For a hair competition at work I decided to make a wig, GAGA inspired of course. I purchased several packs of platinum human weave hair to make it as real as possible. Using a stocking cap I glued on weave hair which had been colored prior to the start. The hair was glued in place … Read more
I am always trying to come up with new and original stuff. This particular year I decided on a board game theme. The original plan was Monopoly and Life but that looked a little daunting. Both Monopoly and Operation Gameboard Costumes are made out of felt, it’s a very cheap fabric and easy to work … Read more
I am 7 months pregnant and decided to make a homemade costume that only cost me $10. I picked up a recycled box, spray paint for $2.39 at Home Depot, went to 99cents store to buy 4 apple slicers to create a stove and used my timer I had at home and stuck the pans … Read more
The fairy queen gets turned into a zombie and because she was a magical being she was able to retain a little of her fairy power but it turned dark. Her fairy dust no longer sparkly but gray can turn anyone it touches into a zombie fairy. She turned her closest friends and faithful companion … Read more
My idea for the Thing 1 and Thing 2 costume came from the book Cat in the Hat, which I read every night to our boys at the time. It was fairly simple to do. We got red sweat suits from our local Goody’s Store and white felt and stick on felt lettering from Michaels. … Read more
I got the idea for this Pinocchio costume from the one that appears on this site – this is the one… The total was about 60 dollars.
My cousin made these Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird costumes for my kids to wear this year. They are a little retro, which is why I just love them! My six year old thought it was great that no one knew who he was when he was wearing the head piece. The costumes are made … Read more
My neice Victoria was Snow White. Her costume was store bought. But, Grandma cut her hair and did her make-up so she would look like snow white. My costume was hand made. I took a promotional box from work and painted it silver. My hat was actually a medical strainer that I painted silver. I … Read more
I made this Frankenstein costume from some craft foam. It took about an hour and a half and cost about $10.00 to make. I had lots of fun making it!
These costumes were created for an “80’s icons” theme party that we were invited to. My fiancée suggested PacMan, but since, technically, that was the 70s, we did Ms PacMan. I was the “blue” ghost that she’s about to gobble up. Seeing just the ghost, people didn’t get it, but, once they saw her, it … Read more
This year I decided to make my childrens costumes. My youngest daughter, Katie, age 4, was pretty much a surprise to us. We weren’t expecting to have anymore children, but are so lucky to have had her. She is our perfect little present. This year for Halloween, that is exactly what she is. Her gift … Read more
WE simply took black sweats and glued all kinds of old laundry room stuff including lint to them.We then sprayed his hair and put lint in it and then colored his face so easy and very cute