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Well the story of the evil robot panda costume starts with pandas. My favorite animals are pandas so I knew I wanted to make a crazy panda! I was going to make it out of cardboard so that would lend itself naturally to a robot panda and it was for Halloween so it had to … Read more
Two weeks in the making it was inspired by the original created by Felix Jung in 2004 and somewhat by Jack W. Bell’s take in 2005 I took it upon myself to reproduce it this year with the addition of the mask and light up nose hence the “Take 3”. It even has its own … Read more
Every year we come up with different party costumes. This year we made a kissing booth. This is what you need to make this costume: two boxes, one small and a half of one the kind canned goods come, in some red and white material, white puff paint, some quarters, four wooden rods, a frog … Read more
Here’s the story behind our patriotic costume idea. With the recent passing of the 5th year anniversary of 9/11 we decided that our costume ideas for this year should be a “Tribute to America!” Having recently taken a road trip through some of the great national parks, we decided it would be fun to be … Read more
Here’s the story behind my Pee Wee Herman costume. Every year I try to out-do myself and this year I think I really did it! I decided to be Pee Wee Herman. I knew I had a lot of work to do but it could be done! My mom was always really into Halloween and … Read more
This Piggy Back illusion costume was very easy to make, cheap and looks great. My daughter always has these funny Halloween costume ideas. She put on a backpack stuffed with newspaper (for the hunchback). Then she put on a loose black dress. I stuffed the witch’s mask with newspaper, put a goggle eye and a … Read more
I searched the web for online Halloween costumes and came across this Poison Ivy costume. Working for Disney gave me access to several costume pieces that helped pull this together. The Little Mermaid Hair I used a “Little Mermaid” wig with fake ivy leaves that I bought in bunches, painted with gold paint and spray … Read more
I’m a huge fan of the video game Populous The Beginning. After completing the last level I watched the movie trailer and had an idea! I headed off for the drug store and found a dusty gold R2D2 mask sitting on the back of the shelf. It was perfect! Next I found three feather dusters, … Read more
The Predator costume idea was from the movie. I thought it would be a cool costume to make. I started by carving the head piece, body armor and weapons piece by piece out of water based clay. Once I had one of the pieces finished the next step is to spray the piece with crystal … Read more
My two children were dressed in Star wars Halloween costumes. My son was Darth Vader so as a last minute costume change we decided to make my 2 year old Princess Leia. I used a headband that I covered in brown felt and attached the buns with hot glue. The buns were 2 Crystal Light … Read more
Every year my son and I dress up for Halloween in complimenting costumes. This year he wanted to be Jango Fett from Star Wars. I went as Queen Amidala which completed our Star wars Halloween costumes. Years ago I found a dress at Goodwill that I thought I could someday use as a renaissance dress. … Read more
Trick or Treat! Supplies needed, plastic trick or treat bag, pillow case, paint, brushes, scissors, glue, needle, thread, felt, candy with wrappers and stapler. This costume was a last minute idea I had already started on another costume that didn’t work out so the night before I started searching for quick and easy costumes. I … Read more