Well my homemade paper bag princess costume is made out of brown wrapping paper and clear duct tape. I started with the brown wrapping paper and wrapped it around me and I then got my friend to put the duct tape on me to keep it in place, after that I went and got “fragile” … Read more
I’ve always loved the film ‘Gremlins’, and I love making homemade Halloween costumes. So this year I decided to make a costume I couldn’t find online (well I couldn’t find one that looked cool enough). All I used to make Gizmo was: – Foam I already had from a previous costume I had made, it … Read more
This Homemade Group Running Costume was inspired by the movie “Cool Runnings,” and we modified the bobsled and team outfits to reflect the “ghoulish” theme of the race – and achieve our own “Ghoul Running” style! The sled is entirely Styrofoam, cut in pieces with a bandsaw, glued together and sanded, and duct taped at … Read more
My daughter and I were at McDonald’s in the drive thru waiting for our food a few years back (yes it took them that long, its all cold now!) and she told out of nowhere that she was scared to death of frickin’ clowns. (Ronald McDonald was hanging out inside, ya see.) So I thought … Read more
My daughter had to dress up as a story book character for school. We didn’t want to go with all the regular characters so we decided to go with Camilla Cream from the book ” A bad case of the stripes”. I found striped socks and cut the foot part off and sewed it into … Read more
Halloween is one of my most favorite creative times of the year. I can remember watching horror movies at the age of 3 and being so in awe of the monstrous creations. I knew, I wanted all of my costumes to always be SCARY. I started out this Amy the Vampire from Fright Night Costume … Read more
Our Homemade Quorra and Rinzler Tron Legacy Couple Costume stemmed from a deep admiration my brother and I have for the old video game and movie to the new series. We made our costumes from scratch, to mold and fit perfectly to our bodies. Quorra and Rinzler are heroes in the new movie, and we … Read more
I love horror flicks and ‘The Shining’ is by far, the best one! Here’s my take on the scary Grady Twins from the movie. By far the scariest girls around! These are adult sized costumes. It took forever for me to find the perfect materials and colors for these Grady Twins from The Shining Halloween … Read more
Homemade Stinky Cheese Man Costume character was inspired from the children’s book “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales”. The mask was made with paper mache and Styrofoam balls then hand painted. Handmade and designed pattern for the outfit.
The TV sequence in The Ring is the scariest moment in any film which I have seen so I decided that the Ring costume would make an ideal costume for this year’s Halloween party. I started with no idea how I would produce my costume, only that I would go to the party as Samara/Sadako … Read more
I decided that I wanted to make a costume this year instead of buying one as per usual. I started off this Homemade Barf Costume from Spaceballs with going to an military surplus store and purchasing a flight suit. I then got a custom patch made at my local mall (from one of those stands … Read more
I was inspired by my lack of funds to create a cheap costume that didn’t look cheap. That being said, I went to a Thrift store and found a dress for 2.50 cents that I felt to be ’60’s inspired. Next, I bought some white lark birds at a wedding store, which I then spraypainted … Read more