I always make my own costumes and this year I decided on a Teen Wolf costume! I went to a local hobby store and got some fur material which I made into arms, pants, chest and then head piece. I got plain white shorts and vest, dyed them yellow and sewed Adidas looking stripes on … Read more
I was a student of Esthetics and the dress code was black and white only. So… since I love costumes I came up with this Mary Poppins costume. I downloaded a picture of Julie Andrews in the Movie stills and copied as well as I could. During the day I took off most of the … Read more
My siblings and I were going on a cruise that fell on Halloween. The ship had a costume contest and being competitive, I wanted to win! We thought for months what would be a great group costume that would work with our body sizes and personalities. It finally hit me… since WE are a family, … Read more
For this Cheshire Cat costume I started with making the face as wide and big as the character in the movie. Materials used are: fabrics (purple and pink), foam roll, pillow stuffing for the tail, pretty much everything was sewed and put together with my designing and cutting and my mom’s sewing skills! We cut … Read more
I decided to do a Tim Burton’s DIY Mad Hatter Halloween costume. I knew it would be something fun & creative. I found most of my items at Goodwill. The coat, shirt, vest, pants, bowtie scarf and cuffs around the sleeves. I did not have to make any changes to the coat or shirt. I … Read more
I fitted and painted the jacket and added frayed cording around the lapels and fancy trim around the cuff. All the buttons are mismatched. I added dragonfly applique and silver pendants on left breast of jacket. Tied ribbons to extra large safety pin an pinned by left pocket and pleated and sewed on purple satin … Read more
My family decided to be the characters from Alice in Wonderland. I chose the Cheshire Cat Costume. I bought the dress since I didn’t have the time to make it. I looked for a pink and purple striped dress and found one at wet seal. I then made the tail (which is my favorite part … Read more
This Mad Hatter Costume was made from striped trousers, waistcoat and blazer which were all bought at the Thrift store. White shirt worn underneath. Plain top hat was bought and spare fabric, peacock feather and the 10/6 sign were added with a glue gun. Crochet doilies were bought, cut in half and sewn into the … Read more
I made this whole Mad Hatter homemade costume and make up by myself here in Chile, with contacts and all the stuff. Here in Chile it’s very difficult to buy a wig or scarwax, for example. There are no professional costume stores, so you can’t get spirit gum or scar wax. I’m studying (sorry for … Read more
I didn’t want to do your ordinary Beetlejuice so I chose the scene in the movie where he spikes Gena Davis. I bought moss from an art store along with spirit gum and skin latex to apply my prosthetic. The clothes all came from shopping at numerous thrift stores, I couldn’t seem to find the … Read more
I decided to create a homemade Beetlejuice costume for Halloween (I couldn’t bring myself to buying the costume for $60). I took a black suit and used white duct tape to make the stripes. I got a pink shirt since I liked it in the animated series. For the makeup I paled my face added … Read more
The hardest part of this Homemade Miss Argentina Adult Halloween Costume? The collar cape! This thing was a pain, I finally came up with something that worked out wonderfully, taps plastics in San Mateo, CA. I bought a poster board of thin plastic, and sewed material to it, it was perfect after numerous tries and … Read more