My daughter had been wanting to be Cindy Lou who for the last two years, so this year I went all out and made her dress and cape. She loved it so much she wants to wear the outfit for Christmas as well… I started off with a pattern for an A-line dress, I made … Read more
I decided to make my children the Sally and Jack Skellington costumes from a nightmare before Christmas for last Halloween. To make the Jack costume, I bought some black trousers, waistcoat and t-shirt as I could not find a jacket suitable at a reasonable price. I painted the white stripes on using fabric paint and … Read more
My sons and I are totally in love with The Nightmare Before Christmas! So when it came to choose a Halloween costume there wasn’t any other choice who they were going to be, Rivals “Jack Skelington” aka Homemade Jack the Pumpkin King and Oogie Boogie Costumes. We went to a bunch of Halloween costume stores … Read more
For the first time ever, my 10 year old son was excited about dressing up for Halloween. He’s a big Jack Skellington fan and was set on dressing up in a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I happen to work for the “Big Mouse” but couldn’t find one decent costume for kids his age. They were … Read more
This year my friends and I decided on being Lock, Shock, and Barrel from Tim Burton’s ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. Always been an advocate for creating my own costumes, opposed to store bought… spent the better part of two and a half weeks making them, and I feel they came out pretty successful.
I have a 4 year old who has wanted to be Jack since last year, after watching “The Nightmare before Christmas”. I looked EVERYWHERE for a costume to buy one. I could not find one!! They are all for ADULTS. SO we had to make our own homemade Jack Skellington child costume. I came here … Read more
I’ve always made my son’s Halloween costumes and this year was no different. My son is 10 years old, so I’ve had many years of practice. I started thinking about an idea for his costume in May or June and eventually narrowed the choice down to either the Grinch or Shrek. I started pricing lime … Read more
During the chilly months, friends, family and strangers constantly comment on how much our daughter, Isabella, looks like Cindy Lou Who with her red and up-turned nose and sweet demeanor. I kept that Cindy Lou Who Costume idea in the back of my mind when I ran across the perfect dress at a second-hand store, … Read more
I originally wasn’t even going to make a Halloween costume but then a few of my friends ended up having their birthday’s over the Halloween weekend and they made it “mandatory” that everyone dressed up for the occasion. Since I hadn’t actually dressed up for the holiday in so many years I figured I had … Read more
I decided to do a Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume from Tim Burtons The Nightmare before Christmas. The entire costume cost roughly $30. The suit: the suit started with a black suit/white button up shirt from a thrift store. The strips are white acrylic paint just run down the front in strips. A little splatter … Read more
I’ve made this dress FROM SCRATCH. I painted the colors and stitches with fabric colors, yellow, red, green, purple,and black. Spray painted my hair red, bought the comb at the Dollar store, and got the camera for Christmas. The dress used to be white (if you couldn’t tell lol). I have been IN LOVE with … Read more
My sixteen year old daughter wanted to be Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas for Halloween, so of course I obliged her. I searched for a dress pattern that had the basic shape of Sally’s dress and sewed that pattern from old bed sheets. I then started collecting scrap fabrics in the basic colors that … Read more