Beautiful Handmade Princess Ariel Costume

Beautiful Handmade Princess Ariel Costume

My daughter loves princesses and dressing up to look like them! She wanted to be Ariel with legs! (Lol) Her cousin decided on being Ursula so they could do a theme together! But mostly, she wanted to be the most beautiful version of Ariel! For the dress, we went to our local fabric store and … Read more

The Most Realistic Oscar the Grouch Costume Ever!

The Most Realistic Oscar the Grouch Costume Ever!

My son and I were watching Sesame Street like we usually do. On this particular day when Oscar the Grouch came on his face lit up! “I know what I want to be for Halloween this year” he exclaimed. “I want to be Oscar the Grouch!” Of course I had to ask him why. He … Read more

Elaborate Ursula the Sea Witch Costume

Elaborate Ursula the Sea Witch Costume

Every year my little girl chooses a different Disney Villain. This year she decided she wanted to be Ursula the sea witch since her cousin was going to be Ariel. She wanted to look evil but still wanted be beautiful at the same time! For the bodice and the tentacles, we went to our local … Read more

The Phases of Mary Poppins – A Family Costume

The Phases of Mary Poppins - A Family Costume

Our family loves dressing up for Halloween! We love it so much that the night after it ends we begin to ask ourselves what the next year’s costume theme be! We have made it a tradition to find a theme that would make sense as a family and our girls always take part in helping us … Read more

Coolest Ever Nickelodeon TMNT Group Costume

Coolest Ever Nickelodeon TMNT Group Costume

This year for Halloween I wanted to make the new Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles. I love the art style and thought it would be a TMNT version that would look good as a costume and while moving (it’s important to be able to dance). I created Raph first (that’s me) and used his patterns … Read more

Best Animal from the Muppets DIY Toddler Costume

Best Animal from the Muppets DIY Toddler Costume

Our three-year old came up with the idea of dressing up as Animal from the Muppets. Originally she wanted to be what all other little girls her age were going to be dressed up as, Elsa from Frozen. We tried very hard to discourage her from the Elsa costume by given her other ideas she … Read more

Amazing Rocket Power Group Costume

Amazing Rocket Power Group Costume

Many 90s kids will remember the skater cartoon Rocket Power that was on Nickelodeon years ago. This Halloween we finally decided to put together a costume we had been talking about for years. There were four characters to create for this costume; I’ll list them in order of difficulty to make. In total, including shopping … Read more

Cat Got Your Tongue Minnie Mouse Costume

Cat Got Your Tongue Minnie Mouse Costume

As a little girl, I would watch The Mickey Mouse Club on television. I have always adored Minnie and Mickey Mouse and all of the Disney characters. I would make sure to watch any Disney specials that came on television. My parents had a large family and they could not afford to take all of … Read more

Vintage Coin-OP Arcade, Esmeralda Fortune Teller Costume

Vintage Coin-OP Arcade, Esmeralda Fortune Teller Costume

This costume was super fun to wear, but challenging to make! It wouldn’t be that hard now, having gone through the process once, but being the all knowing 24 year olds we are, we felt that we would be perfectly fine waiting until the last minute, and that all we needed was duct tape, a … Read more

Disco Space Troopers Couples Costume

Disco Space Troopers Couples Costume

My husband and I always try to create our costumes as a couple. We do everything together so it comes natural for us lol. But it does make things a little more challenging. I wanted to create something that would combine the past with the future to keep with the theme for the local contest … Read more

Coolest Ever 100% Homemade Groot Costume!

Coolest Ever 100% Homemade Groot Costume!

In July I started probing my husband about what we wanted to do for Halloween. Yes it was July because I know that we tend to put more effort into Halloween costumes than we should and we tend to procrastinate. His response? He wanted to make Groot.  Groot! from Guardians of the Galaxy, which would … Read more

Dream Come True Optimus Prime Transformer Costume

Dream Come True Optimus Prime Transformer Costume

This was a fun costume to make! We weren’t sure if we could pull this off but it ended up coming together better than we had imagined. We took 2 boxes and painted them up and used LOTS of tape to hold the “hood” on so that it could flip back and forth. This was … Read more