One fish. Two Fish. Red Fish. Blue Fish. I have wanted to be an aquarium for quite some time not and I finally made one! Materials: -Big Box -Blue transparent material (cellophane) – Paper fish -Fishing line -Snorkel -Goggles -Flippers First, I had to find an appropriate box. I looked all around and finally my … Read more
My daughter has started school and is loving learning about animals. Her favorite is the jellyfish so I thought why not let me try to make Glowing Jellyfish costumes for her and her cousins. Things needed: Sombrero or hat Tack board bubble tape shredded Mylar (gift bag filler – iridescent) battery powered LED lights (white … Read more
Our 6 year old decided that he wanted to be a “big pair of pants” this year for Halloween so we said we would try and this is what we came up with. We used material that we had in the house and bought some chicken wire to give the pants some shape. We even … Read more
The first step in building this giant Photo Booth Picture Strip costume was to pick the outfit I was going to wear on the night of the parade (paying careful attention to the weather forecast!) a few weeks prior and posing for a bunch of stereotypical “photo booth” pics wearing that outfit. I created the … Read more
The Halloween Tree is a magical tree from Ray Bradbury’s novel of the same name. The Halloween Tree is filled with pumpkins that glow with the lights of the souls that reside inside them. We made these Halloween Tree costumes almost completely from scratch. We started by making the bark. We painted sheets of brown … Read more
I am a sports fanatic (especially Lakers) and decided being a foam finger would be a fun, unique costume! I went to my local craft store and bought 2 huge rolls of foam (each 72″x24″x2″), 16 oz of bright yellow acrylic paint, and 4 oz of purple paint. I bought contact cement at the hardware … Read more
First we took a DELL computer box and used silver duct tape for the Homemade Luigi Inside the Game Boy Costume. We used karate belts (our karate instructor is cringing at this) and used them as Luigi’s suspenders which also helped hold up the box on his shoulders. I used blue duct tape on the … Read more
I have been making a chain from Starburst wrappers for years and finally decided to put it to good use so I made a Homemade Lady of Starburst Costume to feature it. I decided to make a flappers dress using more wrappers. I flat ironed each wrapper and then hot glued them to a terry … Read more
How did I think of this Homemade Dinosaur Diorama Costume? I have no idea. But it happened in the shower when I was lost in my mind thinking of random things from my life that I could be. When it hit me, I got out without drying off and drew the idea. The end result … Read more
Hi! Attached are pictures of one of my favorite costumes to date. After days of brainstorming, my boyfriend finally came up with the idea of a Homemade Roy Lichenstein’s Pop Art Couple Costume and little did we know it was right in front of us! a costume rendition of Roy Lichenstein’s pop art “The Kiss” … Read more
I created this People Magazine Cover Halloween Costume with a printer, foam board, exacto knife and a free afternoon. It was a huge Halloween hit!
Homemade butterfly costume designs: So my girls wanted to be butterflies for Halloween this year. Well, I did not want to go and buy some cheap (or not so cheap) butterfly wings, when I knew that I could make them myself. And while I was at it I did not want them to be tiny … Read more