This is a Homemade Edward Scissorhands Halloween Costume I made for my Ex when we lived in LA. I started with a zip up leather jacket that I got at the thrift store. I turned the jacket around so it actually zipped up the back. I bought any and all leather belts from the thrift … Read more
I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Halloween Costume about 9 years ago. I’ve always loved Ghostbusters, and wanted a proton pack since the first time I saw it. This took me about 9-12 months to piece together. It has working lights in the pack, gun, and a blinking light on the trap just like the movie. … Read more
I made a Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume this year for Halloween 2010. I used 2 cardboard boxes, for the body, and head, and a couple of frisbees for the hat. I cut an old navy blue hoody for the bib and hat part and I used white trash bags, to cover the body … Read more
OK, so I am 8 months pregnant, and have decided to be a Pippi Longstockings Halloween costume I put my hair in pig tails. Got a wire hanger, and put it through my hair tie. Then braided my hair around the wire hanger. I also sprayed my hair with red. I did my own makeup, … Read more
I bought the denim dress at our local Goodwill shop for only $5.00. I created the patches on the dress by cutting squares out of two old shirts. I glued them on with fabric glue and it worked great. That process only took a matter of minutes. I bought a pair of purple and black … Read more
Last year I made my son a Star Wars homemade Darth Maul costume and it cost me nothing. People of all ages (even those who were wearing store bought Darth Maul costumes) were in AWE of him! How I did it: He wore black sweatpants, his regular tennies, a black long sleeved shirt he had, … Read more
My little guy loved R2D2 but there were no costumes to buy and we really love to make our own. He and I used tape, a garbage can and a cat pan (he’s going to get me back for that when he is a teen) and created a costume on a car dolly! He can … Read more
X-Wing Pilot Costume My son decided he wanted to be an X-wing pilot for Halloween, so after looking at multiple Star Wars photos on the internet, here is how I made his costume: I originally planned on using orange sweatpants and sweatshirt, but when I couldn’t find any in orange I decided to make the … Read more
“Give Me A Keg Of Beer!!!” I turned 30 in Sep. 2010 and decided to throw a big ol’ 80s famous fancy dress party to celebrate. It was an easy choice of character for me as I’ve wanted to be Teen Wolf since I first saw the movie back in the 80s. Hunting out the … Read more
Throughout nursery and early grade school, my favorite book had always been Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. Many years later, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw a preview for Spike Jonze’s theatrical version this past summer, and it was at that point that I started thinking of a way … Read more
I haven’t paper mâchéd since I was probably 6 years old. But this Halloween I had a little more time in my 4th year of medical school (yes I am usually VERY left brained) and decided to put my mind to it and make our costumes inspired by the BOOK (movie was too dark and … Read more
I based my costume off of Glinda’s Bubble dress in the Broadway musical Wicked. The skirt has 14 layers and about 25,000 sequins which were all sewn on one by one by hand. The skirt has a four layer petticoat with a scalloped lace bottom. The base skirt is made of crepe backed satin with … Read more