I got the idea to do this Jack Sparrow costume after jokingly running through 4 lanes of traffic while flaring my arms. My friends said “You run like Jack Sparrow.” So I decided to go with it. I thought about it for about the next year re watching the movies and slowly getting down quotes … Read more
I wanted to dress up with my roommate so I kept looking for ideas that two guys could do. We eventually decided on the classic Napoleon Dynamite duo of Napoleon and Pedro. I started collecting materials for my Napoleon costume from all the local Goodwills and Targets. Napoleon required really big and old-looking jeans, moon … Read more
This Homemade Man in the Yellow Hat Costume is from Curious George. Need: white hat (Fishing hat in this case) Then went over to the craft section and found a dandelion Yellow Acrylic paint (usually under a $1) and a 8x 11 piece of yellow Foam. Also need a piece of yarn about 12” long … Read more
This is a costume I have been wanting to do for a couple years now so I just went ahead and did it this year! I’m into a lot of obscure movies with Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange being on the Top 5 list. I wanted to do a female version of Alex which was a … Read more
When we were invited to go to a Halloween Party, I immediately thought of going in a Homemade Dobby the House Elf from Harry Potter Costume. My friends call me “The Gnome” anyway because I’m so small so I thought Dobby would be ideal. I started looking at pictures on the internet and there are … Read more
Every year we attend this Halloween party down in Newport RI which is the best party I have ever been to and I recommend it to anyone reading this. You can contact the Belcourt Castle to get tickets. I have never seen so many people take the time to make the best costumes ever. We … Read more
This Brothers Grimm Evil Queen costume was one of my first major costumes, it took months as I am not a sewer, but it was one of those things where I fell in love with the character’s look and the uniqueness of the costume. I wasn’t a fan of the movie at all, but did … Read more
Wayne’s World was always one of my favourite movies when I was growing up, so with Halloween around the corner my roommate and I decided to dress as Wayne and Garth for Halloween one year. We had some plain black/white t-shirts laying around so we painted Wayne’s World on hers and went to value village … Read more
This is my Scuba Steve costume I made from some sweat pants and sweat shirts with a yellow t-shirt stitched over the sweatshirt. I made yellow flippers and tanks out of cardboard paper. Everyone loves the movie Big Daddy so it was a great hit.
Well I started out by acquiring the jacket which I found on Craig’s list. Then the pants I found at Hot Topic. The shoulder pad was made from actual football shoulder pads that were modified and riveted directly to the jacket. The legbrace was made from 2 aluminum strips that I bought at home depot, … Read more
I made the coat for this Homemade Lara Croft from Tomb Raider Costume. The rest was either borrowed or thrown together from what I already owned. The coat I made out of a robe pattern that had a hood on it, and then attached the fur to the hood. I kind of winged it from … Read more
This Homemade Tom Cruise The Last Samurai Costume is made from foam core board, bristol board, and board together with over a hundred yards of shoe laces! Designed accurate to the costume in the film “The Last Samurai” worn by Tom Cruise.