Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

Coolest Homemade Minion Costume for a Boy

My son wanted to be a Minion for Halloween but at the store the costumes we saw looked like sacks. I knew I could do better than that. Since I work all the time, I could only do the costume on weekends. I got a paper and pen and drew a schedule for how long I had until Halloween. I … Read more

Easy and Amazing Homemade Lighted FireFly Costume for Anyone

Easy and Amazing Homemade Lighted FireFly Costume for Anyone

I have been making handmade costume for 28 years. I strted when my own children were young, I was a stay at home mom and couldn’t afford to buy costumes for my 3 kids so I would collect interesting costume pieces and accessories from thrift stores and garage sales throughout the year. To this day … Read more

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

This was my first year ever making homemade costumes. I’ve done the makeup before but nothing like this! My 3 kids wanted to be the characters from Monsters Inc. So this is Boo, her brother was Mike and her sister was Sully. We started the job by hunting down the fabric. First we would raid … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

This Mike Wazoski Halloween costume was so much fun to make! My kids wanted to make our own costumes this year, for the first time, and they chose the characters from Monsters Inc. My son was Mike, and my daughters were Sully and Boo. I got the idea on how to make Mike while I was … Read more

Original DIY Costume Idea: Whac-A-Me Arcade Game

Original DIY Costume Idea: Whac-A-Me Arcade Game

This year my 10 year old is goin tdresses up as a human version of the whac a mole arcade game. He is whac a me! I used a box and painted it, cut some holes in and printed out pictures of my sons face. It was pretty fun and easy to make. We absolutely … Read more

Funny Homemade Minions Couple Costume

Funny Homemade Minions Couple Costume

The boys love Dispicible Me and me being a designer, I thought it would be cool to make them costumes. It started with poster board and paper mache $155.00 in materials later I have some cool costumes the boys just love and can’t wait to go trick or treating.

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

My daughter is a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. Last year, she had her heart set on being the Mad Hatter for Halloween.  Most of the costumes she liked were a little too grown up, and the others were just too commercial. Instead we found this pattern and she helped make it, along with her … Read more

Best Homemade Wolverine X-Force Costume Ever!

Best Homemade Wolverine X-Force Costume Ever!

I made this costume for my son, Isaac he is 9 years old and loves all of the comic book super heros, This year he wanted wolverine, I made him a Batman last year that was pretty great so I had to up the ante this year on this wolverine costume. I wanted the claws … Read more

Homemade Cleopatra Queen of the Nile Costume for a Girl

Homemade Cleopatra Queen of the Nile Costume for a Girl

This is my daughter Kylie. She wanted to be the Queen of the Nile. This costume started out pretty simple to make. It took me about 7 hours to make it. Towards the end my sewing machine stopped working properly. That’s the worst when you are making a costume that’s completely made by sewing!! I … Read more