I made the fin for the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, Brooklyn and Joe loved it so much he borrowed the Mermaid costume for a children’s cartoon characters fancy dress party. He looks a treat. We got some shiny Lycra from a shop and it was dead easy to make because its just rouching at … Read more
My birthday party theme was ‘Comic Book & Cartoon Characters’ this year. I chose this theme mainly because I’ve always wanted to dress as Catra from the She-Ra cartoon series. You may not remember Catra, but she took command as Force Captain for the Evil Horde on Etheria when Adora (aka She-Ra Princess of Power) … Read more
With all this talk about going green, we decided to take it literally. Not only is Maria, I mean “Mike” green, so is the costume. My daughter’s Homemade Green Mike Wazowski Halloween Costume was made out of newspapers, an old bowl, and some leftover paint we had. A completely recycled costume! We plan on using … Read more
This Homemade Mystique from X-men Halloween Costume was a lot of fun! I had the idea last year but I just couldn’t figure out the paint. This year, I was adamant. My friend had just come back from Vegas and he bought a bunch of MAC body makeup, and just happened to have a blue … Read more
I started out making my Homemade Mystique Halloween Costume by ordering a blue body suit online. When it came in, I set to work making myself scaly by covering the suit darker blue puffy paint. This took a few days, as I had to do parts with the suit on and then do the complete … Read more
My son’s favorite character is Jack Skellington and I promised him that I would make him a costume. I also told him that my version of the head would be makeup and his father thought that Jack should have a mask! I bought an old black suit at the Salvation Army, taped it off and … Read more
I had been contemplating this idea of a Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas Costume for quite some time (since the movie first came out). I have seen other costumes that were really great. But one thing always seemed to bother me. The proportions of Jack are so surreal, that no costume worn by the average … Read more
My son is obsessed with the Nightmare before Christmas movie. Obsessed!! It has been his favourite movie since he was 3. So when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, I should not have been surprised when he announced Jack Skellington. Little did I know this costume would become my obsession over … Read more
First I drew a sketch of Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas costume, while watching the movie and labeled the colors and design of the patches. I then went to the Salvation Army store and bought a brown dress and three shirts, yellow(not very bright),purple,and a greysih blue. I don’t know how to use a sewing … Read more
For our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group costume, we made four different costumes, one for each of the turtles. For the dresses, you just need green and yellow fabric. Depending on which turtle you represent, you will need purple, orange, blue, or red fabric. For the belts, you will need brown fabric. Regular fabric made … Read more
Last year we went as a group to our law school’s Halloween party. We were the Ninja Turtles Group Costume, complete with their villain Shredder, sidekicks Casey Jones & April O’Neil, and their Master Splinter. Create a Turtle: Back Shell- This was the toughest project. We made backing for the shell by cutting housing Styrofoam … Read more
I got so many compliments on this Charlie Brown and Lucy costume I decided I needed to share my idea even though it was 4 years ago. For Lucy we used a simple girls dress pattern and altered it slightly and added scallops to the neck to look like Lucy’s dress. We found four large … Read more