Making Your Costumes

Just as there are reasons for purchasing our Halloween Costumes, Wigs, and Accessories…Some of us have reasons for making them ourselves. Designing, and putting together a Halloween Costume can be a challenge, rewarding, money saving, and allow one to come up with something totally fabulous and UNIQUE.  In my day I’ve made everything from the simplest Ghost Costume, to a TAD more difficult Frog Costume <gribbit>Ü . It was difficult, as I say, but I was successful and I was SOOOO proud of my achievement. Ü  My son was a proud and happy as I was when he won first place for the elementary schools Halloween Costume Contest.

This page basically has some ideas for "simpler" Costumes , along with Links to simple costume making magazines and sites, plus info on sending in YOUR Costume Creation photos and instructions. I hope you enjoy the page and find it informative.

    NOW.....We are awake and we are ready to BEGIN Ü !

                   

Homemade Ladybug Costume – wear black clothing (sweatshirts and pants). To make ladybug wings take a red poster or sledding saucer and paint black circles on the back. Attach loops for the child's arms using rope or Velcro to attach wings to the back of the shirt.

Homemade Rock Star Costume– a colorful wig (buy it or make out of paper or yarn), colorful clothing and make-up will make your child a rock star.

Homemade Bumble Bee Costume – what you need is only a yellow raincoat.  Add stripes of black electrical tape to it and black pipe cleaners to a headband for antenna.

Homemade Mummy Costume: Use white clothing and wrap a few pieces of gauze or white cloth around the child's body.

Homemade Skunk Costume – do you think it's difficult? Just paint a white stripe down the back of a black shirt.

Homemade Spider Costume – to make legs of the spider use dark pantyhose. Fill hose with lightweight material and pin to dark clothing.

Homemade Clown Costume – colored clothes, red chicks and balloons will make you child a clown. Use oversized bright colored clothing. Paint face to white, and make red circles on the child's cheeks.Carryballoons, juggling balls or similar clown items.

Homemade Pumpkin Costume– traditional image of the Halloween. Use big orange sweatshirt and dark colored pants. Draw pumpkin face on the shirt and add a green cap to child's head.

Homemade Bunch of Grapes Costume: wear green or black shirt for thiscostume. To create a bunch of grapes attach purple balloons to the costume with tape.

Homemade Angel Costume: white colored clothing and white pipe cleaners fashioned into a circle to a headband for halo will make you baby a real angel.

Homemade Bunny Costume: Dress the baby in a sleeper and make ears of some matching fabric. Few whiskers on baby's cheeks – here is a pretty bunny.

Homemade Flower Costume: Paint a green stripe down the center of sleeper. Make flower petals of material and pin them around the cap.

What I will need (to post your Creations and Instructions) is: Basically, 1. A List of Materials needed, 2. Typed Instructions, AND 3. A Photo(or a few)(jpg.) of the finished Costume(being worn, of course Ü). IF you happen to have pictures of the work in progress.... OR a pattern of any sort... any of that would be posted also..along with my appreciation for your helpfulness. Ü   IF it is nearing Halloween and you wish a Homemade Costume, that you have instructions for, entered in the Contest....just send the Instructions, Patterns, Photos, etc. along with your entry (See Contest page for  Entry info) and your Homemade Costume and instructions, etc., will be posted in the Homemade Halloween Costume section (on it's own page) after the Contest is completed.
   Please send the photos as Attachments.  In the Subject line Type "Homemade Halloween Costume" (or "Contest" if that's the case ) and send to:  Coletta@Costume-Works.com   (don't forget the dash (-) after "costume" in the site title/url).   Happy Costume making and I sure hope to hear from you with your Ideas. 

  Something I'd like to let you know about is a site that I happened to stumble across just a little while ago that fits in perfectly with what the "Homemade Costume" pages are all about. It's rather exciting really as most of these ideas are simple but very creative and many can be made with things you may already have on-hand.  Check out ALL of the different Homemade Costume LINKS on the Costume Page. You will be shown snippets from MANY sites and as many different costumes to make. There are a whole slew of ideas for the taking... right on the other side of each click.  I REALLY enjoyed cruising these places and seeing the cool ideas.
  Here are a couple of other links that you may find handy... ( One thing first Ü . Please bookmark  Costume-Works.com, (if you haven't already Ü) so that you can return any time you like.
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  Here is something that I came across quite by accident. This link will take you to a list of GREAT costumes you can make for any family member...beginning with a simple Sweat Suit. Those with a creative flair will have LOTS of fun with this I think.  :-) .  Go to FamilyCrafts

Of course, costume making isn't all about SEWING.  It can be about Gluing, Hammering, Bending, Hanging,Paper, Cans, Cardboard, Wood, Kitchen Wares, Paint, Crayons. The list goes on..........................................and on..................