We do a lot of costume parties, so I am getting used to improvising costumes. Thrift stores come in very handy. For Frankenstein, just took an old blazer and zig-zagged the end of the sleeves. Old dress pants and solid shirt underneath. Painted my husbands hands and face green, a little black around the eyes. … Read more
Halloween is a great time for becoming anyone you want. I always been a fan of Ellen Page but when Juno was released I was instantly hooked. I watch it over and over again. Then, it HIT me. Why I don’t become Juno? I began to look for Juno pictures to decide which Juno look … 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 made this Nacho Libre costume for my 8-year-old son. We started with his white baseball pants worn with his bright blue underwear on top of them. We used a black frizzy wig from Wal-Mart. Drew on the mustache with eyeliner pencil. The cape is made from a red pillowcase that was just pinned onto … Read more
I decided to be a lost soul from the Titanic. I got the homemade lost soul from the Titanic Halloween costume idea from this site. I went to the thrift store and found an old captains coat that I had to sew buttons too, and also printed a patch from the Internet that was from … Read more
This costume has taken me 8 months to create. Its made out of cardboard, black duct tape, felt and hot glue. The eyes light up and the entire costume breaks down easily for transportation. The creature is based off the 2003 Mechagodzilla design aka Kiryu. I wanted to do something challenging this year and this … Read more
After reading several Hunter S. Thompson books over the summer, I became a huge fan of not only his gonzo style of writing, but also his characters that are loose portrayals of himself. I decided this Halloween I would be Raoul Duke (aka Hunter S. Thompson) from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I found … Read more
This Devil Wears Prada costume was really easy to make! You’ll need: Devil Costume Devil Horns Iron-On Letters (3 packs to spell out Prada several times) Stockings I purchased a basic female Devil costume with horns. I took the Iron-on letters and arranged onto the costume the word “Prada” in several different places. Once I … Read more
My husband and I decided on a Mickey and Mallory Knox from Natural Born Killers Couple Costume this year. Both of our costumes were more “found” items, altered and put together rather than homemade. First we had to decide which Mickey and Mallory would be most identifyable and fun. We went with the cover of … Read more
This Homemade Soggy Bottom Boys Costume was based on the Soggy Bottom Boys from the move “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”. I called it “The Soggy Rotten Boys.” This is actually ONE PERSON, although everyone thought it was two. I dressed in overalls, plaid flannel shirt, and work boots. I used white makeup with some … Read more
This Samara costume idea comes from the very popular horror movie “The Ring”. I spent a couple weeks getting the Samara costume to look exactly how I wanted it. I was pretty happy with the result. Everything you see (aside from the wig) was made by me. (Of course that’s me in the picture too)! … Read more
This year we decided to create a homemade Spaceballs group costume. I was Dot Matrix, my brother was Dark Helmet and my husband was Colonel Sanders. The costumes were all homemade from various products including dryer tubing, plastic planters, kids craft foam and of course duct tape! The Dark Helmet costume was started with a … Read more