This XIV Century Knight costume is 100% hand-made costume. I was making this costume all week for my 7 year old son Olek. This is costume a Polish knight from XIV century. This eagle in the coat of arms is also from XIV century. Knight in his armor has OUR family coat of arms – TRZASKA … Read more
Jackson is our 4th son. He is 10 years old and this was the last school parade for our family (this is our last year in Elementary school). All four of our boys have learned to tube and ski behind our 1982 Master Craft ski boat at our cabin in Kentucky. So, we thought this … Read more
Items I bought from a costume store: 1. Gauntlets. I couldn’t find any out there, so ended up buying kids gauntlets that were a Darth Vader accessory. 2. The black outfit–was a ghoul costume with no hood or mask. Basic black looking thing. Was too long for the Black Knight, so I hemmed it up … Read more
My oldest daughter, who is 9 years old, loves peacocks. So it was no surprise when she told me that she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween this year. I began looking on Etsy and online for peacock costumes, but I was disappointed with what I found. Everything that I found that looked cool was … Read more
Cute Little Johnny Cash costume. This costume really was perfect for my son Crue who loves music in general, but especially county music. He loves to sing along to the radio and strums his guitar. “Hello I’m Johnny Cash” This costume really could be simple. It’s all about “black”. “The Man in Black” or in … Read more
My son absolutely LOVES Alice in Wonderland right now. So this year he wanted to go as his favorite character: the Mad Hatter. For this costume, I started where I do with every costume: local thrift stores. We purchased pants, an old jacket, a vest, a button-up shirt, a tie, and a blonde wig. We … Read more
My boyfriend Josh hosted a Halloween party this year and wanted to go for the Boris Karloff version of the Monster (I went as Betty Boop but I don’t think my costume came out nearly as well as his). He bought a tight jacket, old dark pants and chunky black boots from Goodwill. He used … Read more
This is my first time attempting to make a Maleficent Costume. I have been very eager to do this for a long time. I was very excited that I finally get to dress up as her, as she is one of my favourite Disney villains. I recall it was last year I saw Maleficent’s costume … Read more
My daughter decided that she wanted to do a ‘spooky’ costume this year. We don’t generally do scary costumes, so we made a compromise on this one. First, we bought a white T-shirt, a long white dress, white lace curtains, a white sheet, and house slippers that we bleached white. All of these items were … Read more
Our family always dresses with a theme. Pirates, Harry Potter characters, etc. This year I picked our favorite city- Philadelphia! I was Betsy Ross, my husband was the Comcast Center, our youngest was an Eagles player and my 6 year old was… Rocky Balboa! He is very enthusiastic and loves costumes as much as I … Read more
Cutest Little Morton Salt Girl, she really fits the part. With her blond hair at the perfect length and it even flipped just right. We found the yellow jacket coat on clearance that looked exactly as the one on the girl. The white tights needed for warmth you can find almost anywhere. We also found the yellow … Read more
My costume was inspired by a submission I saw on this website. I used black elastic and tied black and yellow strips of tulle to create the skirt. I used black and yellow t-shirts and shredded the black shirt to create a striped bee/ragged zombie look. The striped tights, wings, and antennae were store bought. … Read more