This Popeye and crew costume idea turned out to be really easy. We shopped around at thrift stores for most of the items, Olives’s dress, skirt, Popeye’s pants, shirt, and the rest of the crew’s items. All I had to purchase was the wig for Olive and the mask we used for facial hair for … Read more
For a Halloween Party my husband and I went as Charlie Brown and Lucy, the Peanuts Cartoon characters. This homemade Charlie Brown and Lucy couple Halloween costume was fun, original, and won best couple! For the masks I used two large punching balloons and paper mache. I blew up the balloons and taped them on … Read more
Every year we try and think of something bigger and better to do than the year before. My fiance had won about 10 contests before meeting me and I have won only one in my adult life. I wanted us to do something that would be big and funny and for some odd reason, I … Read more
Each year I look for costume ideas that aren’t the latest trend or fashion. I like for my son to have a unique costume and this year was no different when I decided that he would have a Popeye Halloween costume. As I searched the internet for ideas I came across this site and based … Read more
We had the idea to be Charlie Brown and Lucy because my boyfriend is bald and someone mentioned to him that he looked like Charlie Brown! His costume was easy. I bought 2 t-shirts, one yellow and one black. The black t-shirt, I ripped up and used as the zig-zag for the yellow shirt. I … Read more
We don’t have the best picture of this Spy vs Spy Couple Costume, but it really did rock. My husband and I dressed up as some of the coolest characters ever for last Halloween. Our Spy vs Spy costumes we super easy to make. We used some large pieces of white card paper and rolled … Read more
This year our department opted to go with the Peanuts Halloween costume. We started with the ideas on this site to create large heads out of paper mache. We followed simple paper mache directions using 3-4 coats of paper mache letting each layer dry completely in between. Each head was created using flesh spray paint, … Read more
Charlie brown has always been a childhood favorite of mine and I decided to search for a Charlie Brown Halloween costume from the internet by searching the internet. I got the paper mache idea from this site and other paper mache how to info from the internet. This was a two part process, first the … Read more
This Homemade Popeye the Sailor Man Costume is Popeye in his spinach can. I purchased the Sailor outfit on Etsy. It is a vintage Cracker Jack outfit. The Spinach can was all handmade. The can is made with a laundry basket from Target, and felt. I cut the bottom out of the can so that … Read more
My son wanted to team up with a friend for a Homemade Spy vs. Spy Costume from Mad TV show and old Mad magazines, but I thought, why not be both – half White Spy and half Black Spy. I went to Goodwill and got two large turtle necks and sewed them together. The pants … Read more
When I asked the youngest nephew what he wanted to be for Halloween, there was no hesitation, a Homemade Snoopy Costume. At this point, I realized I was being overly brave to give him an open ended choice. For the body, I cheated a little and bought a pattern for a jumper, but altered it … Read more
My husband is in the Navy and was able to re-enlist on Halloween, (in costume!), so we made these Popey and Olive Oyl Halloween costumes for the ceremony, and well, for Halloween. Here’s what we did: Popeye. We patterned the top after the US Navy’s dress blues jumper. I used black, red, and blue twill. … Read more