I wanted my kids to have a theme, and we chose dessert. My son is Owen 6, and he wanted to be BLUE cotton candy. My daughter Charlie is 3 and wanted to be a birthday cake. The baby is 1 1/2, and she was a cupcake. I wanted to make this as cheaply as … Read more
We decided to go as the Scooby Doo Gang and it turned out pretty good. Our friend who was Scooby put on brown clothes, a long sleeve shirt and brown jogging pants and then we made brown ears from felt. Also, he bought a belt and cut it short and we put a paper tag … Read more
My friends and I decided to do a group costume. I am the only one that sews so I was nominated to make the Sponge Bob crew. I sewed Sponge Bob from some discount yellow fabric. The person wearing it really wanted her head to show so that is the look we went for. The … Read more
My oldest (he’s 8) is obsessed with Spongebob. And I insist on theme costumes, so this year I made my 3 kids characters from Spongebob. For the boys, it was obvious– Spongebob and Patrick. For my daughter, I really wanted her to be Plankton, ‘cuz she’s tiny! :) [Spongebob:] I had my son lay down … Read more
My daughter and I did couple costumes for the first 7 years of her life. Dalmatian and Cruella DeVille, Madeline and Miss Clavele, Snow White and the Witch… whatever she was into at the time. Then she wanted to do her own thing, so this Halloween was very special to me that she participated in … Read more
My son always loved to watch Mary Poppins so therefore we had the idea to dress all the family in a Homemade Mary Poppins Family Costume following the theme. For Mary: I was sewing myself with my mum’s help the skirt (blue, adding light violet ribbon) and I have adjusted the collar of an existing … Read more
These Spaceballs Costumes were easy. Not to much work, just a bit of thrift store shopping, sewing, measuring and cutting and gluing. Dark Helmet started with the witches cauldron cut to fit around the face. A hockey helmet was glued to the top, which made it easier to wear. A Dracula cape, black sweats, black … Read more
My Son and his best friend and their girls wanted to Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. I hand dyed white overalls (in a garbage can)in hot water using blue dye, had to do this twice to get them darker. I painted wooden buttons yellow and Velcrod them to the buckles of the overalls … Read more
Who doesn’t love Mario? This is my husband and I and our son. This homemade Mario, Peach and Toad family costume was pretty easy to make. Mario – I bought navy blue pajama pants for the overalls. I bought two and cut up the other one to make the bib of the overalls but you … Read more
These Crayola Crayon costumes were made entirely by 3 university students. We borrowed a sewing machine from friends of ours and made 3 dresses in different colours. We then bought black felt and cut out strips to create the squiggles. We cut out an oval and cut the crayola sign out of it. We glued … Read more
Me and eight of my girfriends decided on a Homemade Crayons Costume for Halloween. We each chose the color we wanted to be. I actually made all of the costumes for the girls as well as acquired all of the accessories. I got plain white long tank dresses and dyed them. Then I used felt … Read more
We decided to become a basketball team, inspired by the 70’s and 80’s. Our team, “The Outlaws” needed a Homemade 70s Basketball Team Costume! After looking for jerseys and shorter shorts and having no luck, we found some red jerseys, which one of the girls added to with stars, a number we chose, and each … Read more