DIY Costumes-Minion, Bride of Frankenstein, Scooby doo gang

Yesterday, we shared our Annual Halloween party. Today, we are excited to share some of our costume how to’s!

I love to piece together costumes! When my oldest daughter Anni finally decided that she wanted to be a minion from “Despicable Me,” I was all over it! This would be easy peasy! After 8, yes 8 thrift store stops early in October, the easy peasy was gone. Who knew it was so stinkin’ hard to find overalls for a 10 year old?! I didn’t.

My husband and I went to Wendover for a concert (classy I know, totally fun though,) and on the way home we popped into the Tooele DI (Utah thrift store.)
And there they were.
I jumped up and down and possibly let a small scream and gasp escape my lips! I couldn’t believe it. Not just overalls, but even the right size and perfect for minion-izing!
Moral of the story, if you have any overalls don’t get rid of them
because you may never find any ever again!

For the rest of her costume: we matched yarn to a yellow t shirt from Hobby Lobby. My talented mom crocheted her hat with the minion goggles crocheted on top. So cute!

Our cheerleader costume is just a white t shirt with a “cheer” iron on patch and my old cheer skirt and pom poms. Some things are worth holding on to!

Mermaid costume: a mermaid tail skirt I totally found at the DI, a white swim shirt and the top is cut out of a dress up shirt we got from my grandma. I just hemmed where I cut and cinched in the center.

In the same Tooele DI stop, I found my red Velma skirt. Ah, success! I had an orange shirt and hunted down the closest knee socks I could find. Again, who knew it would be impossible to find rusty orange knee socks in the fall?! Red with stripes it is. I added a wig and nerd glasses.

I can definitely see how I DON’T want my hair! Ha!

Shaggy: green v neck, brown pants, scruffy facial hair. I bought the Scooby costume at Walmart.

We’ve got to show you how Steffany’s costume came to be. Steffany and I hauled 4 kids around to 4 different thrift stores searching for costume pieces and we found her dress. It was a wedding dress, we scored it for $9!

To get it old and ragged looking, we used a lighter to burn holes in it and let the kids stomp on it with dirty feet.

Perfect. On a funny side note, Steffany decided she enjoys destroying wedding dresses way more than she should! Ha ha!

Breken’s Frankenstein costume is one that Steffany’s mom saved. I have used lots of different pieces of costumes that my mom has saved, so we’re telling you-ask your moms if they saved old Halloween costumes! (Costumes were made so much better years ago.) And be sure to save your kids costumes! They will come in handy some day! : )

Happy Halloween Week!

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