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October 10, 2015 by: Jennifer Priest

DIY Costume Repair – How to Fix Your Halloween Costume

This post was sponsored by ilovetocreate. All opinions are 100% my own and do not reflect the opinion of the sponsor. Post contains affiliate links. Halloween costumes can be a big investment and to me it seems they get flimsier and flimsier every year. That’s why I have started just making all of my costumes – it might not be as cheap but they last

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October 2, 2015 by: Jennifer Priest

How to make a Flower Crown Better than Urban Outfitters

A few months back I was at VidCon and all the kids were wearing $30+ Urban Outfitter flower crowns. They were essentially a piece of wire with leaf ribbon and flowers on it. Ahem…. that thing does NOT cost $30+ to make! Once I figured out the design (in like the 2 seconds it took to look at one on a kid) I realized that

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September 27, 2015 by: Jennifer Priest

DIY Charlie Brown Football Treat Bag #JPHalloween – 30 Days of Halloween

Welcome to the 2nd day of our 30 Days of Halloween campaign over on the Hydrangea Hippo YouTube channel! Today I am following up on yesterday’s Charlie Brown Halloween costume that you can make in 10 minutes. On Halloween, I think Charlie Brown gets the football so I created a football shaped trick-or-treat bag to match the Charlie Brown costume. This project is sponsored by

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September 25, 2015 by: Jennifer Priest

EASY DIY Charlie Brown Costume – 10 Minutes + 10 Dollars! #JPHalloween

Welcome to 30 Days of Halloween here at Just JP! My friend Alexa suggested that I do this since Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I always have a ton of ideas. For the next 30 days, I will be posting a NEW Halloween project to the Hydrangea Hippo YouTube Channel. Think everything from Halloween decor to easy jewelry pieces to handmade costumes

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November 5, 2014 by: Jennifer Priest

Stan Lee’s Comikaze

While I was recovering from surgery, Katie, Matthew, and Xaver went to Stan Lee’s Comikaze. Today, Katie is guest blogging here at Hydrangea Hippo to share her experience as she wore the Dalek dress we made last month (Dalek Dress Tutorial). You can find out more about Katie on her blog, Three Mint Balloons. Introducing guest blogger, Katie Priest: So my dad, brother and I went

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October 29, 2014 by: Jennifer Priest

How to Make An Emmet Costume from the Lego Movie

If you have a boy between the age of 5 and 12 and they saw the Lego Movie, you probably heard these words: ” I wanna be Emmet for Halloween!!!!” But have you SEEN the prices of these flimsy Emmet costumes? And then, most of them are just repurposed “construction worker” costumes or a sweatshirt printed to look like Emmet’s torso. Lame. I figured I

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October 21, 2014 by: Jennifer Priest

How to Make a Dalek Halloween Costume Dress

(Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links from which I make a few pennies if you make a purchase from the linked sites. Product used in this project was provided by Smoothfoam, Rowlux, Clearsnap, and Westcott. All opinions are 100% my own.)  Do you ever have those moments when you see a craft supply in a whole new light? A few months back, I had an epiphany

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September 26, 2014 by: Jennifer Priest

DIY Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costumes from Sweat Pants

DIY Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costume that you can make from sweat pants? Yes, it’s true!! Me and 80+ blog buddies got together to bring you 80+ DIY Halloween costumes, including these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes I made for my niece and nephew! I’m teaming up with Jamie Dorobek and her handmade Halloween costume site, Really Awesome Costumes to bring y’all tons of easy

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June 14, 2014 by: Jennifer Priest

DIY Elsa’s Crown from Frozen – A Disney Pixar Blog Hop

Welcome to the Disney Pixar Blog Hop!   If you love Disney, Pixar and crafting, you came to the right place!  We have an entire month of fun planned for you, with a new group of crafting bloggers every Saturday in June.   If you came here from Shawn’s blog, then you are in the right place.  If you just happened upon this Blog Hop,

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