Since my son didn’t have a blue shirt. He used my husband’s, but he did have the khaki pants. White t-shirt underneath the blue one. Parted and styled his hair to the side. Painted a black beard with those Halloween make up kits. My husband had a silver heavy watch for him to wear. For … Read more

I decided to dress up as Billy Mays a year ago, Halloween 2008. I got the idea channel surfing into the wee hours of the night and stumbling across numerous infomercials starring the one and only Billy Mays. The Billy Mays Costume is quite simple. The only thing that was required is that manly grizzly … Read more

My son, Kevin, age 8, wanted a Homemade Young Billy Mays Costume this year in honor of the late great Pitchman. He says that Billy Mays was a good advertiser with his great booming voice – and for our son, whom we are always having to tell to turn down his voice volume, this was … Read more

My husband grew out his beard for about a month. We dyed it a little darker with some beard dye. I used paint to make his Oxi Clean shirt and my cape. I wore yellow kitchen gloves. I took a blue shirt and cut a circle in it and painted around it with the yellow … Read more

I drew a beard on my son’s face with eyeliner and filled it in completely. I bought a beard at a costume shop and cut off the hair and put it over the eyeliner (using a little bit of black make-up to make it stick) in pieces to give it a more authentic look. I … Read more