My boys are obsessed with Mario and Luigi but there were not ready made costumes so we had to make our own Fire Mario and Fire Luigi Halloween Costumes. This particular year they wanted to be Fire Mario and Fire Luigi from New Super Mario Bros.
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
I dressed up as a deer and my husband dressed up as a hunter. We put a bulls eye on his stomach and I carried around a plastic shot gun. We got GREAT compliments on our Homemade Deer Hunting Costume and people couldn’t stop telling us how original it was!
We bought most of the clothes for our Smurf costume at the thrift store. Most expensive item was the blonde wig, and the best part was that my husband already had the beard! Blue face paint was pretty easy to wash off. We bought kids blue knit gloves for our hands. We attended two different … Read more
BLACK BIRD: Materials for body: *Long black blazer style jacket (Thrift store $5) *Big fake ficus tree (Thrift store $10) *3 cans black spray paint *2-5 black feather boas (depending on thickness) *Lots of hot glue/glue gun 1. Paint the leaves of the ficus tree with black spray paint (clean dust off leaves first so … Read more
With all of the buzz last year (2009) around the Octomom, I decided to create the perfect homemade Octomom costume.
I came up with the idea to do Barbie and Ken costumes with my boyfriend because I usually do something crazy or dress like a goof. This year I wanted to be more girlie so that my boyfriend would appreciate my creativity. So the Barbie idea was perfect! I always feel the need to make … Read more
My best friend was recently awarded custody of these 2 children, a couple of months before Halloween. Although they look like twins, there is a year between the boy and girl, who are 3 and 2 respectively. They had never celebrated Halloween before and I decided that Pebbles and Bam Bam would be their first … Read more
This Homemade Pebbles and BamBam Costume is extremely easy to make! Spent about $12.00 on fabric, hot gluegun and haircolor. It took maybe 2 hours to make both. Both BamBam and Pebbles bottoms, BamBam’s hat and boot covers are all made from felt. I just cut appropriate sizes and jagged the bottom end. I used … Read more
This is me and my wife in our Homemade Sponge Bob and Patrick Costumes.
I had a lot of fun with these DIY Papa Smurf and Smurffette Halloween couple costume ideas! I couldn’t find a white summer dress in October, so I had to make it. I used white felt (that I had on hand), and sewed it up myself. I made the hats out of felt as well, … Read more
I was 7 months pregnant during the last Halloween season and was having a very hard time coming up with a “cool” idea for my husband and I (I am a Halloween fanatic and my husband is a great sport). We finally agreed on “a Homemade Homer and Marge Couple Costume ” so I got … Read more