I have been making my kids costumes every year after their first birthday. I love to dress my kids up in costumes that will make them feel really special, and no one will look just like them! My daughter wanted to be Cindy Lou from the “Grinch”, so we decided to do a family theme … Read more
Each year my children pick costumes for us to make for Halloween. This year was the most challenging, Heat Miser and Snow Miser from “A Year Without a Santa Claus.” The hardest part of the Homemade Heat Miser and Snow Miser Costumes were the masks. We made them out of paper-mache. As a form, I … Read more
Introducing Jack Skellington and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas! My wife is a creative genius and gets full credit for this one. Though the movie is now several years old, we knew that the characters were easily identifiable and would have a lasting impact that could make for a fantastic costume. We wanted a … Read more
My boyfriend’s favorite movie is Nightmare Before Christmas, so naturally we chose to dress up as them. We were not impressed by store bought ones so we decided on our own homemade Jack and Sally couple Halloween costume ideas. I did not want to wear an extremely long dress so I opted for a shorter … Read more
First off, Thank you Jeremy Andrew (Costume 17) for the inspiration of making a Homemade Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume. As he mentioned in his tutorial, this is a very long and tedious process, so be forewarned. And, unlike him, I took a slightly cheaper route. I also asked a co-worker, who happens to … Read more
These are our Jack Skellington and Sally Ragdoll Homemade Costumes. The Jack costume 100% homemade! I bought the Sally dress, and the wig. I used make up and some acrylic paint to make my face color (lots of mixing to get it right)and used black eyeliner for the stitches, I even painted my hands where … Read more
I had been wanting to do the leg lamp from ‘A Christmas Story’ for a long time, and finally put it together this year. I made the lampshade out of muslin and sewed in French seams to hold the boning. After adding all the boning, it needed to be stiffer, so I added wire as … Read more
I made this for one of my best friends for our Nightmare Before Christmas group this Halloween. I like to dress in theme so this year we picked something she liked since she normally will just wear whatever we ask her to. We all love the movie too of course! This Oogie Boogie Costume was … Read more
The Homemade Pumpkin King Costume idea isn’t original but I decided to host a Nightmare before Christmas Halloween party at my house this year. There were several ways I wanted to approach this costume idea. The easiest way was to buy one, but where’s the fun in that? So I got the sewing pattern at … Read more
This is my 6yr old son Tyler. He wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween this year. I did not like any of the Jack Skellington costumes I found so I decided to make my own Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume. I started out with a tux he wore to a wedding. I painted the … Read more
My husband and I love making homemade Halloween costumes. We usually try to come up with something that is unique and works as a couples costume. This year we decided to be Jack Skellington and Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. We were so excited about this idea and started trying to figure out the … Read more
My daughter in her Homemade Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas Costume. We started with a plain dark gray dress from Goodwill. I bought different fabric pieces for the patches like Sally’s dress. I couldn’t find the exact fabric so I improvised. The large spots on the teal fabric were done by me with a sharpie. … Read more