Owls are my favorite animals so I thought it would be a good idea to try to make a DIY Owl costume. It took 8 long hours of hot gluing feather by feather onto a plain black skater dress and making the head piece with just a headband and feathers. The makeup used was just … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted to be Mary Poppins this year after watching the movie so I made the sweetest homemade daughter and father Mary Poppins costume by doing a lot of scavenging. I visited a bunch of local thrift shops and what I couldn’t buy I borrowed from kind neighbors. We also made the chimney brush … Read more
I made this creative Magic Carpet Ride Optical Illusion Halloween costume for my 3 year old daughter to wear in our hometown contest. She won best overall in her age group this year! I used a large pillow case I found at Goodwill and two pieces of foam board for the “carpet”. I lucked out … Read more
I am a pharmacist and work for Walgreen’s so when someone suggested I do something work related for the office costume contest, a prescription bottle costume immediately came to mind. It came together easier than I thought it would, and only cost me about $30 in supplies and about 6 hours of my life. I … Read more
We went and got tulle from Hobby Lobby and fabric. My daughter said she wanted to be Ariel the Little Mermaid for Halloween. We Googled ideas and came up with a few. We make her a tutu like long skirt and then made her a shirt and ruffled the bottom of it. We got a … Read more
My friend Ben wanted a Hippo Halloween costume, so I whipped up the most ridiculous, haggard hippo costume you’ve ever laid eyes on. I don’t have a sewing machine, so I hand sewed this bad boy in between watching Modern Family reruns, checking Facebook, and kind of reviewing for midterms, so needless to say it’s … Read more
My boyfriend and I went as a unicorn and dragon couple costume for Halloween! I actually started our costumes last year, but a rogue blizzard rolled in and cancelled our party plans in 2011. Anyone could easily be a mythical creatures couple! For starters, I don’t have a sewing machine, so I kind of just … Read more
This sexy Sheriff costume started as a sheriff costume for a walking dead party. I decided to turn it into a sexy version for a club party. I bought the shirt and shorts from the thrift store. The shirt fortunately was a men old military shirt. I bought brown ribbon and gold ribbon from Walmart … Read more
To make this original duct tape Duck Halloween costume get many roles of yellow duct tape and begin forming about 3-4ft in length rows, and double siding it (make sure to it very carefully because duck tape is very hard to pull off when stuck). Then cut out two oval shapes (this will be the … Read more
This is my Chef Boyardee costume, it was pretty easy to make. I already had the chefs and just printed the logo and stapled it to the hat. I bought 4 large piece of red poster board and used staples and red tape to make the can and printed a large logo and taped it … Read more
“I want to be a Prickly Porcupine Mom!” was my four year old’s response when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween this year. I have to hand it to him it’s a unique choice. This request gave me a lot to ponder late at night while awake from insomnia. I raided … Read more
This Human Pinata costume was fairly easy to make, just time consuming, I used scrubs with pockets in pants and on shirt to hold candy and with the shake of a leg it will fall out. I used the glue gun to attach the cut up strips of material that I fringed. The head is made out … Read more