When our 5-year-old son saw a trailer for the movie 9 he insisted on being the 9 character for Halloween even though he couldn’t actually see the PG-13 rated movie. It was so visually interesting that we agreed it would be a fun costume idea. However, there was nothing out there that we could buy … Read more
This homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly family costume first started when I purchased this store-bought Wonder Bread costume for my youngest son (in the center). I wanted his two older brothers to have something that “complimented” the theme. The inside frames of the costumes are both pop-up hampers (the Jelly one was hemmed up for … Read more
We decided this year to have a group Halloween theme. My friend, Christina, and I have toddlers 6 weeks apart and we thought it would be perfect to dress them up as Pebbles and Bam-Bam. Then we figured, the kids can’t do it alone! So, I designed, re-created and sewed seven costumes for the group. … Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) is one of my all time favorite movies. I told my 4 year old if he would be an Oompa Loompa, I’d get him a huge lollipop. After purchasing the lollipop, I got a few yards of white felt, a few yards of a purple paisley pattern, sage … Read more
I wanted to be cute and original so this is how I came up with my homemade Mountie costume. I live in the Cayman Islands and Halloween is huge! There are also a TON of Canadians that live here. I also work for a radio station, we throw a massive Costume party in the lobby … Read more
When my boyfriend and I arrived at the Halloween Party in these costumes, the crowd went NUTS with cheering and applause! There were probably 400-500 people at this party, and we might have known 50 of them. Total strangers swarmed us, followed us around and told us these were the best Halloween costumes they’d ever … Read more
Here we have a modern updated Sparkly version of Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, Bam-Bam and Dino from the Flintstones Family. My oldest daughter Kayla was having some Fruity Pebbles for breakfast one day recently and said, “Mom, Kaylei (our middle daughter) looks just like Pebbles and I look just like a girl version of Bam-Bam! We … Read more
Our office decided upon the Addams family as the party’s theme was ‘movie characters’. “Cousin It” was made using 3 hula skirts wrapped at the neck of the person playing that part. We handmade a felt hat to fit over her head and cut a hole for her eyes then glued a piece of netting … Read more
I always enjoy making my son’s costumes and each year I strive to top the last. He has previously been a bat, a ninja, a spider, and even the $5000 wedge from Wheel of Fortune. This year my husband suggested I go for a Flintstones theme since our son and my brother’s daughter are about … Read more
First of all the movie totally inspired me to do something similar to the Neteyri Avatar. These creatures are totally sexy in there own way and I wanted to incorporate that same look. I bought 32oz of blue latex and 8oz of black and 8oz of white latex. These products can be purchased at any … Read more
REAL WORKING Homemade iPhone and Headphone Couple Costume!! Complete with speaker that played music from the face mask. Made from 3 pieces of 4″ thick foam glued together and then sculpted with an electric turkey shaver. Foam was then covered with duct tape for strength and then painted white. Exactly a 1:30 ratio replica of … Read more
These are our cool homemade Monsters Inc. family costumes. I dressed as Mike, my husband was Mike and our little girl was Boo. For Mike’s costume, I used 9 layers of paper mache over an exercise ball. Be careful not to cover the plug so that you can deflate it and save it for another … Read more