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
Mr. Peanut was made out of burlap pieces that had been starched and put on a form. The pieces were then glued together and armholes cut. The bottom of the costume was held together with Velcro so that my son could slide it on and off over his black shirt and black pants. I made … Read more
To make Beetlejuice’s costume, we bought a dark over sized suit from a thrift store and put pinstripes on it using white tape. We stuffed a white t-shirt to make the belly. We used a photo from the movie to pattern the make-up, and reworked a grey wig to make the hair. For Lydia’s costume, … Read more
These Homemade Oompa Loompa Halloween Costumes were one of the biggest hits of the night. Everything was purchased very cheap and the rest was we had. First we had gone to the local thrift store and purchased the turtlenecks, and pants. With a little altering to the pants they were perfect. We added some handmade … Read more
I made these Oompa Loompa Homemade Twin Costumes for World Book Day for my 8 year old twins. I stitched the dungarees myself, which is pretty impressive for me as I’m no seamstress. Fabric was only £4. Bought the polo necks on sale in Zara for only £2.99, painted stripes using fabric paint on old … Read more