KIDS: Handamde Gator Boys Costumes

September 13, 2013 By

Have you every heard of the show Gator Boys? For those of you that don’t know, it comes on Animal Planet and it’s about “two extraordinary alligator trappers who risk injury and death to hand-capture nuisance alligators that have invaded the back yards, swimming pools, garages and bedrooms of Florida Everglades residents.” Kimberly from a A Night Owl whipped up these awesome handmade Gator Boys costumes for her kiddos since they love the show! The costume is no sew and involves just a little painting a crafting up an alligator tooth necklace and cowboy hat. Camouflage pants and a blue bandana and your all set!

 

Gator boys costume

See more pictures and a full tutorial at A Night Owl.

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Couples: DIY Calvin and Hobbes Costume

September 13, 2013 By

I realize this is not exactly a couple, but it’s a couple of people… a mama and a sweet baby dressing up as Calvin and Hobbes! A well crafted party made herself a tiger hoodie with a black fabric marker and some cute ears. Hobbes just needs a red and black striped t-shirt and black pants! The blonde hair definitely helps too! Easy peasy!

 

Calvin and Hobbes costume

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COUPLES: Handmade Pinterest costumes

September 12, 2013 By

Here’s a unique costume I bet you haven’t seen yet! It’s Pinterest board and Pin This! The handmade Pinterest couple costume attended a Halloween party at A well crafted party! It’s a fairly simple costume, you need a black dress and lots of square/ rectangular pictures pinned to your dress! The other half simply needs a sign that says, “Pin This”. Easy enough and super unique!

Handmade Pinterest costumes

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KIDS: Homemade She-Ra Costume

September 12, 2013 By

What kiddo doesn’t want to be a super hero princess?! Marissa from Raegun Ramblings hand sewed this really awesome handmade She-Ra costume for her niece. What a nice aunt! For those of you that don’t know, She-Ra is the princess of Power and debuted in 1985 in the movie The Secret of the Sword. She-Ra reappeared in a He-Man video game in 2012. You definitely need to be a decent seamstress to make this awesome costume, but there are very detailed directions over at Reagun Ramblings!

 

Homemade She-Ra Costume

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KIDS: Homemade bum costume

September 11, 2013 By

I know that not everyone will appreciate this costume, but I for one think it’s pretty clever! Nicole posted this picture on the Really Awesome Costumes facebook page, and said her 1 1/2 year old son really enjoyed pushing his candy in the cart versus carrying it! Another great thing, this is a no sew costume and if you live where it’s cold for Halloween, just add some layers to complete the look! They key elements to this costume are a beanie, a beard, flannel, and that grocery  cart filled plastic bags and gloves.

 

Homemade baby bum costume

So, do you think the homemade bum costume is appropriate or not? There was lots more discussion about it on this handmade kid costume round up post, if you’re interested!

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KIDS: DIY Zookeeper Costume

September 11, 2013 By

Here is a super easy, cute last minute costume for your little one, it’s a DIY zookeeper costume! Jes from Mommy Envy out this adorable little costume together. All you need is a denim shirt, khaki pants, a walkie talkie and a zoo keeper badge! Oh and of course some stuffed zoo animals to “keep”! Oh and did I mention this is a no sew costume too… perfecto!

DIY Zookeeper Costume

For more cute pictures and all of the zookeeper details check out Mommy Envy!

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KIDS: DIY Rockstar costume

September 10, 2013 By

Carolina from 30 Minute Crafts whipped up this totally rad DIY rockstar costume for her kiddo! And best of all, it only took 30 minutes and did I mention it is a new so costume! She cut the sleeves off of an old t-shirt, added gold shimmer iron on stars, rocked out a pair of inexpensive  sunglasses, and spiked her boys hair. I love it!

DIY Rockstar costume

See all of the DIY rockstar costume details on 30 Minute Crafts!

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ADULT: DIY Scrabble costume

September 9, 2013 By

Here’s a clever Halloween costume… a DIY Scrabble costume! It looks like Sara sewed her own dress and used card board letters to spell out the Scrabble words, but I think this could be done no sew too! If you could find a cheap white dress, you could use paint pens, duck tape or iron on fabric to create boxes. Then just write in your “double word scores” and spell out your words! I like that Sara’s scrabble costume even makes a political statement!

DIY scrabble costume

 

See more details at Sara’s blog, Feeding the soil.

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ADULT: Handmade Rubiks cube costume

September 6, 2013 By

I love the rubik’s cube! I wish I could say I can do the whole cube, but that would be lying. I can, however, do one side really good and really fast, ha! Emily turned her husband into a life size rubik’s cube with a cardboard box, spray paint, felt, and a hot glue gun. I for one, am super duper impressed! Oh and I love that this costume could easily be made for a kid too. Another fun idea, would be to make the squares velcro so that you could actually move them around!

 

Handmade Rubiks cube costume

To see the detailed handmade rubiks cube costume tutorial check out Emily’s blog, The Benson Street. Be sure to check back next week because we’ll have a new costume tutorial every day next week!

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ADULT: DIY Renaissance Corset

September 6, 2013 By

This is a great costume because it can double for free entrance into Renaissance festivals! We have an awesome Renaissance festival in Texas that happens on weekends from Oct- Dec.! Jessica sewed this entire outfit, pretty impressive huh?! Jessica gives details instructions on how to sew the corset using the  Simplicity Pattern # 3809.

DIY Renaissance corsetSee the full Renaissance corset tutorial on her blog, Designers Sweet Spot.

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