Cool Home Made Samurai Armor from Egg Crates

Cool Home Made Samurai Armor from Egg Crates

Our 7 year old joined Cub Scouts this year and since scouts are thrifty we decided to make his costume out of things we had. We saw a Samurai costume made out of cardboard and used it for our inspiration. We decided to use the egg crates we had saved up for crafts. I bought … Read more

Steampunk Masquerade for a Man

Steampunk Masquerade for a Man

We needed costumes for a party thrown by my husband’s coworker.  I enjoy science fiction and have been wanting to do steam punk outfits for a while.  We had to keep the cost down so here is what we came up with.  I found a masquerade mask online that my husband liked and then borrowed some elements … Read more

Coolest Homemade Young Anakin Skywalker Costume

Homemade Young Anakin Skywalker Costume

My little boy just discovered Stars Wars. It all started with the day he got a lightsaber. We then watched the original Star Wars trilogy. This inevitably led to Derrick choosing to be a Jedi for Halloween. From there it was online research and Derrick noticed that a picture of the young actor in the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Royal Knight Halloween Costume

Homemade Royal Knight Halloween Costume

My 3.5 year old Derrick decided he wanted a Homemade Royal Knight Halloween Costume. I did some looking around for a good knight costume but all the costumes were lame, too expensive, or both. So I put this together for him. Granted it is not perfect and if I had it to do over there … Read more

Coolest Homemade Baby Prince Costume

Homemade Baby Prince Costume

Baby brother needed to match big brother’s theme for Halloween and there wasn’t much time left. What to do to make this Homemade Baby Prince Costume? Simple. Take a kitchen towel with a cool design on the edge, add a printable iron-on transfer from the stash combined with a graphic courtesy of the internet, whip … Read more