Happy Friday: Creating Costumes & Memories
Sent from reader, Heather:
In our family, it is a tradition to make our own costumes. One of my favorite memories growing up as a child in a family with a very limited budget was my mom always dragging out her bins of supplies and scraps and coming up with the most creative and unique costumes.
Now that I’m a mom myself, I want to pass that tradition onto my kids and leave them with those warm fuzzy memories of mom sewing their costumes with love. But these days, fabric and materials are many times much more expensive than just buying a costume from the store. Thanks to tips from Hip2Save over the past several years, I’ve been able to make each of my kid’s costumes for minimal cost but still leave a huge impact on their hearts.
This year, my youngest who is a bomber pilot just cost me the price of his bomber hat which I found at a consignment store for $6 (I had a credit there so it was actually free) and the cost of some paper and spray paint (about $4). He already had the jacket which inspired the idea and the pants in his closet so it ended up costing me only $4 out of pocket.
My other son wanted to be spider man and all I had to do was find some cheap sweats, ($3.80 at Walmart) and a half yard of felt ($1.50 from Joanns with a coupon) and some puff paint (Another $1.75 from Michael’s with another coupon) so for well under $10 I was able to make him a fun and unique costume that I hope he will always remember!
Thank you Hip2Save for always helping us moms stretch our dollar so we can focus on the things that matter most in our lives, our family~~!! :o)
HAPPY FRIDAY! 😀
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How cute! Homemade customes are the best!
Wow you are very talented!! Great job!!!!
Adorable!! This is the best!
The pilot costume is amazing! And Spider-Man looks so well done, I didn’t think it was homemade at first. Your boys looks so happy and proud of their costumes. Good job Mama!
My exact thoughts!!
Super creative! You’re an inspiration! Now I feel like slacker mom, lol.
Great job mom! Awesome memory making. Hope they had fun.
Homemade costumes are the best. I always love seeing the creativity of the not store bought costumes. Great work!
I love homemade costumes and seeing what people come up with. Store bought ones are just so blah and chintzy.
We made a Sponge Bob out of a fan box. Basically just paint and paper and glue. Turned out super-cute.
I remember the feeling of going to sleep the night before Halloween with a semi-crafted costume and waking up to see that my mom had worked her
magic late at night. And the results would be wonderful.
So cute
I love home made costumes, I just wish I had the time to make one. Those are great!!!
Thumbs up. Super cool
So cute! Enjoy them while they’re young for the time will go by so fast. My “boys” are 20 & 21 now and it seems like yesterday they were that size. 🙂
Great tradition now I kinda wish I had started that years ago!!! Good work Momma Bear 🙂
These costumes are so cute and creative. I LOVE the joyous expressions on your boys’ faces–it’s clear that you’re making those warm memories with them!
That’s awesome! They will have such special memories.
So awesome and very well made!
You did an amazing job and such a great tradition! Good job mama! 🙂
The best costumes I’ve seen today! Happy Halloween!
So cute! Great job!
Awe thanks guys and Thanks Hip 2 Save who always inspires me to do more with less $$! I want to enjoy this time when they’re little and still think it’s cool to let mommy make their costumes! ;O) Happy Halloween everyone!!
PS Can anyone else give our moms generation so much props, they used to do this stuff pre-internet, pinterst, You-Tube… I’m still so amazed at all the things my mom used to just create out of stuff she could find around the house… :o)
I agree heather! I am 1 of 8 kids and my mom made all our costumes and they were always super creative! My mom always amazes me 😊 great job on the costumes!
you did a great job. be proud!!
Good for you. These are adorable costumes. You’re a great mom!!!
Awesome costumes!!! Super cute!!! I love the airplane!!! I bet he will want to save it to play with around the house!!!!
I love it! Adorable!
I love to make/make up our own costumes…after halloween i hit the stores and buy bits an pieces on sale and hide them in our halloween box until next year and the kids have fun making up their own costumes. thrift stores are great for unusual pieces as well..
You are amazing!!!!
Those costumes are amazing!
Great job! I love them 🙂
I can’t believe you made those, and for that price! You are very talented! Cute kids!
Awesome! I love them both! We made Olaf and Elsa costumes at our house and the kids loved them! We got so many complements and I only spent around $5 on Olaf and $10 on Elsa so that makes Mommy happy too!
They look so happy you are an awesome mom!
Love it! My grandma always made my sister and me Halloween costumes (in addition to Easter dresses, Christmas dresses, etc) and I always appreciated them. There were a few Halloweens I bought costumes from the store but since she passed away I’ve been making my own. This year I bought a red unitard and some felt and went as a lobster – everyone loved it! Being crafty and a couponer really go hand in hand!