Devin and Dyanna are brother & sister – Devin is almost 8 and Dyanna is 6. Along with their many interests, they also enjoy playing games on their Nintendo Wii, sometimes playing as a team, other times playing against each other as rivals. For Halloween 2009, they wanted to be something unique for Halloween. We … Read more
My wife loves the life-size, animated Halloween decoration she calls “Grady” that she bought years ago so we set out to replicate it this year for our homemade dead groom and bride couple Halloween costume. The coat and top hat were bought in a store in the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. The vintage ruffled shirt … Read more
I decided to dress as Dora the Explorer for Halloween because I’ve always said I looked just like her when I was a kid. My boyfriend then jumped on the opportunity to dress as Boots and so we created these homemade Dora and Boots couple costumes. To make the homemade Boots costume I hit up … Read more
These incredibly quick DIY Futurama couple Halloween costumes were a life saver at this year’s Halloween Party. Leela costume – Hair: Purple wig from costume store: $13 Clothes: White tank-top (already had), Black Cargo pants (already had), Black Boots (already had) Armband: Thick white foam board spray painted silver with foam cut-out buttons, also spray … Read more
Princess Fiona and Shrek are our favorite cartoon characters, so this year we decided to dress like them. Everyone loved our homemade Shrek and Princess Fiona couple costume and we received so many compliments. We had to do a lot of searching around to find material for our costumes. Most pieces are from second-hand stores … Read more
Homemade Homer Simpson costume: * Used a white polo shirt * Stuffed shirt with pillows to appear fat * Shaved head * Drew on lines for hair with eye liner * Used white face paint for eyes * Wore regular blue jeans * Used yellow face paint tubes to color skin Homemade Marge Simpson costume: … Read more
Hamburglar(ette) was a pretty simple costume with a jail outfit and a cape. But, the real challenge for Officer Big mac was creating the head. We basically built a huge BigMac Pillow from felt and stuffing around a reinforced baseball cap. The result was great!! Especially since people didn’t really know who Officer Big Mac … Read more
It was fall of 2004 and I had built a wolf costume that walked on all fours but still stood about 6 and half feet tall. Using a bike helmet as a base for the head, a lot of cardboard, foam, black fur, and PVC pipe for the front and rear legs, to say the … Read more
I always love the movie. My husband I think can say the entire movie without watching it. So that’s why he wanted to go as Beetlejuice. I didn’t want to be Lydia, so I thought the receptionist was cute. I started looking at pictures of her online, and watching the movie to try to get … Read more
I asked my 3 year old what he was going to be for Halloween. He told me an “Oompa Loompa!” I immediately said “Oh yeah?” like where am I going to get a costume like this? After learning you can’t buy a pattern for this I had drew (with a sharpie) on the fabric the … Read more
This Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume was way easier than it looks to make. I took a pair of white drawstring women’s Capri pants and simply sewed a line that resembled what I thought the Oompa pants would look like on the outer leg. This cut out the step of actually having to make pants. I … Read more
It was my son’s first Halloween and I love Alice in wonderland! So I made him a Madhater costume. I took a green onesie and appliqued cups and pots on it. Then I painted the drunk mouse on the front and the Cheshire cat on the butt. Then I made a blue bow tie and … Read more