This year for Halloween I decided to imitate one of my favorite toys growing up as a child. The classic Troll Doll – you know the ones with the colored, spiky, crazy hair? Yeah, those little guys. After searching for a nude body suit, but having no luck, I settled for a nude tight fitting … Read more
My husband and I decided to go as Alice and The White Rabbit this year. It was a bit of a last minute decision and I put these costumes together in a week. My Alice costume was based off a sewing pattern and tweaked a bit by adding the black and white striped fabric and … Read more
My 8-year old daughter, Amelia has an artist’s heart. She has always requested a non-girl traditional costume. This year she has really gotten into watching internet videos like the Nyan cat. She had tears flowing during one of the Nyan cat spin-off’s when the cat’s heart is broken. To make this year’s Nyan Cat Halloween costume, … Read more
My friend and I were Buzz and Woody for Halloween. This couple costume was very easy to make and everyone loved them!! For the Woody costume, my friend cut the sleeves off of a plain white T-shirt and cut it down the middle, making a vest. She used black fabric paint to add the cow … Read more
We wanted to do something unique and cute that no one else would have! We went to the local fabric store and bought the Dalmatian print fabric. We also bought the red stretchy sequin material and Cruella’s white furry shawl at the fabric store,all being super cheap! Then we started on our easy 101 Dalmatians … Read more
I saw the Twister idea on your website originally but just for a guy. We decided to make it in to a Twister couple Halloween costume. We both wore white on top and bottom, I cut out the circles from sheets of felt from the craft store and used double sided tape to stick them … Read more
Around Halloween last year I was undecided about what I wanted to be. Halloween is my absolute favorite day of the year no doubt, and I was tired of the classic vampires and witches. So I was watching television one day when a Progressive Insurance commercial comes on. It was Halloween themed if I remember … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to make Mr and Mrs Potato Head couples costumes after seeing some great ideas on this site and loving the characters from the Toy Story movies. The bodies are made from a lighter fleece bought at Jo Ann Fabric. The face pieces are felt. We bought the hands at a … Read more
Here is how I made this easy Lego block child’s Halloween costume. Using a large box for the body and a small box for the hat, I cut out head and arm holes for my 5 year old son. Have your child try on the box to make the holes large enough and help your … Read more
My skeleton costume is very easy and cheap to create. My sister and I went as sister skeletons for Halloween this year. Our costume consisted of a t-shirt, under shirt, leggings and make up/ paint. You can either pick a white t-shirt to cut with black under cloths or the opposite. The way we made … Read more
Our Scott and Kourtney costume was the simplest and cheapest costume we have ever done. For Scott we used already on hand clothes (yes, the red pants we already part of his wardrobe). We threw a ridiculously, hideous wig on him (5 bucks), some aviators and of course…an over the top cheesy grin. For Kourtney, … Read more
Our Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa costumes have been the most fun, not only to wear but to make so far! I Googled some pictures of Oompa Loompa’s as well as the ORIGINAL Willy Wonka and based my design off of that. The Willy costume was the fastest to assemble so I will start with that: … Read more