This Harry Potter Halloween costume was the best ever. My friend Caitlin’s (Harry) mom made the capes, ties, badges, and broomsticks. Harry just pinned up her hair to make bangs and bought black glasses. My roommate Emily was forced last minute to be Ron, and as you can tell she was thrilled to be in … Read more
For Halloween I made a Golden Snitch costume, aka a Quidditch ball from Harry Potter. To make the round part I paper mached around a large exercise ball, which took about 20 coats to get to the thickness desired. I then did the detailing on the sides based on some rough pictures I found on … Read more
Last year we went as ‘The Wizard of Oz’, so we went with another fantasy novel this year – ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’. We used graduation gowns from a thrift store for the kids – I duct taped ‘hemmed’ them, and found white collared shirts in our closet. We did dye Harry … Read more
This is our costume for Fleur Delacour – one of the Beaux Baton girls from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She ends up marrying one of Ron Weasley’s brothers in a later movie. This Fleur Delacour Costume was made from a full-length grad dress bought from a Value Village store. I cut off … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and our SU has themed nights most Fridays which we almost always go to and we always try to be original with our costumes and make them ourselves because it is often a lot cheaper and its fun! The theme this week … Read more