Coolest Grimace from McDonald’s Costume

Homemade Grimace from McDonald's Costume

I’ve always wanted to make a Halloween costume from one of the McDonald’s characters. It took me awhile but I settled on a Grimace from McDonald’s Costume. As I was making the costume, I decided to add a twist to the costume and made him Grimace’s cousin from Mexico, Pedro. So I fitted him with … Read more

Coolest Homemade Arby’s Family Halloween Costume Idea

Homemade Arby's Family Halloween Costume Idea

We had great fun dreaming up this group Homemade Arby’s Family Halloween Costume Idea. I was trying to think of something minimal for my husband as he doesn’t like to dress up. The guy “thinking” Arby’s seemed like the perfect minimal costume. Then the wheels started turning in my head. Every husband should be thinking … Read more

Cool DIY Jack in the Box Costume

Jack in the Box Costume

I had the idea to be Jack from “Jack in the Box” for Halloween. The head was a plastic dome from a Halloween fortune teller globe decoration and I wrapped it in a stretchy white see-through cloth that I glued down. I cut the mouth, eyes, and hat out of colored foam sheet from the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Wendy and Jack in the Box Costume

Homemade Wendy and Jack in the Box Costume

I had decided early on to go as JACK (from Jack in the Box restaurants) and my wife decided to stick with the fast food theme and go as WENDY (of course from Wendy’s). We added the “baby” JANDY, to solidify the merger. The JACK head was all paper mache. I used a big playground … Read more

Coolest Homemade McDonalds Hamburgler Costume

Homemade McDonalds Hamburgler Costume

This McDonalds Hamburgler Costume was a pretty simple costume this past year for me. Jail/Prisoner Outfit: 1 Red Pillow Case, Iron On Transfers, Yellow Ribbon and red chucks. Simply cut out a tie, print out cheesebugers on the iron ons, iron onto red pillow case tie, cut out a cape, find a Zorro hat, glue … Read more

Coolest McDonald’s Characters Group Costume

Homemade McDonald's Characters Group Costume

We decided to make this Homemade McDonald’s Characters Group Costume this year for a friend’s costume party. After going through several group costume ideas, we all fell in love with the idea of making costumes from our favorite childhood restaurant. I made my boyfriend’s Grimace costume with felt, a hula hood, and safety pins. I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Colonel Sanders and the Chicken Couple Costume

Homemade Colonel Sanders and the Chicken Couple Costume

My parents were invited to my cousin’s wedding which was on Halloween and there was to be a costume contest involved. My mom was trying to figure out what they would be. She got the brilliant idea to do Colonel Sanders and a chicken since it was right about the time people were claiming that … Read more

Colonel Sanders Costume

Homemade Colonel Sanders Costume

I made this homemade Colonel Sanders costume myself two weeks before Halloween with the help of a white suit I found at a second hand store.

Coolest Dave Thomas and Wendy’s Girl Couple Costume

Homemade Dave Thomas and Wendy's Girl Couple Costume

This year’s costumes were Dave Thomas and the Wendy’s girl. These costumes were thrown together at the last minute. For Dave I took a red apron and ironed on the Wendy’s logo. I sprayed his hair and eyebrows white, added a neck tie, glasses and a spatula. For the Wendy’s girl costume I took a … Read more

Coolest Jack In The Box Homemade Costume

Jack In The Box Homemade Costume

I decided a few years back to be Jack In The Box for Halloween. I started 3 weeks early in preparation. In the end, I wished I had one more week to clean it up around the edges. Bear with me, as the process of making the jack head was tedious. To make the jack … Read more

Coolest KFC Family Costume

Coolest KFC Family Costume 14

After browsing on your site for baby costume ideas I decided on the chicken. With help from previous entrants made one for my baby girl. After I finished I started thinking about what my husband and I would be. At first I thought rooster and hen with a baby chick, but my husband quickly vetoed … Read more