Coolest Firetruck Wheelchair Costume

Coolest Firetruck Wheelchair Costume

This year was the first year that my two year old son was going to go trick or treating and in a wheelchair. I had not decided what he was going to be until one day my husband came home with a fireman costume from Costco.  I agreed to the costume under one condition, that … Read more

A Chicken So Realistic, She Almost Laid an Egg!

A Chicken So Realistic, She Almost Laid an Egg!

“That chicken costume is amazing! Where did you get it?” a woman came up to me and said as my four year old daughter, Irie, and I made our way to the end of the line of costumed children at elementary school parking lot. The event was “Trunk-or-Treat,” an annual event held just before dusk … Read more

Sharknado Costume Preschool Style

Sharknado Costume Preschool Style

My 4 year old son told me last Spring that he wanted to be a Sharknado for Halloween (after he saw Sharknado 2).  I laughed it off, but as fall got closer, he wouldn’t let up and I knew I had to figure it out. I made one that fell apart in minutes at the … Read more

Cute No-Sew Giraffe Costume

Cute No-Sew Giraffe Costume

I made this giraffe costume for my 10-year-old daughter mostly out of recycled cardboard, hot glue, quilt batting, and felt. I made a “skull” from strips of cardboard bent and glued together and then covered with quilt batting and felt. The neck and back were similar, with a larger piece of cardboard scored and rolled … Read more

Cool Inspector Gadget Costume with Working Gadgets!

Cool Inspector Gadget Costume with Working Gadgets!

Halloween is my favorite holiday and every year I try to top my previous years costume to maintain my title as best costume in the Westdale Haunting Costume Contest! I was successful this year, but this costume will definitely be hard to beat next year. This costume was much easier to make then it looks. … Read more

Creepy Clown Couple Costume

Creepy Clown Couple Costume

This costume was inspired from a childhood fear. Clowns. The clothing and shoes all came from thrift store. With a bit of cutting and sewing I reworked and added to the all of the clothing pieces. I just gathered as many crazy patterns as I could from the thrift store finds. I scetched up a … Read more

DIY Wall-E and E.V.E. Costumes for the Happiest Kids Ever!

DIY Wall-E and E.V.E. Costumes for the Happiest Kids Ever!

Every year we creative loonies have the challenge of coming up with original and fun Halloween costumes.  Once we have children, that tradition gets passed down to them (whether they fully appreciate it or not.)  Thankfully, I have a 4 year old daughter who genuinely seems to love crazy costumes, and definitely loves being unique.  … Read more

Funny Jerome Costume from the Martin Lawrence Show

Funny Jerome Costume from the Martin Lawrence Show

I loved Martin Lawrence’s show from the 90s, and my favorite character he plays is Jerome! Jerome is a ridiculously hilarious wannabe playa who has really bad dental hygiene and loud taste in clothing. He house is even covered in leopard print. The outfit I did was the one he wore when the character was first … Read more

Cool DIY Spongebob Crew Group Costume

Cool DIY Spongebob Crew Group Costume

My kids decided to be Sponge Bob characters this halloween, and since I am big into repurposing and making costumes myself, the challenge was on!   All of these costumes are made out of 100% recycled materials! Sponge bob is made from a couch cushion,  cardboard and foam, the clothes are made from recycled fabric. … Read more

Amazing Family Themed Lego Movie Costumes!

Amazing Family Themed Lego Movie Costumes!

My husband and I still enjoy dressing up for Halloween. We’ve done family theme costumes since having kids(this is our forth year!) My kids(3 and 4) still haven’t objected to my family theme costume craze ideas. I hope to keep this up until they become “too cool” for it! My kids are obsessed with Legos. … Read more

Marvel X-Men Mystique Costume

Marvel X-Men Mystique Costume

Happy Halloween! This whole process of making the Mystique costume took about two month of prep work and eight hours the day off. I started with a few picture of Mystique’s character and with clay molded the small scales and spikes on as best as I could to copy the images. This was super tedious. … Read more

Cool Transforming Bumblebee Transformer Camaro Costume

Cool Transforming Bumblebee Transformer Camaro Costume

My daughter Natalie is 6 years old and wanted to be a transformer for Halloween, Being she is tall and a big girl I was stressing out on finding a costume to fit her. So after much research and watching past creations I decided to attempt to create a Bumblebee Transformer car costume myself just … Read more