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My boys all wanted Pokemon costumes this year and because of the total lack of Store bought Pokemon costumes I was persuaded ever so nicely to make them a Pokemon Group Costume. Ash was the easiest. One trip to the local thrift shop and I had everything I needed for him minus the small details. … Read more
My second Homemade Iron Man Costume which is the MKV, which is the Extremis armor from the comic book series. But this build is the movie version of the Extremis. Only a hand full of leaked photos. I decided to create the Very first MKV Extremis movie armor. taken to the children hospital and done … Read more
This Homemade Mickey Mouse Costume was a fairly easy one. I bought black tights and a black turtle neck. I then found some red shorts and sewed some white buttons on them. I found some old clown shoes I painted the perfect yellow. I got the over sized cartoon gloves and made Mickey ears and … Read more
For this costume, everything was homemade. His muscles were made out of pantyhose stuffed with batting, and sewn to create the muscle definition. His black leather pants were and old pair of pants that I duck-taped to give it that leather look. The arm was made out of foam that I put together and painted. … Read more
This year my girlfriend wanted us to wear a couple costume for Halloween. At our local Halloween store she bought a Sally costume from the movie “Nightmare before Christmas” but could not find the Jack costume to match. We searched for a Jack Skellington costume online but none really matched the Sally costume my girlfriend … Read more
We decided this year that our Halloween costumes would be Cheetara and Inspector Gadget. Cheetara’s costume was 90% homemade. The only thing purchased in whole was the tights. The gold arm was the leg of a second pair of tights. The leotard was custom cut and sewn. The boot covers were made from a custom … Read more
The entire He Man Master of the Universe costume was made by hand. I researched the character and drew out my design. The fur was the easy part; I cut out the pieces for the boots and the loin cloth and, with a little help from my mom, we sewed all the pieces together. The … Read more
PIKACHU COSTUME: For Pikachu’s costume, I purchased a simple yellow tube dress on clearance and altered it to the correct size/length. I purchased the yellow leg warmers on ebay. For Pikachu’s ears, I used rabbit ears leftover from Easter – I stripped the fabric off the ears and re-covered them with yellow and black felt. … Read more
Our bank participated in a Christmas Parade in our city. The theme for the parade was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is our best photo from the day and includes, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty, Freida, Lucy and Snoopy, Pigpen and Sally Brown. We blew up balloons, covered them with plastic wrap and then covered them … Read more
After my daughter got her first haircut last October, people kept telling us how much she looked like Boo from Monster’s Inc. I decided that Monster’s Inc Boo Costume would be a great costume for Halloween, but I couldn’t find one anywhere in her size (9-12 mo.). She wasn’t walking yet so I figured I … Read more
We decided that we wanted a Homemade My Little Pony Group Costume for Halloween this year. So, we just took solid colored dresses in lavender, baby pink, and white and attached symbols that we made to the back. Mine (the lavender pony) was a strawberry sundae, the pink pony had a rainbow, and the white … Read more
My 2010 costume is a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I knew from the start I would need more height because I am only 5’7″ so I purchased some sports stilts. From there, I used pipe insulation (similar to pool noodles) to build the basic structure of the arms and legs. The arms and legs were … Read more