Ok guys, (or should I say Gal’s) ;) here are the amazing yet quite simple ingredients for this FIERCE, FUN, RIDICULOUSLY COLORFUL costume: white long sleeved dress $13 from Forever 21, kids wing pack $19.99 @ Party City, white toe-in ladies tights $6 from Target, and bright green Tutu $6 from the amazing Amazon.com (be … Read more
This year, we chose to create Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes with the added fun of making them interactive. This is how we created the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costumes: Make potato shapes with brown material mounted on batting (we spray mounted micro suede to it!). All the parts were made of felt, … Read more
I wanted to make a costume for my three month old baby that would make it easy for me to take her out trick or treating with her older brother this Halloween. I decided that a stroller costume would be my best choice, but felt like the Cabbage Patch Doll stroller costume has been done … Read more
Mike Wazoski is watched a lot around here. My 2 year old loves Disney Monsters, Inc and Monsters University. We asked what he wanted to be this year for Halloween, and he chose Mike! This was a difficult costume to make. I wanted my son to look the part, but I also had to think … Read more
My 15 month old’s favorite movie is the Disney movie, Up, so we knew we had to dress him as old man Mr. Carl Frederickson! He has the perfect comb-over hair style that matches Mr. Frederickson’s so well! This was a great DIY costume because we had some of the pieces on hand. He had … Read more
My husband is absolutely the personification of Mr. Incredible, right down to being an Insurance Broker! We love Halloween and are sticklers for authenticity with our costumes, so these were hand sewn and replicated, right the last detail. I sewed the outfits and he handmade the crests. We were treated like celebrities, it was amazing! … Read more
This is my son “old man Charlie”! When deciding on a costume this seemed like a natural choice. His wardrobe is already pretty old man like (lots of cardigans) and we had the glasses – all we needed was a walker and mustache! He hates to wear his glasses, and he’s never worn a mustache … Read more
My name is Marianna. I’m featured here in my sea anemone Halloween costume. Originally I was surfing through images on the web for a starfish costume idea. I stumbled upon a couple of costume photos of sea anemones and I was sold on this creative costume concept. I loved how people used long balloons for tentacles, but wanted to add … Read more
I loved how unique this costume was, and I was asked how I thought of this idea throughout the night. I thought this costume would be more difficult than it was to make. I am sure that by purchasing the right color top and bottoms, people can make this costume without sewing a thing. First, … Read more
To start this journey, I got a 65 cm exercise ball to construct the body and a punch balloon to make the head/hat section. After the balloons were blown up, I started to paper mache. I made the mixture by using one part flour and five parts water (For one layer, I found that 1/2 … Read more
Every year we creative loonies have the challenge of coming up with original and fun Halloween costumes. Once we have children, that tradition gets passed down to them (whether they fully appreciate it or not.) Thankfully, I have a 4 year old daughter who genuinely seems to love crazy costumes, and definitely loves being unique. … Read more
My 12 year old niece Cassandra is wearing the costume. We got a white long sleeve button shirt and painted it with yellow fabric paint. Then with red puff paint, made red swirls. On the blue jeans we sewed cow print material as chaps. For the arm cuffs we got yellow foam squares and cut … Read more