With Halloween just around the corner, the hunt for the perfect costume begins. For many women, finding a balance between creativity, modesty, and affordability can be a challenge. This year, why not take the DIY route and craft your own unique costume that meets all your needs? Whether you're attending a party, trick-or-treating with kids,

The very best halloween costume is the one your child loves. But there may be a few years where you get some pull… Here are some of my all-time-favorites from around the web (including a few from our archives). What will you (or your kids) be wearing this halloween? We’re still deciding! Nancy Drew (also, her parents: Holmes and […]

These DIY Tween Boy Costume Ideas are perfect for Halloween! Here are some DIY character costumes along with others, perfect for big kids!

Need an easy Halloween costume idea for kids? In this DIY tutorial, you'll learn how to make a mummy costume for kids with bandages and old t-shirts.

34 last minute halloween costume ideas that are easy and inexpensive to create. Quickly assemble an amazing costume using items you already have on hand!

If you're still on the hunt for the perfect DIY costume for kids, check out these 20 Food Costumes Kids Will Love! They're simple, fun and sooooo tasty! LOL! #DIY HalloweenCostumes

Here's how I made these Minion costumes - as is customary in our house, early October brings about the conversation of “What are we going be for

This free printable mermaid paper crown is a great diy party craft for your kids. They will enjoy coloring their own mermaid costume!

Try these totally unique and creative DIY Halloween costumes for kids and babies. Amazing DIY swans to snail costumes and more for children.

Diy book character costume ideas for teachers, boys and girls that are from top storybook characters. Easy ideas for book character costumes like Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat, Arthur, Olivia the Pig, Hermione Granger and more. Teacher book character costumes that can be made last minute from normal clothes.

When my son asked to be R2D2 for Halloween I knew I had to make this costume! Learn how to make a DIY r2d2 costume using items from the dollar store!

How to make Bat Wings for Halloween Costumes

DIY Cheerleading Pom-Poms: Near the end of the school year, my six year old came home from school, just BEGGING to go to summer cheer camp. I just couldn't bring myself to pay the exorbitant fees associated with it, and so I planned my own cheer camp for her in our backyard. …

This simple ghost Halloween costume is so easy to make and is the perfect inexpensive Halloween costume for your toddler! No pattern needed!

Use one of these free costume patterns to make a fabulous Halloween costume! The costumes are printable PDF patterns to get you inspired!

Create your own DIY Halloween Costume and stand out from the crowd. Do it yourself! Here are 5 ways to do it for pennies!

Time: 10 minutes Age: Little kids to Big kids Difficulty: Easy peasy

Easy dragon wings costume diy tutorial! For Halloween or dress up, make a comfy dragon costume with a hoodie and some shiny, scale fabric.

If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus a few extra) new ideas all inspired by art. 1. Vincent van Gogh 2. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Book week or halloween, here are 27+ awesome teacher group costume ideas that any teaching team would love to dress up as. The children will love it too.

50+ DIY Disney Costume Ideas for Halloween or Cosplay

For women who want to keep things modest yet still creative, there are plenty of DIY Halloween costume options available.

Another year, another DIY Star Wars costume. And of course, with The Force Awakens opening in December, and with episodes 8 and 9 to follow, I'm pretty sure we have several years of Star Wars costumes ahead of us. In keeping with his past years, Max decided on Nov. 1 of last year what he

Here's my step-by-step instructions for a homemade Transformer costume that really transforms! Be the coolest kid on the block in this DIY costume!

Find the best last minute Halloween costumes DIY for kids. Lots of unique ideas that can be homemade in a few hours. Super clever costumes and

You know how right after you stop looking for something that's hard to find, like cuticle scissors or a cashier who appreciates a good Luis Tully impression, suddenly you find that thing everywhere? (Ok, so I'm still looking for the cashier.) That was me after my last roundup of amazingly weird kid costumes; I kept finding so many more great ones! At first I was bummed to have missed so many gems, but then I realized a second batch is exactly what we need today. What with Halloween being mostly cancelled, and the U.S. election looming (raise your hand if you're ready to stop being reminded to vote ::raises eleventy billion hands::), and of course how we have to wait an ENTIRE WEEK between Bake Off episodes, things could easily feel a little gloomy this weekend. Ahh, but my friends, I'm here to remind you - in the words of sweet Samwise Gamgee - that there's still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. Like this kid dressed as a fart. Tell me this didn't make your day at least 12% better. And I love that he has the Minion Fart Blaster to provide his own sound effects. Bahaha! Keeping in that theme, here come your bathroom's #1 and #2 fans: (CostumeWorks) Don't they look flushed with success? (Sorry, I write poo puns for a living, I can't just switch this off.) Still bathroom-themed, but at least it's clean humor: (From Etsy, but the listing is long gone) The bristles are pipe cleaners! Omigosh. Amazing. Also gives a whole new meaning to a "brush with death." ::head tilt:: Sort of. (Maybe if she carried a skull?) Now I'm tempted to organize a "random bathroom objects" cosplay group for Dragon Con. Can you imagine? Let's all take a moment to picture an adult sized toilet and tooth brush and shower head and rubber ducky and whatnot wandering around en masse. ::imagining:: Aw yeah. That's the stuff. Of course, the world of weird costuming holds more wonders beyond the bathroom, babes. Like spaghetti. (Gail Rehme) On top of spaghetti All covered with cheese I lost my poor meatball When somebody sneezed. Did anyone else have a parent who sang that song? My dad did. He also sang "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" which, upon recollection, is mildly horrifying. I, uh, won't show you any costumes of that. Instead, have the world's cutest cauliflower: SO CUTE Or how about a nice tossed salad? (Good Morning America) The cherry tomato balloons (or balls?) are genius. Another excellent source of roughage: (Jarka Kapounová) That's got to be the most comfortable looking pinecone I've ever seen. Wouldn't it make a great cape? Let's see, how to segue into this next one... Oh, I know. BUBBLES!!! The use of the clear balloons here is PERFECT. I think she has one on her headband, too! You know that place where "weird" and "incredibly talented" intersect? That's one of my favorite places. I'd go so far as to call that OUR place, you and I. And also this kid's place: (Monterey Aquarium) Fun Fact: When you take a picture of a mollusk it's called a "shell-fie." Then there's this, which just jumped to the top of my "Dream Cosplays" list: Sparkly, ridiculous, and you can't tell if it's panicking or screaming out a battle cry. I feel such a kinship with this costume, y'all. [UPDATE: I am shook. One of our very own Bots made this angler fish! Yay! Smee created it for her grandson, Bodie, and tells me the lure and fins all lit up after dark, YESSS. You can see his fins swaying around in this quick video on her Instagram.] You may have noticed I am a HUGE fan of people proudly loving what (and who) they love. That's why I love these kids embracing who they are. Hey, you want to be a princess praying mantis? Then YOU BE A PRINCESS PRAYING MANTIS. (Michelle Powers on Pinterest, that's her daughter Sydney) The twisted part of me wants her to have a candy bucket shaped like another mantis' head. If you don't know why, then do NOT google it, lol. You... you googled it, didn't you. Sorry. Here's an adorable bumble bee to make up for it: (Cardboard Collective, site 404) This is the most haute couture bee I've ever seen - and it appears to be made entirely of paper. Daaaaang. Oh, hang on, we're jumping back to fish again: I've seen several variations of the "head in an aquarium" costume, and they're all pretty weird, y'all. I approve. More head-centric weirdness: (Costume Works) K, I'm not a huge taxerdermy fan (I still love you, Bloggess), but this idea is so clever - and that cute little mantle with stockings!! Eeeee! Wait, wait, I've got it: she's clearly the animatronic deer head from Country Bear Jamboree. Right? Which is still supposed to be taxidermy, I guess, but it's magical taxidermy that talks, which we all know is isn't creepy at all. Boom. ::shifty side eye:: Mooooving on, I'm going to wrap up with a few of the photos you readers shared on Facebook after my first post: These make me so happy. And the volcano dress is so pretty I want to see a Dapper Day version! I'm hoping you'll keep sharing fun memories like this on my FB post and over on FOE, so we can get our vicarious celebrating on this weekend. John and I are working on a friend's house Halloween night (finishing the Potter kitchen), after determining our immediate neighborhood isn't doing any trick-or-treating. It's for the best, I know, but that means I'm depending on you readers to show me all the fun costumes, decorations, and carved pumpkins - past or present! Also don't forget: we're having movie watch parties all weekend long over on the Epbot Discord, starting tonight at 8:30pm EST with Coco! Then tomorrow (Saturday) will be an ALL DAY marathon of family-friendly Halloween movies, and Sunday afternoon there will be a matinee showing of Coco again. Come hang out and chat with your fellow geeks in the text channels; it's fun and low pressure, plus you can share pictures, memes, etc. Good times. ***** Hey, here's something I always forget: We have an Epbot Threadless shop! You can customize your color and fit and all that jazz. I'm mostly mentioning this is to remind John that it is HIGH TIME he add a new design to the shop, though, and my vote is for the Bot holding a Mickey balloon. Or maybe Hamil-Bot. Or Leia Bot. If you have a preference, cast your vote in the comments!

You know what I’m really good at? I’m really good at doing different kinds of creative projects and activities with the kids, photographing them, and then never ever getting around to sharing them here. Like REALLY good. I’ve got hundreds of projects photographed and waiting to be written up from years previous… There just aren’t…

Halloween is just around the corner, and you KNOW we are all about fun themed costumes for the whole family! Get those creative juices flowing with this list of amazing family Halloween costumes!

For World Book Day Monkey had decided he wanted to go as a Spaceman, but he needed a helmet so here's how we made his DIY Space Helmet

This post is all about last minute costumes.Halloweekend is rapidly approaching! It’s the best time of the year to dress up as anyone you want to be. When October hits there are two types of people. You have those who plan out their Halloween costumes by strolling through Pinterest weeks in advance looking for the hottest

Create this DIY Bluey and Bingo costume using super-soft Primary basics. Follow simple, no-sew instructions to craft adorable Halloween outfits for little ones.

With the popularity of Pokémon Go and all of the Pokemon games in general, Pokémon costumes are always very popular.

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The artist Seurat showed us how a simple dot can create great art! Introduce kids to the science of color with these Georges Seurat art projects for kids.

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