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Being on a limited budget, KMart provided the answers for this costume. We used their Halloween makeup for the face and bloodstains. He had very little hair, after getting a crew cut, so that worked well. It didn’t take long to put on the white makeup, kind of nasty doing it and it did rub … Read more
I was tired of seeing all the “sultry” costumes on females and was only interested in quick Halloween costumes this year. I walked around the house and looked for a non-sexy object. After looking around I was inspired, and a few old t-shirts, a quick run to the fabric store for some tulle and a … Read more
This R2D2 costume was so much fun to make. My oldest son was Darth Vader and my youngest son was Yoda, so keeping with the Star Wars theme I had to come up with a character for my middle son. I kept searching for something to catch my eye, but none of the store costumes … Read more
My son, who was 2, almost 3 at the time, wanted to be a Rescue Hero for Halloween. The most popular Rescue Hero is Billy Blazes so that’s what we went for. I found an adorable fireman raincoat online. It was red, which was important and a bit hard to find since most of the … Read more
My four-year-old son LOVES Robin Hood so I decided to make him a costume as there were none available to purchase (and the only options all looked like Peter Pan!). This is a MINIMAL/no sew costume!! Although I did buy the hat, I made the rest in a snap (and I don’t sew – I … Read more
This Rocky Horror costume is Magenta and Riff Raff from Rocky Horror Picture Show. We used an old tailed tux jacket for Riff Raff. My husband has thick black hair but we used a latex rubber bald cap kit from a costume store and glued that sucker down with special latex adhesive. Then applied make-up … Read more
My daughter wanted a Gone with the Wind birthday party! I bought red velvet material, red feather material, red sequins, red beads and some fake jewels as well as red gauze-like material that had some sparkles for the wrap I used a doll’s dress as a pattern and measures my daughter to fit. I sewed … Read more
I started this costume with an old pair of jeans and flannel shirt. I purchased long brown hair at a costume store. I cut slits in the clothes, taped the hair inside of the clothes and pushed it through the slits. It’s a great effect and looks very realistic. I purchased a Wolfman face kit … Read more
I’m really into scary costumes and this is the story behind my Demon costume. My name is Daniel. I’m a college art student in Southern California. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love creating awesome scary costumes to scare as many people as possible (it always works). This year I challenged myself to create … Read more
These simple Halloween costumes are something that I (Mom) decided to do. I wanted us to be different, have a message and include everyone in our newly shifted family. Since we adopted our new puppy in September from a humane society we wanted others to see how important it is to drive safely and consider … Read more
This skeleton costume was from a pattern from Simplicity. There were 4 different costumes in the pattern and I liked the skeleton the best. I bought the black and white fabric on sale for about $1 per yard. I bought the gloves on a $1.00 table. They were a little big, but they glow in … Read more
Originally was going to do Thundercats but kept seeing the skull mask in different stores. Going off the theme of a childhood cartoon I chose Skeletor and Evil Lynn, a masters of the universe costume. The mask is the only item bought and worn as is. It was the foam kind that glued down to … Read more