My grandson loves baseball and wanted to do something different this year than just a baseball player so we made our grandson a MVP All Star Little League trophy for his costume this year. It turned out awesome. We used his old baseball uniform top ,pants, socks and cleets and spaypainted them all gold. We … Read more
I was unsure what to be for Halloween at first. I’ve always liked Alice and Wonderland, so I started thinking it would be really neat if I could create my own Alice in Wonderland house. I knew right away it had to be light weight, of course cardboard would be the best choice. I wanted … Read more
My boyfriend and I started planning our costumes in the beginning of September, because I LOVE Halloween and wanted my last Halloween as a college student to be awesome! We searched for tons of different couples costumes ideas, but Ash and Pikachu won us over because its something that we loved as kids and tons … Read more
My family loves Halloween and our ultimate goal is to be the standout family. This year we decided to be the Mario Kart family and have carts for the two boys. For the women’s outfits I sewed jumpsuits that were out of blue material and sewed on 2 yellow buttons made out of felt and … Read more
Optical illusion “Traditional Bavarian woman sitting in a wooden toilet” costume. My toilet costume is homemade built for an carnival theme part in south Germany in January this year. The design is pretty simple: the skeleton of the costume is screwed of thin wooden poles, the sheathing is done by cardboard which is covered in … Read more
For this homemade Palim Palim fantasy head costume I used a large balloon for the mold – and several little balloons. I fixed them with adhesive tape together. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut the paper into strips that are about 8 inches long. To make the … Read more
My boyfriend and I met on the Disney College Program so we wanted to be something Disney related but nothing too cheesy. The bra top was made by just buying a cheap bra from Ross ($3.99) and some shells, beads and glitter from Jo Ann’s (About $10). I lined the bra with glitter and then … Read more
My 11 year old daughter wanted to be Sonic the Hedgehog, but wanted the girl version. Well, my parents went and bought her the already made costume. To put it mildly I said “YOU WILL NOT BE GOING IN PUBLIC IN THAT OUTFIT!!!!” Okay, maybe I was a little loud about it, but boy was … Read more
I make my kids costumes and they never cease to challenge me. This year was no exception! My more “animated” son desparately wanted to be Mega Mind with the Black Mamba cape. He loves this movie so much he can pretty much recite the monologue for the whole movie! I thought ” ok, well that’s … Read more
When we saw Despicable Me 2, my 5 yr old son went crazy over the purple Minions! So no surprise he wanted to be one for Halloween. I have made costumes out of felt before, but I wanted it to have a little more stability. So I decided to use the padded material that you … Read more
Well one thing I have to say is, ” It’s a a good thing I live in a 55 and over community, and the costume party was all adults, because this couple in bed illusion costume is a little raunchy.” I started off with a long piece of Styrofoam and a sheet. I actually made … Read more
As I was looking around wondering what I could dress up my twins for Halloween, I came across a very cute picture which was my inspiration. I decided they would be mummies. I mean how hard could it be. I got onesie and started wrapping long pieces of material around it. Placing a stitch here … Read more