Awesome Homemade Living Hand Sally Costume!

Living Hand Sally Costume!

I have always wanted to create a costume that makes people do a double take. And this year was hands down my year! I absolutely love The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Sally has always been my favorite character. I wanted to create a Sally costume that could bring some of that Tim Burton magic to … Read more

Cool Wilson and Chuck Couple Costume from the Movie Castaway

Wilson and Chuck

My husband and I dressed up as characters from Castaway. My husband was Chuck (played by Tom Hanks) and I was Wilson (played by a volleyball). Wilson started as an inflatable ball and after 6 layers of newspapers, glue, and flour, and lots of paint, it ended up as my costume. My husband wore a … Read more

Transforming a Five-Year-Old into Edward Scissorhands: A DIY Costume

Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands DIY Costume for 5 year old

Our family is a year-round fan of Tim Burton’s movies, so when my five-year-old expressed his desire to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween, I was initially unsure how to pull it off. However, we managed to create a fitting and impressive costume using readily available materials, proving that a DIY approach can be just as … Read more

Coolest DIY Queen of Hearts Costume – “Off With Their Heads!”

Off With Their Heads!- Queen of Hearts at her best

My best costume to date was Ursula, which inspired me to move towards another Disney Villian. I like the size of the Queen of Hearts skirt and decided she would be the perfect villian. I started with a petticoat and then found several skirts from Goodwill which could be pieced together to create the half … Read more

Beautiful Handmade Corpse Bride Costume

Beautiful Corpse Bride

My daughter wanted to be the Corpse Bride this year for Halloween so we tried to make it a modern take on this Tim Burton Classic! We used an old pageant dress of mine and added a corset the top of it. We used hot glue to create the rib bones and then hot glued … Read more

Mommy-Made Mad Hatter Costume for 5 Year Old

Mommy Made Mad Hatter Costume for 5 year old

This Mad Hatter costume was designed by a mommy to make her 5 year old boy’s dream come true! My kindergartner was watching Alice in Wonderland back to back in loop and Mad Hatter soon became his favorite character. When I searched internet the hatter costumes were either not kid friendly, or missing some important … Read more

Coolest Homemade Queen of Hearts Halloween Costume

Coolest Homemade Queen of Hearts Halloween Costume

This is my Queen of Hearts costume created this year for a gala dinner at a crafting weekend away. It is the highlight of the annual weekend away, and I go to a lot of effort – I love Halloween. I spent over 70 hours creating this, using the SIMPLICITY 3782 “Elizabethan Costume” pattern as … Read more

Awesome Family of Six Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

Awesome Family of Six Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

As a family of 6 who all love Halloween, I typically begin planning our Halloween costumes a year before Halloween and begin gathering items around August. We have been the Wizard of Oz  characters, Scooby Do characters, Disney characters, insects, and the Peter Pan cast. We have always wanted to do Alice in Wonderland, but … Read more

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

Coolest Mad-Hatter Costume for a Tween Girl

My daughter is a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. Last year, she had her heart set on being the Mad Hatter for Halloween.  Most of the costumes she liked were a little too grown up, and the others were just too commercial. Instead we found this pattern and she helped make it, along with her … Read more

Coolest Mad Hatter Girl Costume Idea

Coolest Mad Hatter Girl Costume Idea

The Mad Hatter Girl: Jasmine wanted to be the Mad Hatter but all the costumes at the store didn’t look anything like the real Mad Hatter, so I decided to  do my own research on the internet and made her a one of a kind Mad Hatter Girl. Hat made using a Dollar store hat … Read more

Homemade Jack and Sally Halloween Couple Costume

Homemade Jack and Sally Halloween Couple Costume

This is what my boyfriend and me wore for Halloween last year. We got loads of compliments and my boyfriend even won first prize for his. Sally Costume: The Sally costume started out as a long floral patterned top. I then watched The Nightmare Before Christmas a few times and then worked out the general … Read more