My husband and I wanted a couples costume this Halloween and we thought of this Homemade Barbie and Ken Couple Costume. I cut out boxes to resemble the Barbie boxes; pink paper was used for the covering, some decoration was added to the outside of the box and,of course, the names Ken and Barbie were … Read more
My idea for this Halloween was Lego themed. So we decided on a Homemade Cat Woman and Robin Lego Minifig Costumes. I got the inspiration from your site. The Lego heads were first. I used foam board, cereal boxes and freezer paper. I cut out a circle to fit mine and my husbands head and … Read more
We decided to try to create homemade couple zombie costumes this year. We expanded on it by going as a Zombie Bride and Groom. We picked up a wedding dress and suit at a local thrift shop for less than $45.00. We also found some liquid latex, basic paint kits and fake blood at a … Read more
We started our Corpse Bride and Groom Costume with going to the local thrift store to find ideas. Came across a wedding dress that fit perfect, so off to the guys area to find a suit. I stopped at the fabric store and just sewed in black and blue tulle onto the dress. Then took … Read more
For my birthday I wanted a superhero themed night so my brother and I came up with the ultimate brother/sister combo of She-Ra and He-Man costume. He bought a muscle man outfit which was only the muscles then added the body harness and fur etc. I used a plain white dress to add the detail … Read more
Shrek was home made with brown shoes, some plaid pajama bottoms, off white shirt, homemade vest, painted green gloves and a ton of green make-up. Fiona was store bought with a ton of green make-up. This Shrek and Fiona costume was a super fun costume to wear!
We wanted to do a couples costume & since we grew up in the 80’s, what better than smurfs! Luckily my husband already had maroon pants from a previous costume as a used car salesman! I searched thrift stores for a white dress with no luck, so had to sew one! We also made our … Read more
My boyfriend came up with the idea to be Shrek and Fiona for Halloween since our height difference was perfect (he is 6’5 and I am 5’2). Once I heard the idea I thought it was great and figured we should go with it. The Homemade Shrek and Fiona Costume wasn’t too hard to put … Read more
With mr peanut I started gathering fencing and tried to make two nut shells out of the fencing by bending and tying the wires together. Same with the hat. Then took yellow duct tape covered the entire shell and covered the hat also. The cane is an old candy cane wrapped in duct tape. Then … Read more
I make my children costumes every year but this year I am at college full time so it had to be something quick and easy. For the Chucky costume, I had an old pair of dungarees from a bob the builder costume so I painted the sploges on them and also wrote good guys. I … Read more
My sons'(age 2 & 4 at the time) favorite movie is “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, so as early as summer they told me they wanted to be Oompa Loompas for Halloween. I wanted to make these little Oompa Loompas costumes myself, but I am not much of a sewer so I knew I … Read more
My husband and I are very tall and skinny so we thought it would be great to dress up as Oompa Loompas. I started checking out Oompa Loompa Costumes and came up with my pattern. We then decided that we would make out two kids costumes as well. My husband and I bought white women’s … Read more