For our brother’s 21st birthday we decided to have an Animal Party Pub Crawl. I couldn’t find an animal costume that I loved enough to buy so I decided to be original and make my own! I found a pattern for a child’s homemade flamingo costume that I thought was really cute – when cutting … Read more
This year I decided to dress as “Gene” and included my Son as (ACE) and my Nephew as (Paul). I made all three costumes myself, the only store bought item was Gene’s boots. I saw Kiss in NYC in 1978 and then again years later with my son in 2003. So we are a KISS … Read more
The dogs sushi costumes are made out of all foam…packing peanuts for the rice and a little spray paint.
As two self-proclaimed ladies men, my friend and I decided to act in the opposite of our natural state. We literally became “Cock-Blocks”, not only in the “Cock-Blocks” Costume, but in character as well. The items needed to complete the costume were: – Large sheet of cedar wood – One length of quarter-round – Staple … Read more
My wife Alison is 7 months pregnant now, and really loves The Nightmare before Christmas! We watch it at least four times a year. She had never seen a person attempt this Homemade Jack “Bellington” Maternity Halloween Costume, so we thought we’d give it a go. She decided to dress her belly up as homage … Read more
This Homemade Baby’s First Halloween Costume is morbid, light-hearted and kind of cute, all in one. When you are pregnant it is difficult to not only find an outfit that fits for Halloween but also one that celebrates the time of life you are in. I made this costume “Baby’s First Halloween” because it fits … Read more
We created costumes for 4 of the disney princesses. Belle, Cinderella, Pocahontas, and Aurora all came back from the dead on Oct. 31st 2009. We bought old dresses from goodwill and made them into copy cat costumes from the movies. We then spent plenty of time getting our make up ready for this event. Hope … Read more
Jack frost is a recycled 70’s white John Travolta costume with homemade added touches. I used craft foam and cut icicles which hung on shoulders, pocket, sleeves and collar. Added icy branches to collar, sprayed entire jacket with craft snow. Use white hair color to spike up hair with touch of blue, white clown powder … Read more
Every year I make a new Disney costume. Two years ago it was Maleficent, last year it was Princess Aurora, this year the Homemade Evil Queen from Snow White Costume. I love the reaction from people when I wear it to the various Halloween parties. I try to make the costume as authentic as possible … Read more
I decided to make my boys Dr. Evil and Mini Me Costumes because even though they are 3 yrs apart in age they look so much alike and everyone always asks if they are twins!! Which is hilarious to us because they are not the same height, so we always joke that our little one … Read more
Old-movie fans that we are, we decided to go as actress Tippi Hedren (as Melanie Daniels) and director Alfred Hitchcok from The Birds. Melanie’s costume is a Chanel-type suit in a green color with a thin waist belt, white gloves, a blonde wig, scars and blood (corn syrup with red food coloring), torn hose, and … Read more
We decided to dress up as Ipod dancers. One day I was in the store and saw the Itunes gift card and noticed the Ipod dancers on the card. I thought it would be a neat idea to look like the silhouettes dancing in the Ipod commercials and on the gift cards. We dressed in … Read more