This year for Halloween our group of friends or “Club Awesome” as we call ourselves (minus 1 in the pic because one of our good friends wasn’t able to go this year) decided Troll dolls would be a unique and funny way to do a costume together. Since we all did not feel “leotard ready” … Read more
My best friend and I handmade this Homemade Flintstones Group Costume! I was Betty, my son was Bamm Bamm, my boyfriend was Barney / Fred, my best friend was Wilma and her daughter was Pebbles. We had so much fun making these costumes. We made all of them a week before Halloween and we had … Read more
When me and my sister did this Simpson costume one we painted a whole bunch of yellow on my aunt,uncle,and 2 cousins. With all that yellow they wanted to be the Simpsons. We got my aunt’s ugly green dress she did not care for. For her hair we gathered up a lot of blue weave … Read more
These were our homemade Smurfette, Brainy and Handy Smurf costumes. Items needed for these costumes were: – white winter caps – 3 pairs of long thermal underpants – 1 pack of big and tall white socks – blue long sleeve shirt – blue stretch gloves – 2 tubes of blue paint per person – one … Read more
We decided on the Homemade Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc Gang Costume for our Halloween costumes this year. A month and a half of scouring Good Will and The Salvation Army produced most of the clothing for the costumes. Velma dyed a white sweater and knee socks orange so they would match. A brown … Read more
We dressed up as characters from the original Willy Wonka film to attend Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World. I went thrift store-shopping to collect the materials to make the Willy Wonka Group Costume for Veruca Salt, Mike Teevee, Violet Beauregard, and an Oompa Loompa. The costume for Veruca Salt is actually made up … Read more
My housemates and I decided it would be great to get together as the characters from Clue(do). Using pieces we already owned and making new ones we were able to create some great costumes! We also made most of our weapons, which were essential for this idea to work. Miss Scarlet-A fancy red gown. Mrs. … Read more
Our family does theme costumes each year, but as the mom of boys…this year we did not agree. They wanted gore, and I wanted cute. So we compromised. They are the Men In Black, and I am their alien. I got the jackets from Goodwill, the sunglasses from a costume shop and bought my green … Read more
We had a group of seven going to a party so we went with the Gilligan’s Island theme. I was Ginger and I used a gold long dress that I already owned. I took a blond wig and used orange and red hairspray to spray the wig a more “ginger” look. I put on fake … Read more
These Mario, Luigi and Princess Daisy Costumes are “put together”. I added things to purchased items. For example: I bought the caps and just added (painted) the M for Mario and the L for Luigi. Also, the dress was something I already had, so I decided to “make” it into princess Daisy. I removed all … Read more
My friends and I decided to be Mario Kart for Halloween. It’s not an original idea, but I believe it makes up for that in the construction. I made (I have a lot of free time on my hands) 4 Karts, one for Mario, Luigi, Peach and Baby Luigi, out of foam board, glue, duct … Read more
This Crayola Crayons Group Costume was much fun, especially for college-aged girls! We partied in Madison, WI for Halloween 2010 and needed something unique that would also stand out so we could find each other and stick together. First, we each picked our favorite color and got that organized, the more people/colors, the better. We … Read more