My daughter Linda wants to be Hawk Girl this year so I started brainstorming as to how I was going to do this. I used pictures as reference and started immediately on the helmet. The helmet is finally done. Was a trick to put it together, looks good but it was a monstrosity to put … Read more
I like Spawn a lot and was always miffed that they never actually made an adult sized Spawn costume. So I made one myself. Total Spent: $800 Costume by Sebastian C., Barrie, ON A friend introduced me to spawn years ago. I took an immediate liking to the character so I decided to make him … Read more
My daughter Julie wanted to be Ember from Danny Phantom. She found her own outfit, a pair of sparkly pants from Limited Too that she had and a cute sparkle top to match. She also already had the boots. The guitar is real and one that my oldest daughter used years ago before moving on … Read more
After seeing the cheap look of store-bought Bob the Builder costumes we decided to make our own Bob the builder costume. We already had the overalls and just needed a few more items which we found at a thrift store; we found the hard hat, shoes, belt and shirt. Our son loved it! The night … Read more
My two year old loves Blue’s Clues so I decided on a Blues clue costume for Halloween. I went to the sewing store and bought a pattern for a basic dog costume. I bought light blue fleece for the base and dark blue for the spots. I had to make my own pattern for the … Read more
I made this Master Shake costume with some fence for the frame (3×6″ chicken wire is too flimsy) more fence as a top and a sheet wrapped around that and a cardboard tube with construction paper for the straw (attached the tube with bailing wire). I drew the face on butcher paper, spray painted it … Read more
I’ve always been an extreme fan of Disney and the theme parks. My favorite character is Beauty and the Beast’s Belle. She is very graceful, delicate and kind which I can relate myself to her. I’ve seen many versions of Belle’s beautiful gold dress in the famous dancing scene however I have not seen the … Read more
Materials Needed tall large cylinder laundry basket/hamper camping foam mat purple felt material black materials old bowl to cut for eye goggle white craft foam 2 purple wigs hot glue gun/lots of glue sticks scissors, cutting tools silver paint material measuring tape Directions Measure where the arm holes should be on the laundry basket and … Read more
I have always made my boys costumes since day one and I think these have been two of my favorites to put together (besides their baby costumes). These were for my teenage son and his friend. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were really fun and not all that expensive to put together and I think … Read more
These are the costumes I made for Comic-Con San Diego 2013, I chose to do She-Ra Princess of Power and since my son refused to wear the wig for He-Man, I made him Skeletor. I started the costumes about 3 weeks before the event. I had my kids watch the cartoons for a few weeks … Read more
My sorority has a Halloween Date dance every year and instead of dressing as something generic I wanted to go all out with creativity, so I decided to be Russell from Up and my boyfriend, Josh was Carl Fredricksen. We ended up finding most of our costume at Salvation Army or by using stuff we … Read more
From the moment I found out I was having twins I knew the were going to be best friends for life. Growing up I loved watching old episodes of the Flintstones and one day my husband was talking about the crazy antics of Fred and Barney. It was just perfect! All of the trouble those … Read more