I really liked the idea of the headless horseman and was thinking of something different and ghoulish to make. After watching Shrek with my kids I came up with this Homemade Gingerbread Man’s Revenge Costume on Gramma. I bought yards and yards of beige felt and cut out a front and back in the shape … Read more
On the headless body of Spiro Agnew! I’m a big fan of the Futurama series, and have been thinking about doing a head-in-a-jar costume for a few years. The biggest problem was finding the clear plastic cylinder, I spent a few days emailing various plastic manufacturers online and local on getting an acrylic cylinder, most … Read more
I decided one day to make a Skeletor from He Man costume. He is one of the coolest villains to rule the television. I only make my costumes from scratch. So I started with a picture of him, and went to work. I bought fabric, foam, and various household/store items and began working. I spent … Read more
I chose Marvin the Martian for the challenge! To get the proportions correct, I needed a really big helmet/head and really big shoes. I started off with the helmet/head. I used a large (3’) round balloon as the starting point and paper mached it with several layers. Then I added poster board for the side … Read more
Here’s the story behind my Bullwinkle costume. I like to do old school costumes that people my age can relate to. It brings big smiles to everyone I see at the comic cons. People love to tell me how much they loved or their grandmother loved watching Rocky and Bullwinkle. So I started pictures I … Read more
For the longest time, I wanted to see what it would be like to create a Mermaid Siren costume. I selected all the vibrant colors and realistic material as a mermaid should be. The challenging part of creating my Mermaid Siren costume was figuring out how to attach my shells onto my top and making … Read more
For years my girlfriend Libby has wanted to do a couples costume. Now she loves two things; Halloween and Gina Davis, so what came to mind? Adam and Barbara Maitland from Beetlejuice of course! I am no stranger to making costumes, and have created The Fly, a full size LEGO Man and two Rock ‘Em … Read more
8 Year old Caroline wanted to be something Beatles oriented. The decision was made to be ‘The Beatles Yellow Submarine’. It took me about 3 days to construct. Starting with a Microwave Box and a concrete tube form for setting posts. I flattened the end of the back one to facilitate a rudder position and … Read more
When I was invited to a Cartoons and Comics themed party I could only think of one character I wanted to go as: SpongeBob. I took inspiration from several of the costumes on this site and made the costume out of a box which I painted yellow, white and brown and then added the tie … Read more
When my daughter decided that we would dress up in Spongebob this year, I just couldn’t find the “perfect” Spongebob costume anywhere. My son, the little character that he is, decided he wanted to be Plankton, because he is EVIL, ha. Well, forget about trying to buy one of those. So being the crafty person … Read more
My kids are obsessed with the movie Despicable Me! I did not like the commercial costume at all so I went to work and made my own Homemade Minions Costume. I started with overalls and drew the “Gru” logo on them. Next, I took a yellow hoodie and hot glued black pipecleaners to the hoods … Read more
My 4 year old son went through a serious Yellow Submarine phase where we had to watch the movie and read the book almost daily. I created this out of foam and felt.