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
This year I decided to be Katy Perry in the candy dress from the California Gurls music video! The entire costume took so many hours of work but in the end I was extremely happy with the results! Many of my friends think that it is really awesome and I’ve been getting a lot of … Read more
I got the idea for this easy homemade Frida Kahlo Halloween costume visiting a museum, and it actually turned out to be quite easy to put together. I already had a Mexican/Sante Fe print skirt that I had purchased from Urban Outfitters and a peasant blouse. The beads came from travels to Brazil, but I’m … Read more
To come up with an original costume is becoming more and more challenging every year. I have been everything from Peggy Bundy to a lady bug. I have always been very sexy, but this year I decided, let’s step out of the box and go for gold. I chose to be “Lady Gaga’s alter ego … Read more
We love Bethany Hamilton. She is a positive role model and a true inspiration. My daughter decided to honor her by wearing an original homemade Bethany Hamilton Soul Surfer Teen costume for Halloween. It was a tribute really. Everyone knew who she was even if they couldn’t call her by name. It was fun to watch … Read more
I’d been thinking about doing this shocking Serena Williams costume for a man for a couple years and finally decided break it out in 2011. It was a 4 part construction: 1. I had my mom sew a tennis skirt. 2. I bought a cheap pink sports tank top and pink strip of fabric to … Read more
Here’s my awesome Deadmau5 head costume! I actually made the entire head in only 3 days!! And it turned out phenomenally well!! Was a great hit at all the costume parties!! It even took 3rd place at one!! And at another I had soo many great reactions, people wanting pictures and telling me it was … Read more
I was inspired by several headless costumes, but mostly Nicole Magne’s. Halloween is by far my favorite time of year and I try to out-do myself each year. This spooky headless Marie Antoinette halloween costume cost less than $50 to make. I used a plastic dress form from a local mannequin store, a backpack, a … Read more
After googling images, my friend and I put together our version of LMFAO costumes. I bought some zebra print pants from a Halloween store and painted their shuffling logo on a black shirt with puffy paint. My friend bought her LMFAO tshirt and wore bright leggings. Of course we had to top it with curly … Read more
My boyfriend and I dressed as Meat Loaf and meatloaf last year for Halloween. He was Meatloaf the music artist and wore a basic suit jacket that he cut the sleeves off of, a black wig, and carried a microphone with some red fabric on it. My costume was a little more time consuming. I … Read more
I made this super easy homemade Amy Winehouse Halloween costume for a birthday party. I used clothes I already had and bought the wig at a wig shop. I added an extra wig underneath for height and used like 20 Bobbie pins to make the Buffon around the other piece of hair. I bought fake … Read more
I love love love Dolly Parton! I searched for a long time for this dress, I found it at Value Village. If I did it again, I would have bigger boobs! On my head is a blonde curly wig, but I wore it on the crown of my head and my natural hair is showing. … Read more