Cool Homemade Jack Skellington Costume

Homemade Jack Skellington Costume

This year my girlfriend wanted us to wear a couple costume for Halloween. At our local Halloween store she bought a Sally costume from the movie “Nightmare before Christmas” but could not find the Jack costume to match. We searched for a Jack Skellington costume online but none really matched the Sally costume my girlfriend … Read more

Coolest Homemade Jasmine Costume

Homemade Jasmine Costume 2

Aladdin was always my favorite Disney movie so this year I decided to be Jasmine. My Grandma is very good at sewing so I asked her to make my homemade Jasmine costume. We found a pattern for genie type outfits. I bought some teal satin-like material from Hobby Lobby. For the earrings I used gold … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mickey Mouse Costume

Homemade Mickey Mouse Costume

My son (as is every 3 year old) is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. He loved being Mickey. It was so easy to put together too. I lucked out finding the red bloomers at a thrift store. I just sewed a couple of HUGE white buttons on the front and a Dollar store tail on … Read more

Impressive Homemade Jack Skellington Costume

Homemade Jack Skellington Costume

I have made my costume every Halloween for the past 3 years and this year I decided to tackle my boyfriend’s. We both agreed on The Nightmare Before Christmas since were both huge fans of the movie. I never really liked the way the store bought costume looked so I decided to tackle his Jack … Read more

Coolest Roger Rabbit Costume

Roger Rabbit Costume

After a couple of years of begging my husband to dress up as Roger Rabbit to my Jessica Rabbit, he finally caved! It all started when one of my friends was getting rid of this awful sparkly red dress she had worn to a high school dance sometime in the mid-90s. I saw it and … Read more

Coolest Jessie and Woody from Toy Story Costumes

Homemade Jessie and Woody Costumes from Toy Story 2

My daughter wanted to be Jessie from Toy Story 2 so it was only natural that my husband was going to be Woody. For her costume, I used a pattern for a boy’s Western shirt, but altered the yoke to match Jessie’s. I made my own pattern for the cuffs and did some decorative stitching … Read more

Coolest Homemade Jessie Cowgirl Costume

Homemade Jessie Cowgirl Costume

Well since my son was going to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and since my wife has never been able to take part in dressing up with her boys for Halloween, I made the executive decision that she should be Jessie from the Toy Story franchise. She and I worked together on this homemade Jessie … Read more

Cool Homemade UP Halloween Costume

Homemade UP Halloween Costume

The actual house took about a week to make. I made it from a cardboard box with the intention of actually floating it with balloons. As I got into it, it got way more detailed, and much heavier. Eventually I realized that I would either need hundreds of balloons, or another way to suspend the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Toy Story Couple Costume

Homemade Toy Story Couple Costume

Last year, in 2010, me and my boyfriend decided to wear a Toy Story’s costume in a Carnival’s party, he like a Wood and me like a Little Bo Peep. It was easy and cost us very cheap, because we used items of clothing we already had in the closet, others we made and some … Read more

Coolest Mr. Pricklepants Costume

Homemade Mr. Pricklepants Costume

I had a minor obsession with Toy Story 3 so I knew I wanted to do some TS3 inspired Halloween costume, but it needed to be original. I chose Mr. Pricklepants, the Shakespearean Hedgehog who wears lederhosen. I went to my local thrift store and bought a bathrobe and a green tablecloth. I cut up … Read more