Original DIY Star Wars Costume: Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder

My eight year old daughter is a big Star Wars fan so this year I made her a landspeeder costume.  The vehicle is from Episode 4:  A New Hop

My eight year old daughter is a big Star Wars fan so this year I made her a landspeeder costume.  The vehicle is from Episode 4:  A New Hope and is the vehicle Luke Skywalker has on Tatooine.  My daughter’s wearing a Karate gee and thick brown belt to duplicate his shirt and a pair … Read more

Original Portable Toilet Homemade Costume

I decided I would do a fresh take on the traditional "Man Being Carried" costume.  So I took the idea and ran with it, or carried it.  I

I decided I would do a fresh take on the traditional “Man Being Carried” costume. So I took the idea and ran with it, or carried it. The basic idea of the costume was to take the “man being carried” style of costume and put a more comical twist on it rather than the usual … Read more

Coolest Wearable Pirate Ship Costume, Matey!

Here is my two year olds wearable pirate ship costume.  The costume is really light weight because it is made entirely of foam and a small amoun

Here is my two year old’s wearable pirate ship costume.  The costume is really light weight because it is made entirely of foam and a small amount of cardboard.  The foam was painted with two layers of brown, the first a light brown, and then a dark brown.  I used a stiff paint brush to … Read more