Cool Family Alice in Wonderland Costumes

Cool Family Alice in Wonderland Costumes

This is How I Made the Cool Family Alice in Wonderland Costumes: Wow! Almost didn’t get these pulled together. The tutu dresses started out as just the body and the tutu. But they looked so plain that I ended up adding the sleeves at the last minute. The white rabbit was the easiest, but getting … Read more

Cool Monster High Dracubecca Costume for a Girl

Cool Monster High Dracubecca Costume for a Girl

Well due to the Freaky fusion movie for Monster High being recently released there are no actual Dracubecca costumes so I made one myself took me about two months with several prototypes due to the costume being a vampire robot. I also wanted to keep my cost low so that it didn’t cost more than … Read more

Coolest Robocop Costume for Kids

Coolest Robocop Costume for Kids

We have always collected movies and movie memorabilia, but we especially love the old cheesy 80’s movies. Our five year old daughter, Livi, has watched some of these cheesy movies and has her own Robocop, Beetlejuice, Gremlins, etc toys. (action figures, stuffed animals) Livi wasn’t sure what costume she wanted for Halloween until we rented … Read more

Homemade Olaf Loves Warm Hugs

Homemade Olaf Loves Warm Hugs

My daughter Mariana (9 yrs old) wanted an Olaf costume but we couldn’t find one on her size.  We called Grandma and she was more than happy to help.  Grandma made the costume for Mariana and I made her Olaf hat and the Olaf goodie bag. We have been to two Halloween parties already and … Read more

Coolest Minecraft Creeper Costume

Coolest Minecraft Creeper Costume

Like many kids today, mine love Minecraft. My son wanted to be a creeper this year and we were up for the challenge. We found some unused cardboard boxes at the local home depot and built each body part from the pieces (head, body, telescoping part of body, and 4 feet). The biggest challenge was … Read more

Super Cute Clark Kent Halloween Costume

Super Cute Clark Kent Halloween Costume

When I asked my son what he wanted to be he screamed Superman. So I started my search and although I found some costumes, I didn’t think any of them were all that cute. Then I got the idea to do Clark Kent. All I needed was khakis, which my son had, a superman shirt, … Read more

Cool DIY Spaghetti and Meatballs Costume

Cool DIY Spaghetti and Meatballs Costume

This 2014 Halloween, I thought long and hard on what I could design for my two sons, Ryan (4) and Joshua (3). I knew I wanted a cohesive design to put them in. After many thoughts and ideas denied from Ryan, as I asked him his take on it too, it was decided. A little … Read more

Cool Duo Costume: A Gumball Machine and a Quarter

Cool Duo Costume:  A Gumball Machine and a Quarter

My children are 5 and 3 years old, and I love making coordinating costumes for them to wear for Halloween.  I can’t remember exactly how the idea came to me, but I thought it would be cute to dress them up as a gumball machine and a quarter this year.  These costumes were a good … Read more

Cute George Washington Costume for a Boy

Cute George Washington Costume for a Boy

Our five year old son decided that he wanted to be George Washington for Halloween. My mother whipped this costume up with largely thrifted items, such as the wool coat which she cut down and added embelishments and the buckle shoes (she added the buckles to regular black shoes). We went to Central Park to … Read more

Original Costume for a Girl: The Other Maleficent

Original Costume for a Girl: The Other Maleficent

My daughter became obsessed with Disney’s Maleficent the moment we saw it. I had just spent months (with the help of grandma) making an Elsa costume for her which of course went right out of the window once we saw this movie. She immediately decided that Elsa was out and Maleficent was in! Abby, being … Read more

Cool Flappy Bird Costume

Cool Flappy Bird Costume

When my 7 year old decided she wanted to be her favorite iPhone app character, I wondered how I was going to transform her into a pixelated bird creature.  Then the Creativity Nymph whispered in my ear, make her the whole game. Her tubes (Flappy Bird’s obstacles) are made of felt and wreath bases, held … Read more

Homemade Disney Planes Dusty Costume

Homemade Disney Planes Dusty Costume

My son loves Dusty from Disney Planes. So of course he wanted to be Dusty for Halloween. This was a challenge for me but the smile on his face was worth all the hard work. I started out sketching the overall shape of Dusty using my son’s toy as a model. After sketching and erasing … Read more