This year I wanted to pick a costume for my family of four. One of our favorite movies is The Addams Family, and it was a perfect fit for us, and very easy and inexpensive. This is how I made our Addams Family Halloween costume. Morticia- that’s me. I bought a cheap, long black witch’s … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted to be Mary Poppins this year after watching the movie so I made the sweetest homemade daughter and father Mary Poppins costume by doing a lot of scavenging. I visited a bunch of local thrift shops and what I couldn’t buy I borrowed from kind neighbors. We also made the chimney brush … Read more
Since our first son was born I have always made our costumes. The more kids we have the more fun it is getting. This year we decided to do a Flintstones family costume. It took me about 5 months of planning, sewing, airbrushing, hot gluing and painting to make all of the costumes. You can’t … Read more
My son wanted to be Woody for Halloween. And as a 3 yr old, he wanted all of us to dress up with him. I was assigned Jessie, Daddy was Buzz Lightyear, and Aunt Shannon was Rex the dinosaur. Shannon made her Rex costume from a large green sweatshirt, foam visors and foam teeth with … Read more
This was actually not a Halloween costume when we first did it (although later would be one) but an idea for a Christmas Card. It was two days before Christmas and we realized we did not take a Christmas Family Photo and didn’t send anything out. We usually take standard Holiday photos, red dresses and … Read more
We attended the 2012 Mickey’s Halloween Party that they have in September and October, and wanted to do something unique and Disney themed. We decided to do a Jellyfish Group Costume from Finding Nemo. We got lots of attention, and even had people want to take their picture with us. I found this site when looking … Read more
Let the wild rumpus begin! I studied the book for an hour before deciding on a game plan to tackle our Where The Wild Things Are Costumes: Moishe and Tzippy. I started with Moishe (the wild thing with the black fur and striped body) and searched the greater St. Louis area for a faux fur … Read more
Every year, we decide as a family what our Halloween costume will be. Always homemade. Last year, we went with Disney’s Jake and the Neverland Pirates Family Costume since this is our 5-yr old’s favorite show. Each costume was pieced together, using the actual cartoons as a guideline. It took weeks of hunting down items….one-by-one … Read more
As a single dad of twins I wanted to create something special for me and my girls. I started the project of the Family Costume: Cops, Robbers and a couple bags of baby money by using off white colored pillow cases, I cut them down to size. Then I stenciled dollar signs with a card board … Read more
We started working on this awesome family of Vikings group costume in August. We had a great time doing them but they were very time consuming. I would go to the fabric store once a week to look for discounted material. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, the one night of the year where … Read more
My family and I had just finished the X Men series and were OBSESSED with it to say the least! It was a given what we were going to be for Halloween! The Cast: Magnito – Dad Storm – Mom (me) Wolverine – my son Mystique – my daughter For Magnito, I recycled my husband’s … Read more
We decided to do Toy Story Alien, Zurg and Jessie Costumes for Halloween. My youngest dressed up as the alien. His costume was made from a blue sleeper in which I sewed felt onto for the belt and planet logo. The hat was made completely from felt as well – pretty simple – but turned out … Read more