Coolest Homemade Ash Costume

Homemade Ash Costume

My son adores the Evil Dead series, and for a friend’s Costume/Birthday party, he decided to go as Ash from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness. He took an old shotgun stock and made ‘sawed off’ barrels out of spray painted PVC pipe. He then created a chainsaw hand out of wood, a juice jug, paper mache, … Read more

Coolest Homemade William Wallace Costume

Homemade William Wallace Costume

I am roughly 25% Scottish, and have decided to channel my inner Scotsman this year! What better way to display this than a Homemade William Wallace Costume! After searching local costume stores and coming up short, I decided to get crafty! Off to the Fabric Depot first to dig for the perfect plaid (approx. 2 … Read more

Cool Homemade Avatar Costume

Homemade Avatar Costume

This year my friends and I decided to have a costume themed New Years Eve Party. Everyone was required to come as “something newsworthy of 2009″ – it’s an easy and creative way for everyone to have fun and re-visit past moments of the year. A lot of people got pretty creative, but I have … Read more

Coolest Homemade Walter from Big Lebowski Costume

Homemade Walter from Big Lebowski Costume

I was inspired two Halloweens ago and came up with my (second) best Halloween costume, I’ve ever had. When I say ‘best’, I mean most accurate and most awesome. Any Big Lebowski fan loves to see a good dude costume, but nailing the Walter costume is it’s own deal. I highly recommend this homemade Walter … Read more

Coolest Chucky and Bride Couple Costume

Chucky and Bride Couple Costume

I loved this Chucky and Bride couple costume. I wanted something others wouldn’t think of, something other than a witch or ghost or cat! At the time there were no decent Chucky or Chucky bride costume. I could only find basic and poor quality ones. So I thought I’d make my own. Chucky’s costume was … Read more

Coolest Black Swan Costume

Homemade Black Swan Costume

How to create theHomemade Black Swan Costume: It all started with a black corset, and then I got the black tulle (about 2 meters), black feathers and some decoration for the front upper part of the costume (black, white and silver sequins). A friend of mine helped me sew the tulle to the corset, and … Read more

Coolest Black Swan White Swan Costume

Coolest Black Swan White Swan Costume

Coolest Black Swan/White Swan Costume After creating Steampunk costumes for two years and not winning the costume contest at the Magic Castle in LA, I wanted to come up with a unique idea that might give me a better chance of winning. Then the movie Black Swan came out… and I knew what I had … Read more

Cool Vivian from Pretty Woman Costume

Vivian from Pretty Woman Costume

I wanted to bring back Vivian, Julia Roberts’ character from the classic Pretty Woman! I went with the blue short skirt and white tank with the attached ring along with the classic short blond wig, black hat, black tall boots with condoms hanging out of them, her classic shoulder bag and the red jacket hanging … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bride of Frankenstein Halloween Costume

Homemade Bride of Frankenstein Halloween Costume

I had bought two (yes 2!) old wedding dresses from the local thrift store. Because I didn’t realize how much weight I gained recently, I didn’t bother trying them on. On “party” day, I tried each dress on, neither fit. So my very clever sister took me to BigLots, bought a $5 white bed sheet … Read more

Coolest Homemade Lt. Dan and Forrest Gump Costume

Forrest Gump and Lt Dan

The idea for this homemade Lt. Dan and Forrest Gump costume came from the movie “Forrest Gump”. The hardest part was getting a wheelchair but I eventually found one on sale for $90 on Craigs list. Other items bought for Lt. Dan’s costume: – the wig was a hippy wig found on ebay called the … Read more

Coolest Cat in the Hat Homemade Costume

Cat in the Hat Homemade Costume

For this Cat in the Hat homemade costume I used thin foam off a roll, the sort you can use for packing (donated) to make the hat. I drew out the stripes then used acrylic paint, and used white glue (I needed some staples to secure it as it takes days for the glue to … Read more

Cool Homemade Pennywise The Clown Costume

Homemade Pennywise The Clown Costume

Here is my Pennywise The Clown Costume from Halloween 2010. I decided to do this costume as I knew it would be a real challenge and as you can see a lot of work and money went into it. The costume went down a storm on the Halloween night out that I go on with … Read more