Coolest Homemade Queen of Hearts Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Queen of Hearts Halloween Costume

This is my Queen of Hearts costume created this year for a gala dinner at a crafting weekend away. It is the highlight of the annual weekend away, and I go to a lot of effort – I love Halloween. I spent over 70 hours creating this, using the SIMPLICITY 3782 “Elizabethan Costume” pattern as … Read more

Awesome Family of Six Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

Awesome Family of Six Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

As a family of 6 who all love Halloween, I typically begin planning our Halloween costumes a year before Halloween and begin gathering items around August. We have been the Wizard of Oz  characters, Scooby Do characters, Disney characters, insects, and the Peter Pan cast. We have always wanted to do Alice in Wonderland, but … Read more

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

Coolest Homemade BOO Costume for a Child

This was my first year ever making homemade costumes. I’ve done the makeup before but nothing like this! My 3 kids wanted to be the characters from Monsters Inc. So this is Boo, her brother was Mike and her sister was Sully. We started the job by hunting down the fabric. First we would raid … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Mike Wazoski Halloween Costume

This Mike Wazoski Halloween costume was so much fun to make! My kids wanted to make our own costumes this year, for the first time, and they chose the characters from Monsters Inc. My son was Mike, and my daughters were Sully and Boo. I got the idea on how to make Mike while I was … Read more

Awesome Homemade Ken and Barbie Toy Story 3 Couple Costume

Awesome Homemade Ken and Barbie Toy Story 3 Couple Costume

It’s always difficult to find a couples costume that allows for both parties to be recognizable when they are away from each other. After searching through several ideas, and really wanting an excuse to wear a wig, we settled on Workout Barbie and Safari Ken from Toy Story 3. I thought it would be a … Read more

No-Sew Buzz Lightyear Costume for a Toddler

No-Sew Buzz Lightyear Costume for a Toddler

With my son being in love with Buzz Lightyear it was no questions as to what he was going to be. We had the store bought costume for play but as a kid of a mom who made all my costumes I couldn’t bear to let him wear a store bought costume. Although we did … Read more

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

My daughter is a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. Last year, she had her heart set on being the Mad Hatter for Halloween.  Most of the costumes she liked were a little too grown up, and the others were just too commercial. Instead we found this pattern and she helped make it, along with her … Read more

Easy, Cheap and Amazing Little Mermaid Family Costume

Easy, Cheap and Amazing Little Mermaid Family Costume

My Little girl really wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween- I don’t like buying things that everyone else can go out and buy, I love to be original. Mermaid, mermaid I started thinking! What could we all be? That’s it… THE LITTLE MERMAID! The wheels started turning. I knew right away that my baby … Read more

Coolest Homemade Violet (from The Incredibles) Costume

Coolest Homemade Violet (from The Incredibles) Costume

When I was in high school, I participated in another school’s theatre program. Every year the theatre department had an Awards night, with an awesome theme. The theme the year that I went was Superheroes Vs. Supervillains. My Mom and I were searching for a super (heehee) cool costume for me to wear. We decided … Read more

Coolest Ever DIY Moana Family Costume

Coolest Ever DIY Moana Family Costume

Here’s the story behind our Moana family costume. My daughters and niece are huge fans of the movie Moana, and decided they wanted to dress up as characters from the movie for Halloween. We incorporated their costumes into their birthday party, as they have birthdays before and after Halloween. I agreed to get into the … Read more

Sexy Last-Minute Pinocchio Costume for a Woman

Sexy Last-Minute Pinocchio Costume for a Woman

So I was shopping for costumes online and came across a “Sexy Pinocchio” costume that cost $90 for a costume that barely had any material to it. I liked it but not that much so I decided to recreate the costume myself and it really wasn’t that hard to do. I tried to find a … Read more