Cutest little Homemade Rosie the Riveter Costume! To make this costume, I bought a plastic flower pot from the Dollar store, I made sure the pot was deep enough and wide enough for her to fit into. (Paid $1) Next, my husband used a jigsaw to cut out the bottom from the pot, but I’m … Read more
My husband and I decided to have our baby be a Cabbage Patch Kid for her first Halloween because everybody says she looks like one. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid box. We have included an official Babyland General Hospital … 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
My birthday party theme was ‘Comic Book & Cartoon Characters’ this year. I chose this theme mainly because I’ve always wanted to dress as Catra from the She-Ra cartoon series. You may not remember Catra, but she took command as Force Captain for the Evil Horde on Etheria when Adora (aka She-Ra Princess of Power) … Read more
It all started about a week ago. Me, and my friend were sitting around the table, doing the norm. Suddenly we decided a costume was needed. We were going to be hitting up all the major clubs in AC, getting crazy in NYC, and a standard costume was not gonna cut it. Of course, being … Read more
We sure were VIPs that night at the bar! (Very important POP!) I know lame joke but was funny at the time. My friends and I decided to go for a group costume this year. I (orange crush) sewed all the costumes and we have a few artists in the group who painted them! They … Read more
I was having a hard time coming up with a costume for my 10 week old daughter, Calista, and wanted something different than the typical jalapenos, ladybugs and tootsie rolls that were on the store shelves and would also incorporate her stroller in some way. I actually got the idea while browsing some of the … Read more
Here is my family dressed in the Homemade Addams Family Costume. We even included “THING”.
I chose this Homemade Leeloo and Korben Dallas from the Fifth Element Couple Costume because I love the fifth element and it was a fun costume that I’ve never seen anyone wear before. I bought a long orange wig on amazon, cut it short, and twisted sections with mousse. The t-shirt was a ribbed shirt … Read more
These Crayola Crayon costumes were made entirely by 3 university students. We borrowed a sewing machine from friends of ours and made 3 dresses in different colours. We then bought black felt and cut out strips to create the squiggles. We cut out an oval and cut the crayola sign out of it. We glued … Read more
My daughter’s name is Soleil, which is French for sun, so I decided to make her a Baby Sunflower costume for Halloween. I started by making a brown stretchy tank top and sewing sequins onto it to resemble sunflower seeds. Next, I made satin petals and leaves and sewed them onto the tank top to … Read more
I decided to be a Homemade Gold Fish Costume, but cute. Orange was the color I was in love with at the time. First, I needed scales; I found a light salmon colored old lady sequined sweater at Goodwill. I dyed it with RIT orange fabric dye. The boiling process curled the sequins so they … Read more