This costume was of course inspired by the movie the Dark Knight, which I saw four times, two of which were in IMAX. The whole Joker process took two hours to get ready. The entire process itself began in November when I thought the Joker would be the perfect Halloween costume. It was extremely hard … Read more
This is the first year since childhood I’ve really dressed up for Halloween, but I had a party to go to and figured I’d flex my creative muscles a bit rather than buying something cheap looking for $40 at the store. Back in September, while perusing some stores, a friend spotted a Riddler key chain … Read more
My name is Anthony. For the past four Halloween costumes I have gone the way of Batman villains. In 2006 I did the Joker, which was inspired by the 1950’s comics. Next was Two-Face, which drew inspiration from the animated series. Last year was Scarecrow, who I took ideas from the cartoons and movie. This … Read more
I found a basque in a underwear sale and dyed it green. Be careful though as man made fiber will not dye but it gave a good effect on the lace of the basque. I bought fake ivy leaves from a florist and individually sewed the ivy leaves to the front of the basque and … Read more
I started this Homemade Riddler Costume with a hunter green suit because I wanted to go with the understated, darker Riddler instead of the flashy one. I had the pants altered to my length and I took 2-3 inches that came off and saved them for the band around my bowler. I purchased a black … Read more
Spent long hours, shopping at Goodwill and Marshalls for an outfit for this Joker Halloween costume. Bought a white peacoat and dyed that and the pants purple. Cut a woman’s suit jacket into a vest and sewed on buttons. Scuffed up the shoes, cut long blond curly hair wig to make it joker like, greasy, … Read more
For this costume I used a pattern I bought off Ebay for the general design of the jumpsuit, cape, and briefs. The decoration and details of the Batman costume were all my creation. Aidan loves Batman, so I knew I could come up with a better quality batman costume than those sold at stores. I … Read more
My husband is actually the one who came up with the idea of The Flinstones. He is a DJ for the local Pub where he works, and we decided to get into the spirit of Halloween although I must say we have not done since our kids were young. So out comes the sewing machine. … Read more
It all started with a Google search of “costume” me and my boyfriend couldn’t think of what to dress up as. We first found the Fred and Wilma idea, but the decided on going with pebbles and Bam Bam instead. We then went to the fabric store for everything to make the clothes with and … Read more
If you live in the warmer climate areas, as we do, this BamBam Child Costume is for sure an EASY costume!!! To start off it’s best if you have a blonde haired boy as my 3 yr old son Nicholas is! BUT NOT NECESSARY– alternative is to spray hair white! For his “brown sash”, I … Read more
My mom loves the song under the Sea So I was downloading the song when I suggested she should be Ursula – she didn’t like the idea but I stated Googling images of costumes and seeing hideous no where close store-bought Ursula costumes. I decided that I was going to take on the project. This … Read more
My little princess decided this year she wanted to be her favorite princess, Ariel the Little Mermaid. We looked at all the costumes ready made, nothing really looked like a true mermaid. Being the somewhat crafty Mommy, I decided to make my own Homemade Ariel the Little Mermaid Costume from the image I had in … Read more