Someone-Special
Although my two daughters are getting older, they still love Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch! And believe me, each costume really does fit each one of their individual personalities! Once they decided what they wanted to be this year, I quickly got to work on the patterns, since I knew that I was going … Read more
Not only is Halloween my favorite holiday, it brings out the competitor in me. My sisters-in-laws host an annual Halloween party, which includes a new theme each year with high stakes costume competitions (Pizza Hut gift cards, Heck yes!!!) for individuals and couples. Fortunately for me, my husband is a great sport about it and … Read more
My friend shared that she was hoisting a retro sports themed party and my mind started racing. I wanted to be a derby girl from the ’70’s, a retro aerobics instructor and more. For some reason I could not get the movie A League of Their Own out of my head. I wanted to be … Read more
I have been making Halloween costumes for 45 years, since I started sewing at age 10. My costumes have always been very involved, but have been of the softer, gentler or superhero type. After my kids came along, they were Madison from Splash, Batman, the Joker, a Mutant Ninja Turtle, Roger and Jessic Rabbit, even … Read more
Vincent’s mom said he has such big cheeks we should make him the Marshmallow Man. We procrastinated, but after one run that looked great to us, but not so comfortable for Vincent, we figured out to make pillow cases for each section and only s stuff the front portion. Not only was he comfy, but … Read more
I got the idea for my daughter to be “Boo” while watching Monsters Inc with my daughter and nephews in the spring. The original idea being that they would all be characters from the movie. But as time passed on, true to form, the boys decided they wanted to be Super Heroes. My daughter though, … Read more
So what you’re seeing here is NOT JUST a store-bought football uniform. Digging deep into my creative depths I had to use up to THREE safety pins to adjust the jersey for a slightly better fit. Reactions to the Mac-n-Cheese costume you ask? “Mommmmm, it’s still too big!” Oh wait, you probably didn’t mean the wearer’s reaction. … Read more
I thought long and hard on an easy costume that my boyfriend and I could throw together the week before Halloween. I figured turning a dress into a piñata would be pretty simple with the help of Internet tutorials and YouTube videos. Boy, was I wrong! The first dress, that I spent hours working on … Read more
This Headless person holding his head was one of the easiest costumes I made, but not to comfortable to wear all night , at the Halloween costume party. I bought a a double extra large man’s dress shirt and cut out a diamond shape out of the front of it and glued shelving liner on to … Read more
This year, I grew an extensive vegetable garden. It was so impressive that when Halloween season began to approach, my friends started to suggest to me that I should really go as a farmer, or a plant, or some other garden-themed creation. I thought about it, and finally decided I wanted to go as a … Read more
My grandson loves baseball and wanted to do something different this year than just a baseball player so we made our grandson a MVP All Star Little League trophy for his costume this year. It turned out awesome. We used his old baseball uniform top ,pants, socks and cleets and spaypainted them all gold. We … Read more
I was unsure what to be for Halloween at first. I’ve always liked Alice and Wonderland, so I started thinking it would be really neat if I could create my own Alice in Wonderland house. I knew right away it had to be light weight, of course cardboard would be the best choice. I wanted … Read more