I built this Gene Simmons costume in 2005 as the climax to a 10 year long journey into rock stardom. Since I was 13 I have been Gene on Halloween, ironically that first time was the best costume by far before this one, but I never got pictures. (Since then I just painted my face … Read more
I have a thing with sticking my tongue out in pictures – I’m famous for it amongst my group!! So when deciding on a Halloween costume this year, with Kiss coming back and Gene Simmons Family Jewels show, which I love.. I thought this homemade Demon Kiss Halloween costume would be perfect for me!!
I decided to mimic a Lady Gaga Costume from the outfit Lady Gaga wore to last year’s MTV music video awards. She wore her hair curly and her red lace dress covered her face and had a cape. It also had a tall medieval looking crown. I bought nude fabric and sewed it in a … Read more
Having been born on Halloween I decided to join in the work dress up contest. My son had created a wig (which I previously posted) and I decided I would use it to be the Senior Lady Gaga. The wig was constructed using human hair which was colored at the ends, a stocking cap, tulle, … Read more
I couldn’t find anything online that looked remotely original, so I had to try and get all this Mr T Costume together myself. I bought a latex head cover and a regular wig, cut out the Mr T hairstyle then trimmed the wig down substantially. For the dungarees I got some white ones and dyed … Read more
This year I decided to show my sense of humor and go in a Homemade Mister T Costume. I am actually a girl. I bought a bald cap with a mohawk attached and painted it brown. I also brown-toned my skin. I got an old denim waistcoat and jeans and painted them in camouflage. I … 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
The Homemade Bobbits Couple Costume (John & Lorena). We have a costume Halloween party every year and we wanted something nobody else would think of. One day the vision of this costume came to me so I put it into reality. It was so easy to throw together too. For John’s costume: hubby just wore … Read more
So I was stumped for an idea on a costume of 09. I was about 7 months pregnant and couldn’t think of anything so I was looking online and there was pregnant women dressed as beer belly’s, as farmers holding a pumpkin( their belly’s), but I thought to myself what would I be more comfy … Read more
I started this Homemade Chiquita Banana Girl Costume with the love of Chiquita Bananas! I handmade this outfit over a year. It seems I keep adding and adding more fruit! I am 5’5″ and with the headpiece I am now 7′ tall! I give out all Banana flavored treats with this costume, Banana lip balms, … Read more
This coolest homemade Flavor Flav costume was relatively cheap last Halloween. It was company appropriate and everyone enjoyed it. I got the viking hat from any regular costume store. The clock had to be right so I found one with some ling on it. The jump suit came from Walmart, nothing too fancy, it’s just … Read more
Let’s start with Halloween, it is one of my favorite holidays and because of that I probably put in way too much time and effort for one evening of fun. But… I enjoy it the whole time. I love Katy Perry, I think she’s fun and quirky, and it gave me the perfect excuse to … Read more