Awesome DIY Baby Groot Costume for Under $20!

Awesome Baby Groot under $20

My DIY Baby Groot costume started with a two-year-old who loves dancing Baby Groot. After watching the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy 28 times so he could dance along, he decided that is who he wanted to be for Halloween. He had an action figure for inspiration. It all started at the Dollar Tree … Read more

Beautiful Homemade Girls Peacock Costume – Proud as a Peacock!

Beautiful Homemade Girls Peacock Costume - Proud as a Peacock!

Here’s the story behind my four-year-old girls peacock costume. Well, she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween this year. Of course, no ordinary store bought costume would do. Instead she had me on a wild goose chase searching every website I could imagine looking for peacock feathers that were not only the right size … Read more

Coolest Homemade My Little Pony Toddler Costumes

my little pony toddler costumes

Making My Little Pony Toddler Costumes My daughter (3 years old) is OBSESSED with My Little Pony.  So, for Halloween, she insisted on being Fluttershy.  I have to admit, I was not very keen on the costume choice.  I Googled for ideas. My options were pretty limited to an outfit with a silk screened pony … Read more

Cutest Homemade Owl Costume

After five failed attempts at making an Eve costume to complement her brother's Wall-E, we ended up making my daughter an owl for Halloween last yea

After five failed attempts at making an Eve costume to complement her brother’s Wall-E, we ended up making my daughter an owl costume for Halloween last year. I made a body suit out of some fuzzy animal material. It was a simple jump suit that Velcro’d over her shoulders. She wore a black sweatshirt under, … Read more

Coolest Handmade Triceratops Costume

My name is Hannah. I am a 30 year old stay at home mom that majored in Commercial Art and graduated in 2005. I have had a life long dream of having a

This pink and purple Dinosaur costume is made almost entirely of felt. This costume was inspired by the Triceratops in the TV show Dinosaur Train. The very first step was to make a sketch of the dinosaur costume with colored markers to test the color choices and map out a plan for the overall look of … Read more

Coolest Baby Sumo Costume

Homemade Baby Sumo Costume

My son was still pretty chunky on his second Halloween, and while he was walking around in his diaper one day the idea of a sumo wrestler came to me. I couldn’t just put him in a diaper and let him run around outside in October, though; he’d be cold, and that would just be … Read more

Coolest Homemade Ballot and Ballot Box Costume

Homemade Ballot and Ballot Box Costume

This Homemade Ballot and Ballot Box Costume is actually last year’s costumes but I received so many compliments on them that I decided to upload and share. Since Halloween last year was right before the election and we were die hard Obama supporters, I decided to do creative and political statements. With a 1 and … Read more

Coolest DIY Baby Groot Costume from Guardians of the Galaxy

Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy

I created this homemade Baby Groot costume from my 5 year old daughter who wanted to be Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. Everyone loved her costume. Every time she saw someone, she would stop and do the baby groot dance! And instead of saying trick or treat, she would say “I AM GROOT”! … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cuckoo Clock Halloween Costume

Homemade Cuckoo Clock Halloween Costume

When we asked my two-year-old son what he wanted to be for Halloween he responded with words we have heard often in recent months, “Cuckoo”. For the past year he has been obsessed with cuckoo clocks. It started when he watched The Sound of Music and fell in love with the song “So Long, Farewell” … Read more

Coolest Harry and Lloyd in a Shaggin’ Wagon DIY Costume!

Harry and Lloyd take Halloween!

This homemade costume isn’t for our kids.. it’s for our wagon :-). After our youngest son’s first haircut, we made jokes about him looking like Lloyd Christmas with his straight across bangs. And then we realized that his older brother had hair exactly like Lloyd’s sidekick: Harry Dunn. That is when we decided that they … Read more

Coolest Homemade R2D2 Stroller Costume

Homemade R2D2 Stroller Costume

We are a family of Star War fanatics. Ever since I purchased the complete Storm Trooper Armor for my husband, we have tried to incorporate the entire family in a Star Wars theme for the local Halloween Parade. Last year I was Leia, my oldest son was Luke and my youngest son (4 months) was … Read more