Homemade Costume Idea: Bag of Jelly Beans Use a clear garbage bag (upside down, making neck and arm holes) for the bag of jelly beans. Fill the bag with small colored balloons, and cinched at the bottom. … [Read more...]
Homemade Costume Idea: Spider
Homemade Costume Idea: Spider Make the spider's legs with by cutting off the legs of an old pair of black tights. Fill with fiberfill or newspaper, and attach to sweatshirt with safety pins. Create the joints in the legs by wrapping with fishing … [Read more...]
Homemade Costume Idea: Scarecrow
Homemade Costume Idea: Scarecrow This costume is cute by itself or with other costumes in the Wizard of Oz theme. Start with a pair of overalls and a flannel or plaid shirt. Use fabric scraps cut into squares for patches. Then, use your hot-glue … [Read more...]
Homemade Costume Idea: Mouse
Homemade Costume Idea: Mouse To make a homemade mouse costume, start with a hooded gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. Make ears out of gray and pink felt, then sew or pin onto the hood. Take a gray tube sock and fill with newspaper or … [Read more...]
Homemade Costume Idea: Ladybug
Homemade Costume Idea: Ladybug Start with a pair of black leggings and long-sleeve t-shirt for this one. Pair with a red vest, or cut the sleeves off a red shirt to use as the ladybug's body. Cut circles out of black felt for the ladybug's spots, … [Read more...]
Homemade Halloween Costume Idea: Bunch of Grapes
Homemade Halloween Costume Idea: Bunch of Grapes For this frugal "bunch of grapes" Halloween costume, I used a purple sleeper (you could also use a purple sweatsuit) along with balloons and artificial greenery. Using small safety pins, attach … [Read more...]