This year our family decided to go as Monsters Inc. All homemade Monsters Inc group costumes were handmade and quite inexpensive! except the Sully material that cost us $45. The Mike Wazoski was made from a giant balloon and then paper mache`d all our eyes we used white one way stickers to see out! Except … Read more
For my homemade Mystique costume, I bought a blue unitard after deciding that it was too cold where I live to use body paint or liquid latex. I cut scale-shaped pieces out of some shiny blue fabric I bought and used liquid latex to glue them onto the suit. I also painted the suit to … Read more
For the boy’s costume, I couldn’t find a pin striped suit in his size so I bought a “Beetlejuice” adult costume and hemmed the pants and sleeves. I attached a rubber black bat to his neck as a bowtie, pinned a Jack button that I bought at Hot Topic to the center, and painted his … Read more
Each year we have a themed Halloween party with a pretty large number of people coming to our house to celebrate. So far our themes have been vampires, pirates, and cartoon characters. Even though we don’t give out a prize for best costume, they manage to get more and more elaborate each year. However, for … Read more
Once my twins, Winston and Trudy saw The Nightmare Before Christmas last year, they said they wanted to be Jack and Sally for Halloween. Of course, being only 4 years old, my husband and I figured they’d change their minds for sure a year later, but… nope! They were adamant about being Jack and Sally! … Read more
This costume was inspired by one of my all time favorite films so it wasn’t difficult to decide on a costume for this year. Every Halloween I like to dress up as something unique that I have not seen anywhere I have gone out for Halloween, also I hate having to explain to people who … Read more
This is the Nightmare Before Christmas Sally Adult Halloween Costume I made for myself in 2008. It started with a dress found on clearance for $10 that could be used as a base. The outer portion of the dress is made of coarse burlap “borrowed” from my office. Each piece was cut to shape then … Read more
This was our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costumes for a Uni cruise. We came up with the idea about 2 days before it and went shopping the next day. We brought a green pair of socks each and 8 pairs of green leggings, one pair for our legs and one pair we partially tore in … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester (UK) and on nights out there is usually a theme at our student union. One week the theme was 90’s and so we all discussed things we loved when we were little that would be great to go as (we always make a big effort … Read more
We had the idea to be Charlie Brown and Lucy because my boyfriend is bald and someone mentioned to him that he looked like Charlie Brown! His costume was easy. I bought 2 t-shirts, one yellow and one black. The black t-shirt, I ripped up and used as the zig-zag for the yellow shirt. I … Read more
I decided this year to make my Halloween costume rather than buy it, and I think I am hooked! The choice of costume was never up for debate, coolest Pokemon that I could think of was Charizard. I looked around online to see if there was any part of this costume I could buy whole … Read more
This is my story: I’ve been making costumes for my oldest son since he was 2 months old. Every year since he was 4 he has been coming up with some pretty unique and challenging costumes for me to make. First he tells me what he wants to be and then the country wide search … Read more