matt Folk from Second Sole of Toledo, Perrysburg, Ohio coordinates the event with proceeds going toward the YMCA Scholarship Fund.  … Read more

Coolest Homemade Gingerbread Man’s Revenge Costume

Homemade Gingerbread Man's Revenge Costume

I really liked the idea of the headless horseman and was thinking of something different and ghoulish to make. After watching Shrek with my kids I came up with this Homemade Gingerbread Man’s Revenge Costume on Gramma. I bought yards and yards of beige felt and cut out a front and back in the shape … Read more

Coolest Homemade Head on a Grill Costume

Homemade Head on a Grill Costume

I am the grill master in this Homemade Head on a Grill Costume. My sister-in-law is the head on the grill. The grill is a replica of a large Weber grill. The bottom is frame and covered with felt to keep the weight down. The top is made of wood with a clear plastic window … Read more

“Bloody Dinner” Family Costume

Bon Appetit

We love to cook and bake so the idea came to make a “bloody” dinner. In the picture is my 3 kids and I. We try to recycle things we had at home: old utility cart, blanket, red paint and chef jacket from uncle Mike. It took us 2 weekends to paint the fabrics, glue the … Read more

Homemade John the Baptist Head on Platter Costume

Homemade John the Baptist Head on Platter Costume

After Googling several DIY Halloween costumes, my daughter chose the Head on a Platter. I was so excited! I picked up most of her table items from the Salvation Army. My husband fastened them to the (box) table. He even made her handles on the inside of the box in order to make it more … Read more

Heads on Platter Costume: Dinner is Served

Heads on Platter Costume: Dinner is Served

I was seriously sitting at the dining room table when this idea popped into my head, thinking how cool would it be to become dinner!! Not wanting to spoil what my plan was, I worked on it when everyone was sleeping (I’m very sneaky that way). I started with a piece of cardboard that and … Read more

Cool Lobster Dinner Table Costume

Cool Lobster Dinner Table Costume

This was my 9 year old daughter’s costume. It was all her idea from concept to execution with a little help from her 11 year old sister and myself. The costume was cheaper to make than buying one from a store. My daughter wore this to her fall festival at school and got a tremendous … Read more

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

I have a twisted sense of humor and love all things horror. So, that brought me to my idea for the perfect mommy-daughter costume…a killer chef with her head on a platter dish! As the weeks to Halloween started dwindling down, and I was in the process of making our costumes, my 2 year old daughter, … Read more

Cool Homemade Illusion Costume: Head on Platter

Cool Homemade Illusion Costume: Head on Platter

I wanted to be creative for my daughter. I brainstormed and came up with this Head on Platter costume. It was really fun to make. Everything was bought at the Dollar store except the box used as the table. My daughter stuck her head through the hole that I cut out. I painted her face … Read more

Cool Head on Platter Homemade Halloween Costume

Cool Head on Platter Homemade Halloween Costume

I  love Halloween, and I love making costumes! I always try to take an idea that’s been around forever and make it my own. This year I decided that Head on a Platter is the way to go! The first thing I did was cut a square out of really sturdy cardboard. Then I cut … Read more