I made this homemade flower bud costume for my second daughter when she was 3 months old. It is an accompaniment to the hydrangea costume that I made for my other daughter. It was pretty simple. I started with a crocheted green hat. I cut flower shapes out of felt and layered them for contrast. … Read more
There are three of us. Not sure if that’s allowed but I thought I would give it a shot! I actually made all the Sassy Chicks Costumes- me being gogo (the one in the middle). My clothes were purchased at a thrift store and I made the ball and chain and sparkley bowtie. The girl … Read more
Katy Perry’s California girls music video was the inspiration for this Homemade Katy Perry (California Girls) Halloween Costume Idea. The costume was relatively simple to make. I took a pair of denim shorts and spray glued sparkles on them. For the cupcakes, they are made with spray foam, and construction paper and sparkles as the … Read more
My costume is of the Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Everything that I bought was either from Wal-mart or Micheal’s craft store and the dress I used was just something I had. First I dyed the dress yellow using clothing dye from Micheal’s then after it dried I started to construct the dress. All you have … Read more
The family decided to do the Flintstones, so we were Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, and Dino Flintstone. FOR Fred, I found an old white laundry bag that I dyed orange and then pasted black felt triangles on it…and cut holes for the head and arms…and a jagged bottom. FOR Wilma, I bought a white sheet and … Read more
I was inspired by this website to create my Homemade Sexy Ninja Turtle Costume. My friends had little faith that a Ninja Turtle could actually be sexy, so I was left to the task of proving them wrong. After realizing, and basically succumbing to the fact that I haven’t the faintest idea how to sow, … Read more
Our office decided upon the Addams family as the party’s theme was ‘movie characters’. “Cousin It” was made using 3 hula skirts wrapped at the neck of the person playing that part. We handmade a felt hat to fit over her head and cut a hole for her eyes then glued a piece of netting … Read more
I had my Vivian Ward (aka ‘Pretty Woman’) costume made from scratch using a wife beater, the blue fabric and some metal rings then having a seamstress put it all together for me. I bought a green canvas bag (that i still use) black patent boots, a blond wig and a little black hat. I … Read more
This Homemade Sexy iPhone Costume was made for the Halloween right after the iPhone came out…so everyone was obsessed with the fact that I HAD an iPhone. So what better than to acknowledge it even more and BE an iPhone! To make the body I just sewed a piece of black fabric to a piece … Read more
When my daughter was 3, she wanted to be a flower for Halloween. I tried to come up with something my then 6 month old son could be which would coordinate with her costume. Hence, the bumblebee costume. These Flower and Bee Costumes were pretty easy. They were basically made with felt and sweatsuits. I … Read more
Me and my four friends all decided to be Taco Bell’s “fire” hot sauce packets for Halloween this year. We bought the fabric at Joann fabrics and it is pleather fabric which looks a lot like the hot sauce packets themselves. One of the girls moms sewed the dresses for us in a form fitting … Read more
My husband made this Homemade Flintstone Family Costume for all of us. After seeing the prices of costumes in the stores, we decided that we would try to make them ourselves. Three hours later this is what we came up with. We’ve never had our picture taken so many times!