DIY Costume Inspired by 2023 Montgomery Riverboat Brawl In honor of the Montgomery Riverboat Brawl, my costume for 2023 is “Sexy White Folding Chair.” While the brawl was an act of retaliatory and proportionate violence, it was even more so a demonstration of solidarity, justice, and eloquent rage. Everyone went home to their families with … Read more
Every year I make my own costumes because my mother and I like to attend costume contests and see who can take first place. One of us is almost always first, and the other usually comes in second. I spent a few weeks trying to figure out some good and gory ideas. I settled on … Read more
When the Storm Area 51 event landed on my Facebook feed like thousands of planes landed in Paradise, Nevada’s McCarran Airport on September 20, 2019, I knew I had to do something about it. I’ve been going hard on Halloween since 2014 and my sister since 2015, and this was the first opportunity we had to … Read more
Well my husband told me were going to a Halloween party pretty much two days before the party. So I happened upon the picture of ebola virus and thought it looked like a mouse. My brain thought I could do something with that. I bought a black headband, black duct tape and about 3-4 ft … Read more
Football gear…check…Te’o jersey…check…fake girlfriend…double check! As you can see not much involved to put this costume together. It didnt hurt already having the same skin tone as the original guy either. Didn’t win any awards while wearing this in Vegas but took soo many pictures with random people that Lennay and I walked away feeling … Read more
I worked as a financial planner at a college out of town from 2006 through 2010. Every year we always dressed up in Halloween costumes to entertain our students who happened to be there on that day for classes. Well, SOMEHOW, in 2010 I forgot all about wearing a costume for work. I guess I … Read more
Who doesn’t love a costume ripped from the headlines? Slightly inappropriate and definitely too soon, this hurricane Sandy and a weather channel reporter couple Halloween costume was simple to make with things we found in our closet, front yard, and the clearance section at Hobby Lobby. For Hurricane Sandy, I glued, taped, and pinned debris and … Read more
Hey! Look, it’s Frankenstein! This DIY costume was fun to make and will keep you to a small budget! While watching the news one night for one of my University courses, I was really hit with a “wave” of creativity. As the weather reporter spoke about the drastic events occuring in New York it hit … Read more
It was the hat seen by millions around the world during President Barack Obama’s January 2009 inauguration. Aretha Franklin wore it when she sang her soulful rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and it stole the show! Hey, even Ellen DeGeneres featured it on her daytime show. I decided this Aretha Franklin’s Inauguration Hat … Read more
I was inspired to make this Double Rainbow Costume surrounding all the hype behind a YouTube video. The video featured a mountain man shooting a double rainbow with his video camera. The man is extremely enthusiastic about the rainbow he is witnessing and expresses his enthusiasm very dramatically. The video became an internet sensation and … Read more
My husband and I like to stir up conversation. So, this year I went as Tea Party Candiate Christine O’Donnell and he went as “Fox” News. I dressed up as Christine, who once “dabbled” in witchcraft by painting my face like a witch, with a witches hat and wore “campaign buttons”. My husband created a … Read more
My husband came up with the idea for this year’s costume – a take-off on the “Occupy Wall Street” protests. Christopher’s protest was “Occupy Pines Bridge” – the name of his school. All of the signs were based on the idea of what kids would want to protest – things like vegetables, healthy snacks and … Read more