I spotted the perfect Oscar the grouch color blanket and set about making a costume. The head was made out of duct tape and wire, then I glue gunned the blanket fabric on. The top of Oscar was the remains of the blanket, and the can was two hoops and a silver table cloth that … Read more
This is my animal from the Muppets costume…”let go”. I made it out of a lot of yarn, a baseball hat, and a visor. Lots of hotglue and lots of spray adhesive. I made the hair long to cover the neck area up. My sticks are in my waist band, and my belt is a … Read more
I bought my suit from Goodwill and the bow tie from a men’s warehouse. The shoes are some old brown ones of mine that I spraypainted. I was a total hit out at the bars in my Pee Wee Herman costume. Everyone made great remarks or wanted to take a picture with me.
My nickname is Animal, so this year I decided that my Halloween costume would be a Homemade Animal from the Muppets Costume. For the head, I used 1/2″ upholstery foam which I cut and placed in layers on top of each other to make the shape. I then covered it with orange felt. For the … Read more
H.R. Pufnstuff; if your child doesn’t know him, he needs to! The Homemade H.R. Pufnstuff Costume was entirely made by hand with exception of pants and undershirt. Mask is made with chicken wire, paper mache and then fabric sewn on by hand. I then clipped out all the wire so his darling little face wouldn’t … Read more
This Homemade Bert and Ernie Costume was a pretty straight forward one to come up with. Basically I just took a bald cap and cut a small hole in the top. I took part of a fake beard and pulled it through the hole in the bald cap to make my Bert hair. Then just … Read more
This year for Halloween we all decided to dress up as Jim Henson characters. My two Sisters in law both love Fraggle Rock so I helped them come up with these Red and Moaky homemade Fraggle Rock couple costumes. My Mother in Law made the outfits out of fleece and they bought colored tights to … Read more
For this homemade Oscar the Grouch child costume, we used a fluffy green scarf (it was very cheap scarf we got at the dollar store) and pinned it along a green long sleeved shirt and green jump suit. We used foil around a sonotube and foiled a plastic lid to cover Oscar’s garbage can. Then … Read more
I love Halloween and I really love creating unique and original costumes. Every year I try to think of something fun and out of the box. This year I decided to make a Homemade Animal Costume from the Muppets. It was a HUGE HIT. Everywhere we went people went crazy for it. It was really … Read more
My 5 year old son wanted to be Yo Gabba Gabba’s Plex for Halloween this year. Okay, so we went looking for things that might work to make this Homemade Plex Costume. We came across the blue foam bed roll that people use for camping. Love this stuff so easy to work with, you can … Read more
Every year I try to outdo myself on Halloween costumes. I was ALF, Roger Rabbit, and Sloth from The Goonies previous years, so I wanted to make my own Do it Yourself Beaker Halloween Costume this year. Everyone loved the Muppets, and Beaker looked like the easiest. Making the head was the most work out … Read more
I am a HUGE Muppets fan, and never seem to like the store-bought costumes. So I decided to make my own Sgt Floyd Pepper costume. Using lots of floral wire and yarn, I built this mask. I wrapped yarn around a THICK piece of floral wire and super-glued it at both ends (a GEL super … Read more