My husband and I went as Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox for Halloween this year. Since my husband isn’t too fond of dressing up, I chose a costume that would be almost exactly like what he wears on a day-to-day basis (a button-up flannel shirt and jeans) and added suspenders…voila’, a homemade Paul … Read more
We chose to be the Minions from the children’s movies Despicable Me because our little cousins are obsessed with the movie and we wanted to give them real life characters from the movie. We are very creative and love starting new projects so we thought we would give it a try and make our on … Read more
Shrek and Fiona costume was a fun, cute couple costume that was created from scratch from items found around the house! Fairy tale creatures keep out – An ogre lives here! Specifically, Shrek and Fiona! The advantage of this couple costume is that it is so huggable that you’ll have to fend off the advances of … Read more
Every year my husband likes to dress up for Halloween. Past costumes have been spot on, not to disappoint this year, he decided to be Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. I found the glasses that Col. Sanders wore online and then found the “string tie”. The suit was from a past costume. We … Read more
The T-1000 costume was actually pretty simple, but it turned out very well. The base of the costume is black pants, a black button down shirt, black Red Wing low cut shoes and a white undershirt. The shoes and pants I have for work. The black shirt is actually a real policeman issued shirt that … Read more
Chaz and I decided to go as Ed and Bev Bighead, the notoriously grumpy sardine couple from the 90’s cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life”. We were inspired by Chaz’s actual bighead. The masks are made from chicken wire, masking tape, newspaper, paint and felt. It was a blast making these bigheads and they were a huge … Read more
“Hoppy” Halloween! My daughter wanted to be a frog for Halloween. I made her first frog head a bit too big, so we decided to go as Mama and baby frog. We love to go leopard frog catching in the summer. Sometimes we draw a circle in the middle of our large driveway and put … Read more
I am quite serious when I say that this was a last minute decision. My boyfriend isn’t necessarily as enthusiastic about Halloween as I am, but he agreed to dress up with me because he knows how much I love it. So, I was faced with finding a costume that was unique and fun, but … Read more
How can you look this cool you ask? Well, let me walk you thru the process. Please note, if you want to make 2 boxes (Barbie AND Ken), buy double of everything. Take a trip to the nearest U-Haul location. Buy a wardrobe box. On your way home from your local U-Haul, swing by Home Depot and … Read more
It all began 8 months prior to Halloween in one of the greatest cities – Vegas. I had organized a surprise 30th birthday party for my husband in Vegas with 12 of his friends and we went to Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles Love show. The show was amazing, full of acrobatics, amazing costumes, and then … Read more
I was looking at the different homemade costumes on your amazing website, and I came across this minion costume here https://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/2012/10/17/coolest-homemade-despicable-me-minion-costume/. Not only did I immediately fall in love with it, but my son just so happen to be a tremendous fan of minions himself that I decided to try making the costume myself but … Read more
My boys (2 and 4 at the time) are the ultimate Spongebob fans, especially my oldest – Austin. He desperately wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween, so like any working mom, I took to the internet. A million searches later I couldn’t find any pre-made Spongebob costumes for sale (ugh!) so I decided to try … Read more