Car in the hat costume

Mardi Gras paper crafts are a fun creative activity for children. This three-dimensional jester hat can be made with some colorful construct...

This fleece hat with ear flaps pattern has an easy to follow tutorial and free pdf pattern to download! Beginner friendly pattern.

I’m a sucker for themed costumes, as you can see from last year’s costumes. This year since I have a niece and they live only two miles away, my sister-in-law and I planned a Winnie the Pooh theme. Today I’m going to show you how I made her Piglet hat. You’ll need 1/3 yd of...Read More

Awesome costumes you can make at home.

The boys had plenty of opportunities to wear their costumes this year! We started on Friday night at my parent's house and then on Saturday we went to a church "Trunk-or-Treat", as well as some trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. Here are some pictures from our Halloween activities: Levi was The Cat in the Hat Reuben was the Fish (from The Cat in the Hat) The fish in his fishbowl Gotta love that cat! Trunk-or-Treating with Larry the Cucumber (Henry) and Bob the Tomato (Meleah) Matt…

Crocheted Wizard/Witch Hat : This hat makes the perfect costume for a college student who doesn't have a lot of money to buy their own. The materials for the hat doesn't cost much. This hat does require some crocheting skills. Originally I wanted to go with a Gandalf style …

At the school where I work, we have a Halloween parade. That means I have to figure out what to dress up as every year. The tricky part is coming up with a costume that the kids will know who or what I am. I hate spending money on costumes that I will just wear once. This costume cost me a whole $2.50! It was a huge hit. The best part was wearing it during the evening while trick-or-treaters came to our home. Their reactions and comments were priceless. I think they enjoyed seeing the…

Cat in the hat costume

Bows Lace Accessory Polyester Purple Lolita Witch Hat

Here's how I went about recreating a big, fancy, Edwardian hat to wear to tea with my dress-up group, The Atlanta Time Travelers. Sure, you could buy an antique hat. But this was more fun. And if I don't count my time or blood loss in the equation, much less expensive! It's not difficult and requires no advanced sewin