Halloween has always been a big thing around our house. Each year we try to top our costumes from the years prior. This Halloween we decided to make Anger from Inside Out for our 5 year old son. Items we used: Concrete tube form (purchased at Home Depot) Red Fleece (Angers Body) White Fabric (Anger’s … Read more
My son Loves Paw Patrol and Marshall. Naturally he wanted to be his favorite character for Halloween. So we made this Paw Patrol Marshall costume. Making our Homemade Costume To create this costume I searched my local children’s consignment store. I found a plain red zipper vest and a white long sleeved t-shirt. It was … Read more
I love Once Upon a Time. Rumple is my favorite male character. So my wife and I decided to create the first season costumes of Belle and Rumple for the next comic con. It turned out to be a labor of love for me to create Rumple. I started off visiting the used clothing shop. … Read more
Ōkami is an older Capcom release for Wii and Playstation and deserves far more attention than it gets. That being said, a lot of suffering went into making a set of armor dedicated to it, and that’s getting all detailed below! For the helmet/mask piece, I really can’t give an explanation. It’s pieces of cardboard … Read more
Hi, I started making a blue toad from Super Mario for my son to attend a family and friends Xmas costume party, but in the process he changed his mind and wanted to be ‘Steve’ from Minecraft so toad was passed to hubby. I wanted us to be a couple, so made myself a Toadette … Read more
Hello my name is Richard Evans. My wife and I built this costume from scratch using paper mache for our three year old daughter. Her name is Adela. Adela’s costume was inspired by the new Star Wars movie. A week before the decision was made on the costume choice we had just finished the whole … Read more
My son wanted to be a boy and a jet pack this year, so we started searching the internet for jet pack costume ideas. He has been doing optical illusion costumes since first grade. He is now in 7th grade. Every year, starting in September, people start saying they cannot wait to see his costume … Read more
Before going back to work I made costumes for my kids at Halloween. Thing 1 and Thing 2: 2 M&M’s, Washer and Dryer and the A Lion’s Den with my son in a lion costume watching a homemade TV. Fast forward one more kid. Two layoffs, no health insurance and depleted savings no more home-made … Read more
Okay, So I have always been super crafty, I don’t consider myself right or left-handed but “Craft Handed” instead. Last year I decided, what the heck, I should make my kids’ their Halloween costumes myself! So I did. I have no sewing machine and no funds for a fabric store so with my very trusty hot … Read more
Inside Out inspired me, causing me to make significant life changes. So I chose to go as Sadness this year for Halloween and my awesome coworkers joined in with me to round the range of emotions – Joy, Disgust, Anger and Fear. We spent less than $25 each, and won out office contest, which made Sadness … Read more
I decided to make a costume that featured my twin pregnancy. I found out just a week ago that I was expecting a boy and a girl so I thought it would be fun to do a “two peas in a pod” costume. I never thought I would be blessed enough to have babies and … Read more
After spending months trying to come up with the most creative costume, my friend and I came up with the idea for a mustache costume! Its a really good costume for any age, and no one will ask you the age old question, “What are you supposed to be?” I won’t lie to you, this … Read more