First of all the movie totally inspired me to do something similar to the Neteyri Avatar. These creatures are totally sexy in there own way and I wanted to incorporate that same look. I bought 32oz of blue latex and 8oz of black and 8oz of white latex. These products can be purchased at any … Read more
Two years ago when the Curious George movie came out, I immediately thought of this idea. I love to have my kids wear costumes that are handmade (of course!) and are something that everyone (young or old) will know what they are. This is the only character costume I’ve ever done, but I knew even … Read more
This Alice Costume from Resident Evil: Extinction was pretty easy to put together, just mostly about finding the right pieces of clothing. Here’s a list of pieces for the whole ensemble: *White tank top *brown button down shirt (I cut and modified a shirt that was close enough so it would look more like what … Read more
Everyone has always told me I look like Linda Blair so I decided to be the Exorcist. I went to a local Halloween shop and bought face scabs, green paint, fake blood & greenish face paint. I also bought a nightgown and slippers. I mixed the green paint with the fake blood to get a … Read more
We wanted to be something that would make people laugh. We thought that maybe we could pull these two off. And we did, we were a hit. It was probably two of the best costumes ever! And we had endless Halloween photos taken of us! Total Spent: $150
I created a Bride of Frankenstein DIY Halloween costume. It took a long time finding just the right vintage nightgown at my local thrift store. For a more intense effect, I used my chapel length train from my first marriage wedding dress (great way to reuse a wedding dress after the divorce ladies) as a … Read more
Hi my name is Brad from SirBrad’s Horror FX, and I design life-sized movie quality costumes of horror icons. I specialize in Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Madman Marz, Jeepers Creepers, Terminator, Leatherface, and many more! I have been featured on DVDS and the official F13th website several times now. I grew up on … Read more
I started to make a costume for my dogs for Halloween and my idea was penguins. Shortly after I started the project I just couldn’t stop. Hence I made a Mary Poppins costume for the 3 of us to hand candy out to all the kids that came to our door. It is a blast … Read more
These are my babies ages three, two and one enjoying being dressed up on Halloween. They enjoy watching The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About that on TV. So I thought this was a perfect costume having the 3 boys. They are just as crazy as the Cat, Thing 1 and Thing 2. … Read more
This Homemade Reagan MacNeil and Priest Couple Costume idea started out as my cousin’s, but she couldn’t attend the Halloween party we were all going to, so she left it up to me and my fiance to pull it off. I found the nightgown at Goodwill and paid no more than 3 dollars for it. … Read more
We dressed as the Sanderson sisters from the 1993 classic Halloween movie Hocus Pocus. We are Winifred, Sarah, and Mary. Everything was handmade. We bought things from the thrift store and cut up the fabric as well as just made dresses and cover ups with fabric bought from the fabric store and sewn together. Mary’s … Read more
My park district was doing a Sing-a-Long with Mary Poppins event and I got nominated to portray Mary Poppins. I decided to make the Mary Poppins costume she arrives in. I sewed everything but the shirt and scarf. I found the hat on eBay and added flowers and cherries from a craft store (you can … Read more