Pumpkin carving, bobbing for apples, that weird dessert that looks like dirt and worms but tastes like heaven — Halloween is genuinely one of the best times of the year. Even the least festive people somehow get into the Halloween spirit, and decorations, candy, ghouls, and ghosts transform homes, offices, and schools nationwide. Like most …
Costume
Minecraft Creepers have become a classic costume over the last couple years. This post will show you how to make a Creeper suit that’s soft and flexible where it counts — so your kid can sit down. You can also use the tutorial below to make your own Creeper Head from a cardboard box. Halloween …
Mitch wanted to be an Enderman for Halloween, so of course we made him an awesome costume! The previous year Mitch was a Creeper. I made him a pretty decent Creeper costume out of green felt, a green sweat suit and 12×12 box from FedEx. It took a while to hot glue all those squares …
Here’s Mitch’s third Minecraft costume: himself! I wanted to make him a cool “Steve” costume with full armor, but we decided to ditch the square-head-hat* in favor of a more comfortable set of Minecraft style diamond armor. *A mom’s full disclosure on costumes with cardboard heads: Every year I ended up carrying around Mitch’s costume head.We made the …
We love us a good homemade Halloween costume around here, but we don’t always have the time to make something elaborate like this tricked out Lego Star Wars costume. Besides, most schools don’t allow kids to celebrate Halloween anymore! Unless you’ve got a party to go to, your child will only need a costume for …