With Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast headed to theaters in the spring, I couldn’t help making a DIY Beast costume. Emma Watson will be an amazing Belle and I can’t wait to see it! Hopefully, Belle would approve of our own little Beast. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the read more »
The Lord of the Hat Costume
Typically when one boy wants something, the other follows suit. So after Quinn requested a Potterwookiee costume from The Creature From My Closet series, Elliot wanted his own Creature From My Closet costume. He hasn’t read the series yet, so he didn’t have a strong opinion on which character he wanted to be, so I chose read more »
Potterwookiee Costume
I love to make costumes, sometimes I make fun ones that I love and the boys just indulge me in wearing. I really love when they ask for a specific costume, though, one I know they will definitely appreciate. So I was pretty excited when Quinn asked for a Potterwookiee costume. The Creature from My read more »
Easy Cat Burglar Costume
I’m partnering with Snazaroo today to share an adorable Halloween costume that is easy to put together and features Snazaroo face paint. I don’t wear a lot of makeup, so I wasn’t sure how well it would turn out. It was my first experience with using face paint and I’m happy to report that it read more »
LEGO Costume Ideas
Everything is awesome!! LEGO has to be one of the most (if not the most) popular kid’s toy of all time. After The LEGO Movie was released a few years ago, we opted to do a LEGO Movie family costume theme and had a blast. There are just so many characters to choose from in read more »
Cardboard Box Costumes
I am a big fan of keeping a few extra cardboard boxes around the house. There is so much you can do with them besides shipping or storing things. You can host a cardboard box party, make solar oven s’mores or build a spaceship. You are really only limited by your own imagination. Cardboard boxes also read more »
Pirate Halloween Costume Ideas
I remember my brother winning a Halloween costume contest when we were kids. He was a dressed as a pirate and my mom used vaseline and coffee grounds to create the coolest fake beard. So to me, a pirate is a pretty cool, classic Halloween costume. In fact, one of my favorite Halloween costume themes read more »
Movie Character Halloween Costumes
October is FINALLY here and everyone will be thinking about what Halloween costumes to wear. Classic literary character costumes are fun but I think movie character costumes are more popular. Check out this list of 25 movie character Halloween costumes for inspiration. 25 Movie Character Halloween Costumes Hank the Octopus (Finding Dory) – Desert Chica read more »
Pete’s Dragon Pumpkin
Where are my Elliot fans? I am a HUGE Elliot fan. And not just because my youngest is named Elliot… I also dig dragons, like Pete’s Dragon. So I figured the perfect themed pumpkin for us this year was a Pete’s Dragon Pumpkin. I tend to latch onto one character and run with it, like read more »
Kid-Friendly Monster Costumes
Creep scary is not our thing, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a few monsters running around the neighborhood on Halloween. This list of kid-friendly monster costumes is the perfect starting point for costume ideas for families of little kids or families that prefer to keep Halloween fun and not scary. DIY Monster University read more »
Inside Out Family Costumes
It should come as no surprise to my regular readers that we usually have more than one Halloween costume each year. Last year, we dressed in Star Wars family costumes for Halloween night but went to Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland as Inside Out characters. Inside Out family costumes was such a fun theme to wear read more »
25+ Awesome DIY Animal Costumes For Kids
We usually lean towards Disney and superheroes more than animals when picking costumes, in fact, the one DIY animal costume currently on my site is a Hank Costume from Finding Dory. Hank being a Disney/Pixar character that ends up being a superhero. 🙂 That being said, there are a ton of adorable costumes out there read more »
Adorable DIY Kids Costume Ideas
September is almost here! Who’s ready for Halloween?!? If you plan on making your costumes, you want to give yourself a little bit of time to research online and brainstorm costume ideas. I’ve already got a couple of fun costume ideas in the works for my boys but I know some people appreciate a little read more »
DIY Disney Princess Costumes
I don’t anticipate making DIY Disney Princess costumes any time soon. I will finally be an aunt for the first time later this year but it’s a boy. Luckily I know all about those pesky boys, 😉 and there are plenty of adorable Disney Prince costume options for him. Perhaps the next baby will be a girl, read more »
DIY Pixar Costumes
For over 20 years, Pixar Films has been making incredible animated movies. I still love their first feature film, Toy Story and am so excited to see the trilogy continue with Toy Story 4 in a couple of years! With all the amazing characters Pixar has created, it’s no wonder they inspire so many awesome read more »
DIY Disney Prince Costumes
Can you believe it’s almost August? Time has FLOWN by this summer and we are officially back in school in just 2 weeks! As I finish up back to school prep, I start gearing up for my favorite time of year, Halloween to Christmas. I am busy brainstorming fun DIY costumes to make and thought read more »
Arizona Corn Mazes
As we sit here waiting for the monsoons to roll in and drop our desert temperature below triple digits, we dream of fall weather! Don’t get me wrong, it’s still warm in the fall but it’s so much more tolerable for outside adventures. We can explore more like heading to local farms for fall fun read more »
BFG Costume
Who’s ready for another fun costume? As soon as we started watching The BFG in the theater last month, I knew I wanted to make a Big Friendly Giant costume. The BFG costume is my favorite kind of costume because that can be pulled together inexpensively depending upon what you have on hand or can read more »
Finding Dory Costume: Hank the Octopus
Everyone loves Nemo and Dory but I am super excited to meet some of their new friends in Finding Dory. Hank, their octopus friend caught my eye in the previews. I couldn’t wait to create a Finding Dory costume, a Hank the octopus costume. Note Hank is actually a septopus because lots one of his read more »
Easy DIY Snow White Prince Costume
After the success of our DIY Prince Charming costume last year, I was itching to try another royal creation. I almost recreated my Prince Charming costume in blue and silver, like the prince in the new Cinderella movie. Instead, I opted to make a totally different prince costume, an Easy DIY Snow White prince costume read more »
