I had so much fun coming up with this idea for Princess Lolly and Lord Licorice! I first thought of my costume when I was listening to a Katy Perry station on Pandora and saw her album cover for the Teenage Dream collection. I thought to myself, “Candyland, that’s it!” After coming up with Lolly … Read more
As I lay on the floor with chicken wire attached to me, I wondered why I had to choose to become a tornado. Why not something simple, like a cat for instance. No, I was determined to be unique. Judging on how this costume set up was going, if I didn’t come out a whirling … Read more
I decided to make a hot air balloon costume for my 1 year old son G, he hadn’t been walking long so I was afraid if I attached the costume to him he would topple over. I decided to use a cardboard box covered in brown paper weaving strips in and out to give a … Read more
This breathing Jellyfish costume was a really easy costume to make. I already had everything at home so it didn’t cost me a cent. I used a see-through dome umbrella for the top, covered with white tulle. The tentacles were made from strips of white fabric. Some of the strips I hand sewed a large zigzag … Read more
My daughter Victoria and I worked on this Princess Jasmine costume together. As you can see we covered one of her bras with gathered blue fabric, added decorative trim, attached drop sleeves that I stuffed with some cotton to give it dimension. Bra has a decorative pendent, however the jewel drop is real, Blue Topaz … Read more
We love Halloween, but thought the pumpkin belly and pregnant skeleton costumes were played out. What else is round?? A pot of gold of course! the leprechaun was all thrift store finds, luckily my husband has a small waist and can fit into large ladies pants no problem. Lol. (Can you believe someone actually wore … Read more
Our family loves sushi. If you ask my 4-year-old what she would like for dinner, the answer is always the same… SUSHI! For this Sushi roll costume I used two cardboard circles that came from underneath frozen pizzas, two narrow strips of cardboard (about 4 or 5 inches wide) that were long enough to wrap … Read more
The theme in our house last year was Batman Villains! I settled on Poison Ivy, my brother on The Scarecrow and my other bro and his friend couldn’t decide who would go as Bane, so they went as Double-Bane. So here’s how the costumes went: Poison Ivy: I bought 10ft of fake ivy on eBay … Read more
This year, my 10 year old daughter informed me only a week in advance that the local carnival was taking place the following weekend. The big deal being that our local carnival has a different theme to it every year, and so this year, it was “delicacies”… With such a short notice and very small … Read more
We made the soup can out of an old collapsible laundry hamper. We painted the Campbell’s logo on a white cloth then sewed it around the top of the hamper. Andy was simple enough, black pants, stripped shirt, and a homemade camera made from a cardboard box and some bottle caps.
Wonder Woman! I found an old blue field hockey skirt at my local thrift shop which was my inspiration for my entire costume. For the stars on the skirt, I cut out starts from white duck tape and simply stuck them on to the skirt (was a quick fix for one night, but by the … Read more
If you want to get your boyfriend to dress up with you in a Couple’s Costume for Halloween, sometimes you have to be a little dark and creepy about it. Like, for example, being a corpse while he is the coroner that will carry you around in a body bag! The idea came about because … Read more