When I finally decided to make my son Gene Simmons around the beginning of October I thought I better get started! My brother in law helped me with the shoes for this costume we made them out of styrofoam. He got two cubes of styrofoam to glue together to be big enough to be able … Read more
Typically my husband and I choose a couples-themed costume, but when he chose to be Ryan Gosling’s character from “Drive,” I knew I was on my own. I look forward to putting together a costume each year, and not simply buying a pre-made packaged one. After weeks of racking my brain, I finally came up … Read more
I’ve always had a long tongue and for years people said I should dress up as Gene Simmons. In 2010, I finally did. I wanted to make the costume myself but only had a day to do so. With some luck, a “build wings” tutorial found online, one pair of (incredibly uncomfortable but totally worth … Read more
It started off as an idea last month after I went to see KISS live at the Comcast Center in Massachusetts with my good friend. I thought, you know, I’d love to dress up as him this year. So after conducting a Facebook poll with my friends, I decided I would make a Paul Stanley … Read more
I am a rocker at heart, so when I was trying to decide what to dress as for Halloween, which is undeniably my favorite holiday of the year, I let myself get a little bit inspired by a story from my dad’s childhood. When he was in middle school, he and some of his friends … Read more
I painted some football shoulder pads for this KISS Gene Simmons Costume, the elbows are roller blade pads painted. The spikes are manila folders taped together and spray painted. The chest is from an old Batman costume that I cut out and spray painted.
This is my 9yr.old son Justin. He has been a BIG KISS fan since he was three. I started dressing him up on Halloween as Paul. We had so much fun with it, I decided to have a Paul Love Gun costume made. It was awesome and everybody loved him (Halloween, Kiss expos, and the … Read more
After renting costumes last year as the three little pigs and winning, we had to go over the top and create this years Halloween costumes. So we decided to go as the legendary KISS. Myself and three of my buddies gathered different items to create these unbelievable costumes and won for the 2nd year in … Read more
My friends and I came up with a Homemade KISS Group Costume. My friend had done the same in high school but we added more flair. We all wore tights with some type of platform shoes or boots along with wigs. Paul Stanley: Sewn arm bands, boa, face paint with a glitter belt. Gene Simmons: … Read more
Never too old to be KISS! Gene- Started with black tights and tank top. Used silver car sun shades for shoulder pads and belt with lots of hot glue. Had boot toppers from prior pirate costume. Used the same sun shade material to accent the boots. Also used lots of bright metal tape. Made wings … Read more
Here are our homemade Gene, Paul and Ace from KISS costumes for Kids. My kids won contests in our hometown and in a Radio Disney contest in our capital with hundreds of contestants. Here’s what I did for this Homemade Gene, Paul and Ace from KISS Kids Costume: Gene – I took a belt and … Read more
My son wanted to be Gene Simmons from Kiss so here it is. We had bought the wig and ski mask. We spray painted old football shoulder pads as well as a jock strap black which was so funny to see. Then we of course had to bejewel all of these items. We also used … Read more