Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Our daughter, Norah, LOVES her American Girl, all of the stories and all of the fun involved with the AG experience. So it was no surprise when she decided a year ago that she wanted to be an American Girl for Halloween. The big decision though was which doll she would be. Kit, Julie, Molly….so … Read more
I make my kids costumes every year, but never mine. I finally did. I like to make costumes that people aren’t use to seeing. It makes it more fun!! I made a fly swatter. I bought everything at Michael’s. Green duct tape, black pipe cleaners, silver pipe cleaners, black felt, red glitter, n green plastic … Read more
As always…I start every costume by sketching everything out. Persia wanted to be Babymouse this year (2013). Babymouse is the main character in a kid’s comic book, written by Jennifer L Holm and Matthew Holm. Persia LOVES these books. This was her choice for Halloween this year. DRESS- I made a pattern for the dress … Read more
This Halloween costume’s journey started with a moving box, duck tape and popcorn.. lots and lots of it! This is probably one of the easiest but coolest costumes to make! All you need to do is cut out a hole at the top of box, and then grab your red and white duck tape and … Read more
You might not know this, but my boyfriend has a killer Forrest Gump impression. So naturally, a cheap and funny costume would be him and Jenny! As we were also on a short time limit, we had to pick a simple costume. Being from ALABAMA (see what I did there?), I just assumed everyone would … Read more
My 3yr old loves popcorn n she’s still at the age where Mama can persuade her too! :) I’ve always wanted to make a popcorn costume, so I finally did. I made the base out of poster foam board. For a cleaner look, I cut all 4 sides out of regular poster board again n … Read more
My ten year old son… always wanting to be a Halloween Character that’s hard to find! One year Link from The Legend of Zelda, Luigi from Mario Brothers … to sum it up, he loves his video games. So, guess what? That means Mom (Me!) is always on the hunt for the perfect Halloween Costume. … Read more
I have had enough of princesses. When my daughter was 3 years old, she was Cinderella for Halloween. We went to Disneyworld (twice in one year and we live in PA!) and she got all the princesses’ autographs and ate meals with them. She went to the Bibbidi-boppity-boutique and for a small fortune, was beautified herself … Read more
I was invited to a Halloween party with a Cheesy Horror Movies theme. I couldn’t come up with an original idea, so I turned to Google to search old horror movies. When I saw Alfred Hiitchcock’s movie The Birds, I knew I had found my costume. Especially since my nickname is Bird! The trick was … Read more
I have a 2 year old daughter who everyone told me she should be Boo from Monsters Inc. The plan was Daddy be Sully, Mommy to be Celia and Aya to be Boo with a Mike Wazowski doll that I made out of an old t-shirt and felt. We watched Monsters Inc. over and overt … Read more
My son has always been mature for his age. On his 3rd Halloween he kept asking to watch Edward Scissorhands. Finally agreed. Two years later (this Halloween) he asked if I could dress him as Edward. I agreed and here we are. We did a simple black pant and black shirt, added a few studded … Read more
I work in an outpatient building at a local hospital and we were permitted to dress up for Halloween as long as it was deemed tasteful and appropriate to carry out work duties. As I was contemplating what to wear, I remembered a costume that I had helped a friend do for her daughter. It … Read more