Someone-Special
My husband and I went back and forth one night trying to decide on a Halloween costume for our two year old daughter. We wanted to make as much of it ourselves as we could. What did we come up with? The cutest scarecrow ever! Our daughter loves dressing up in her tutus, which gave … Read more
Each Halloween we try and think of a costume that is spooky in an everyday sort of way. In years past that has included everything from cockroaches to those Crocs shoes. We have always used Dr. Bronner’s soap at home, and have always laughed about how weird the bottle is, so we knew that it … Read more
My roommate and I were trying to think of a costume that you don’t see often. That’s when we saw the nun head piece and thought, “omg how perfect.” It’s a simple costume don’t get me wrong, but it’s funny and sexy at the same time. The reactions we got from people was the best … Read more
Our 4 year old daughter could not decide if she wanted to be Princess Elsa or a Lego girl for Halloween. We decided we would combine the two and make a Lego Princess Elsa Costume. My husband conveniently works at a packaging company, so we figured making a costume based on boxes would be easy. … Read more
My wife saw this costume a couple years ago and we thought it was great. We have triplet twelve year old boys and they like to dress in group costumes. We gathered up old long sleeve shirts, cargo-type pants, belts and boots from around the house and local thrift stores. We used a spray paint … Read more
My boyfriend and I found this great costume idea to look like an old black and white film or picture. The costume was quite easy to put together. We bought cheap clothes that were either black or grey. I had sprayed his hair black and I bought an old looking black wig. The make up … Read more
My dad, who is a retired artist, loves to go all out for Halloween and create one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. I told him I wanted to be an emoji for Halloween (he still has no clue what an emoji is) and build me this heart eyes emoji costume out of cardboard and paper. He used an … Read more
My mom has been a teacher for 31 years and each year she lets me create her costume. This year she is retiring and I had to make this one a good one. I used yarn, lots of hot glue (including getting a really bad burn on my knuckles; go big or go home!), Styrofoam … Read more
For starters, who doesn’t love Bob Ross? Everyone across multiple generations loves Bob Ross. He brought laughter and warmth into homes around the country and taught many how to paint happy trees. The idea came to me after seeing someone dressed up as a Picasso painting on a canvas last year. I naturally tried 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
I like to decorate, create and recycle vintage and thrift store finds. I am 71 years old (Raggedy Ann) my daughter is 45 years old (Raggedy Andy) and we love dressing up for halloween and going trick or treating with my 10 year old granddaughter. My husband passed away several years ago and my family … Read more
I have always been a rocker at heart and an especially BIG fan of KISS. So when I was invited to a last minute Halloween party, I knew this was the costume for me! For accessories, I went to the local Halloween Express. purchased the wig, skull belt, fingerless gloves, and 2 skull rings. The … Read more