My Dad helped me make the coolest costume ever, a Pokemon costume. Which one, you ask? A big, bad, blue Lucario, of course! To make this costume, we basically copied the instructions from Riva F.’s costume on this site, with a few exceptions. Instead of putting 1/2 inch thick foam inside the tail, we put … Read more
This is my story: I’ve been making costumes for my oldest son since he was 2 months old. Every year since he was 4 he has been coming up with some pretty unique and challenging costumes for me to make. First he tells me what he wants to be and then the country wide search … Read more
My son is a Pokemon fanatic! He asked and asked for a Pokemon Halloween costume, but I couldn’t find a costume. I found a few patterns online, but I simply didn’t have the time to go through that whole process. Instead, I asked my son to give me a picture and I made the following … Read more
The base of this homemade Yugi from Yugioh kids Halloween costume idea is a dark blue women’s pant suit from Goodwill. Darts were added to give the coat a tighter fit, and the sleeves and legs were trimmed to fit. Material from the pant legs was used with some Foamie and sewn to make the … Read more
My sons love Pokemon! This year they selected two of their favorite Pokemon characters and I did my best to create costumes that other kids would recognize. This was important as we take these costumes to a Cub Scout Halloween camp out and they are seen by over 500 boys and girls in prime Pokemon … Read more
The base of this homemade Kaiba from Yugioh child Halloween costume idea was a woman’s dress from Goodwill. The zipper was removed and the dress cut down the middle, the front of the jacket is actually the back of the dress. Darts were added to bring in the waistline and make it fit a child … Read more
The Pokemon family costumes found on this site were the inspiration for our 3. I didn’t realize how hard it was going to be, with my basic sewing skills. I spent a lot on fleece, hot glue sticks, foam, stuffing, and elastic. I bought extra in case I made mistakes. Grand total, I bet I … Read more
These Homemade Astro Boy and Trashcan Costumes were the first year we decided to actually make our own Halloween costumes. When we saw that there was a new movie about Astro Boy (a Japanese cartoon icon) coming out the week right before Halloween, we decided that it would be perfect for us to go with … Read more
Although the Pikachu costume was purchased, we made the Ash costume by hand. My older son is a huge Pokemon fan and so we decided to make his little brother his Pikachu. They were so cute in their Pokemon, Pikachu and Ash Group Costume and everyone knew who they were! We made the vest with … Read more
This year, I created a handmade San from Princess Mononoke costume. I purchased a purple dress, white turtleneck, and beige turtleneck from the thrift store. I cut the white turtleneck into a tunic that can tie at the sides, the purple dress into her raggedy dress, and the beige turtlenecks sleeves to create the shoes. … Read more
This is how I made this Homemade Speed Racer and Trixie Halloween Costume: Speed – a white golf shirt under a blue golf shirt with the white sleeves rolled up to look like white cuffs and collar (already had shirts). White pants which we had to purchase from a scrubs/medical supply store (white men’s pants … Read more
This homemade Voltron: Defender of the Universe Halloween costume was truly a labour of love. Love for Halloween & love for the baddest Defender of the Universe… VOLTRON! This design was primarily constructed out of cardboard (lots of it!) taking trips to local grocery stores and asking them for cardboard that was going straight to … Read more