Here’s our Bumble Bee costume for my baby son. Because my son, Zane, was only a couple months old, I wanted a comfortable costume for him. I saw some black fleece fabric and just thought of making him a bumble bee costume. I used yellow felt fabric for the stripes. Without a pattern, I used … Read more
I got this idea for the Homemade Cabbage Patch Costume from this web site. I loved Cabbage Patch kids when I was little and still love them. My son was so cute people said he looked like a doll, so I decided to have some fun with him and Halloween. My husband and I made … Read more
I needed something I could fix up quick and rather original so went for the KFC Costume. Everyone loved it and couldn’t believe how cheap it was put together. Head- Grey Hair Spray for hair and beard. Stick on beard and Harry Potter style glasses. White shirt and white trousers. some black ribbon for round … Read more
I got an idea for turning our six month old into the Pillsbury Doughboy for Halloween. We already had a long sleeve white onsie and white cotton pants so I bought a small piece of white material to make his neck handkerchief. I went to a restaurant supply store for the chef’s hat and had … Read more
My husband wanted our baby to go as a leaky faucet because he drools so much – but I couldn’t figure out how to get a faucet on his head! SO, I thought the next best thing would be a Homemade Water Droplet in a Sink Stroller Costume. The sink is made out of cardboard … Read more
This car costume is constructed using recycled cardboard, spray paint, a pair of suspenders, and duck tape. Total Spent: $20
I wanted my son to stand out for Halloween and the store costumes were just not doing it for me. Then one day while I was putting away the toys I came across a Jack-In-The-Box. What a perfect costume for my son Jack!. I got out a box from moving recently and just started coloring … Read more
My son is a villain fan and he wanted to have a Maleficent costume from Sleeping Beauty. We used a cape my sister had made for a Harry Potter costume. We used purple felt and made a dress. Then we took a black snow face mask and sewed horns onto it for her horns and … Read more
Jacob, my 4 yr old, is Batman here… I made his bat utility belt out of card board and duct tape. You can make interactive boxes for storing a cable for climbing and Velcro items like spy glasses so he can use them. The Bat cycle is made of cardboard and duct tape completely. There … Read more
This is our first costume for our youngest, Jack. We’ve set a theme of costumes with Jack in the name and intend to stick with it until he’s old enough to throw a fit. I hope the tantrums come soon, because I’m running out of ideas. The only idea I have left is, well, a … Read more
My son has had the nickname Bamm Bamm since he was born. Both my husband and I are not very big so when my son was born almost nine pounds and remained in the 95% of his age it didn’t take long for him to acquire his nickname. With his adventurous attitude and blond hair … Read more
We love the E*Trade baby commercials and we decided to dress our 11 month old son in a Homemade Etrade Baby Costume. At first when we thought of the idea I was a little worried not enough people would understand. But I was definitely wrong, it was a big hit and everyone thought our son … Read more