I created the Jedi Master YODA from STAR WARS. The trainer Master of the Jedi Knights. I constructed Yoda’s head from starch and newspaper with an inflatable balloon for shape. I viewed photos of the head to get details of his face shape. I finished the head with green paints and a clear gloss spray … Read more
My husband and I are HUGE Star Wars fans, so all our kids are stuck being Star Wars characters for their first Halloween. Our first born was Darth Vader. For the twins, I decided to reuse the Vader costume for my son and to make a Princess Leia costume for my baby girl. I made … Read more
I decided to make this Chewbacca Costume for my husband for Halloween after seeing the price it was to buy it. I gave myself a $25.00 budget for the two of us. I went as Princess Leia Slave Princess. I bought yak hair at the local beauty supply that was $1.27 for a long pony-tail … Read more
Every year my son and I dress up for Halloween in complimenting costumes. This year he wanted to be Jango Fett from Star Wars. I went as Queen Amidala which completed our Star wars Halloween costumes. Years ago I found a dress at Goodwill that I thought I could someday use as a renaissance dress. … Read more
This Homemade Lego Stormtrooper Costume was worn at Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center in July of 2010. It was really fun to make, and I had a tight deadline as I had come up with the idea merely 4 months prior to the event. With many trips to Lowe’s hardware for supplies, … Read more
My 6 year old daughter was recently introduced to the “Star Wars” saga and she absolutely loved and wanted to be the heroine character of Princess Leia. After scouring the internet, and not coming across anything that wasn’t overtly risky (like the slave costume) or goofy, like the fake-looking brown ear muffs intended to be … Read more
This is my Homemade Obi Wan Kenobi Costume that I have used on a number of different parties and always gets a waggle or two. This costume is really simple and it doesn’t look that bad, well I think so anyway. The cloak was made and given to me by a friend and is the … Read more
This R2D2 costume was so much fun to make. My oldest son was Darth Vader and my youngest son was Yoda, so keeping with the Star Wars theme I had to come up with a character for my middle son. I kept searching for something to catch my eye, but none of the store costumes … Read more