I love Halloween and getting creative with my kids costumes. This year we had lots of fun creating Cruella Deville and her dalmations costumes. I found the cape at Goodwill for $4 and once I saw it I knew we had to do a Cruella Deville theme! Cruella Deville Costume My daughter was Cruella Deville, so … Read more
This teacher with her desk costume was a last minute one (made the night before the big day). My daughter and I had been going around and around since August about what she would be. The neighbor girl stole her previous idea and I insisted on something clever and not purchased. She had said she … Read more
We decided to make my 9 year old daughter an Old Lady for Halloween this year. First we went to the local Thrift Store and got her an ugly sweater, slacks, and fanny pack all for .93 cents . Then we went to my grandma’s house to borrow a few things such as her Velcro … Read more
My baby fell asleep in my arms so I started doodling on her with my makeup and ended up with a comic book baby. We also put on some similar makeup. This was completely last minute and so easy and fun to create.
I worked as a financial planner at a college out of town from 2006 through 2010. Every year we always dressed up in Halloween costumes to entertain our students who happened to be there on that day for classes. Well, SOMEHOW, in 2010 I forgot all about wearing a costume for work. I guess I … Read more
My 4 yr old wanted to be Steve from the popular Minecraft video game. I thought it would be cool and probably very cheap costume. I was sure it would also be a huge hit too ! I started out with looking for a free template of Steve’s head. I printed it out on regular … Read more
Its not Exactly a couples costume, however the party theme was Celebrities. My husband and I are very cheap and hate spending money on Costumes. We had a very small budget and a few wigs at the house. My Husband Spray Painted “I’m Sexy and I know it ” on his recycled undershirt and wore some Zebra … Read more
My son is only 7 months, and too small to eat candy or go trick or treating, but that doesn’t mean he cant get dressed up right?! I was watching the news about the Kickstarter that reached enough money for Reading Rainbow to come back, and BOOM the idea hit me! I Googled Reading Rainbow … Read more
My 7 year old niece came to me telling me she wanted to be Bloody Mary for Halloween. I’m the Halloween fanatic in the family, so costumes are often left up to me, as I simply loathe store bought costumes. When coming up with ideas, I quickly realized the Bloody Mary is more of a … Read more
I actually was inspired to dress like Lucy for a Wine Stomp that we were having at the winery that I worked at. I had a broom skirt that I was no longer planning on using. I bought a top from Old Navy for $9.99, Used a wide belt that was already in my closet … Read more
This one was inspired by the fact that we already had a gorilla outfit. And I might add that the girl wearing it actually played four points of the match with the face one and played an entire game with the body part on before the Louisiana heat got to be too much! Major props! … Read more
This one was especially fun to make because it was so easy. For each one, just use a plain black shirt. Because you’re using duct tape, you can actually use a shirt you already have in your closet. Take plain regular yellow duct tape and run it around each shirt. Remember, if the shirt is … Read more