This Homemade Jack Burton Halloween Costume Idea is from Big Trouble In Little China. I ordered the Tanktop online a while ago. All you need are some tight jeans and Moccasin boots. The knife and gun are a much needed accessory to complete the costume. Had I known I was going to be Jack Burton, … Read more
Needed a costume for a film character costume party, but as a short, black woman, I didn’t want to go as something too predictable. I purchased a size 18 top from a charity shop and soaked it in a bucket of hot water overnight with added tea bags to create the aged effect. I rubbed … Read more
This is my Halloween costume. For those of you who don’t know, I am McLovin from the comedy Superbad. I made this costume myself including the vest and the fake ID.
I enjoyed making this Homemade Tippi Hedren Birds Costume so much. It was easy. The dress and jacket was from the Goodwill and the “birds” were from Michael’s craft store. It cost next to nothing to make and put together. Best part I could work in it. I’m a server at a Country Club. The … Read more
With Tron Legacy coming out soon, I thought it’d be nice to prepare myself! More than 30 hours was put into this homemade Tron Legacy costume, and that doesn’t include the time spent shopping in the women’s department! I started off with getting the most form fitting leather jacket and pants from local second hand … Read more
Last year I decided that I wanted to make my son an Alien for Halloween, but I wanted to do the one from the movie Alien. But knowing that my husband and I would be going to a Halloween party where a lot of people really put some effort into their costumes, I decided that … Read more
My son had to dress up as a book character for school. This Jack Frost costume came from some items we saw at a dollar store. Jack Frost sounded like a fun costume. He had pair of old black pants and we found an old black jacket for $3.00 at a thrift store. We bought … Read more
My grandmother left me a basement full of fabric and notions so had this great costume idea which was nearly free to me. It is white cotton over-laid with white lace. The only thing I bought was the gold sequin brooch. The belt is white grosgrain ribbon with white lace over the top (spray adhesive) … Read more
My daughter loves Tinkerbell, so she wanted a be Tinkerbell for her Halloween party. I found some flesh-colored material and some lime-green material on clearance. I used one of her own long-sleeve T-shirts for a pattern to make a “flesh” colored shirt. I then made the top part of the green and sewed it on … Read more
This Morticia and Pubert Addams costume is a very simple costumes! Morticia: I colored my hair black and copied Morticia’s hairstyle. I wore my grandmother’s long black sleeveless dress and over it an old blouse I had with sleeves that resembled Morticia’s. Of course, I also wore black high heels. Pubert: I parted my 1 … Read more
For Alice we purchased a dress online, then bought tights and a wig and I wore my old Mary Janes from high school. I bought some ribbon at a craft store and tied it around my head for the head band. For the Mad Hatter we bought the hat, then went to Goodwill for the … Read more
Halloween has always been a family favorite and we tend to go all out, and every year we have a Halloween costume contest and since Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors I decided to go once again with one of his many characters. Last year I was Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the … Read more