Please help, I promised my son I would submit his costume for your contest. I was waiting for some better pictures from my father in law but he kept forgetting and when I didn’t get them last night I forgot to submit even one picture. I’m feeling like the worst mother ever, since he was … Read more
Materials needed: Black hoodie Black pants Black shoes Wire hanger Black fabric White felt Black felt Batting Black belt Slingshot For Halloween 2011, we did a Peter Pan theme. Our 3-year-old wanted to be the Skunk Lost Boy. It was so great! He wore a black hoodie, black pants and black shoes we already had. To … Read more
This costume was a real piece of cake to make and cost almost nothing. The shirt: Bought a plain baby blue shirt at a craft store with a coupon so I think I spent like 3 dollars on it. Bought a yellow sticky felt sheet and a red sticky felt sheet to make the Saturn … Read more
After looking at this site for potential Cap’n Crunch costumes I noticed people had good ideas but no one really nailed it. I came up with my own way of making this costume for literally under 30 bucks and No Sewing Needed! The Hat: Bought (4) 9×12 blue foam craft sheets. Made a hat pattern … Read more
Teen Wolf’s an 80’s classic. Right off the bat, I thought of the video box cover, with Michael J. Fox holding up his denim sleeved shirt with a “Teen Wolf” shirt under it. I used a combination of that image along with the colors of his “Beacontown Beavers” varsity jacket for my costume. The jeans … Read more
Materials needed: White t-shirt (unless you can find a baby blue striped shirt, good luck!) Light blue spray paint (or fabric paint) Red knit fabric for hat 1 Cotton ball Reading glasses Blue shorts White face paint (for sideburns) Blue painters’ tape We did a Peter Pan theme for Halloween 2011 and my husband was … Read more
Materials needed: Red gabardine fabric Yellow ribbon Gold fabric Purple pants White cravat Black wig White lace Plastic hook Plastic sword Red hat with white feather White socks Black vinyl Black eyeliner For Halloween 2011, we did a Peter Pan theme. Our 8-year-old son chose to be Captain Hook and he was amazing! To make … Read more
For Halloween 2011, we did a Peter Pan theme. Our 5-year-old son chose to be Peter Pan and he was spectacular! To make his shirt, I used bright green cotton fabric and traced around one of his existing t-shirts. I cut the zigzag design around the sleeves and bottom and I left a collar on … Read more
Materials needed: Light brown long-sleeved shirt Green pants Moccasins White fabric (for gloves) Blue and yellow felt (for neck piece) Black wig (braided) White face paint Viking helmet Poster board (dark and light blue, white, pink) Black marker (for feather tips) For Halloween 2011, we did a Peter Pan theme. My sister was our Chief … Read more
This Beetlejuice Costume was made with all Goodwill purchased clothes, a black blazer with 6 hrs of painting. A Shock Treatment Wig from Party City, spray painted with Ochre and Lime Green spray paint. Had to use masking tape to make the stripes, then go back and hand paint the boo boos. The white stripes … Read more
When our 5-year-old son saw a trailer for the movie 9 he insisted on being the 9 character for Halloween even though he couldn’t actually see the PG-13 rated movie. It was so visually interesting that we agreed it would be a fun costume idea. However, there was nothing out there that we could buy … Read more
I thought up and created my 20 month old son’s Homemade Garden Gnome Boy Costume this year. I wanted to be creative, but keep it simple and didn’t have money to be spending on an extravagant costume anyway. It is very basic, but with the help of my mom and a friend, we made this … Read more