My three month old son, Kal was Alfalfa for his first Halloween. He was born with a full head of hair so we knew we didn’t want to cover it up. He woke up from a nap with a “Falf” sticking straight up in the air and the idea just came to me. I found … Read more
For this The Price is Right Contestant’s Row couple costume, I cut up a large UHAUL box until I liked the size that I wanted the bidders row to be. I used double sided tape to attach Bristol board to the cardboard. The blue/red part is another piece of cardboard attached with double sided tape. … Read more
My name is Desmond Davis and I live in San Bernardino, CA. I chose the Robbie Sinclair Dinosaur costume because I just love the TV show The Dinosaurs. I made my mask out of paper mache. Then I put a white T shirt over it and painted the mask. For the eyes I used my … Read more
I loved Martin Lawrence’s show from the 90s, and my favorite character he plays is Jerome! Jerome is a ridiculously hilarious wannabe playa who has really bad dental hygiene and loud taste in clothing. He house is even covered in leopard print. The outfit I did was the one he wore when the character was first … Read more
Well this is my story, I like Halloween a lot, and I love make-up (special effects make-up to be more specific). This year I was doubtful, I didn’t know what I wanted to do but I definitely wanted to make something creepy, scary and original that involved special effects make-up. The thing is I’m a … Read more
It all started when my 7 year old daughter told me that she wanted to be a weeping angel from the TV series Doctor Who. After searching everywhere for a costume and having no luck, I decided that I was just going to have to make the costume for her. I found a pattern online … Read more
My daughter asked me to make her a Guardian Angel Statue costume for Halloween. Because she is in school most of the day, I wrapped her in packing tape to make a dress-form that would stay still. Her costume started with a sheet, as most of the costumes I make do. Once I pinned the … Read more
My husband and I were invited to join a group of people going to a local Halloween celebration as Muppets. We didn’t think we would have the time or the energy to make costumes that would do justice to the greatness that is the Muppets, so we kindly declined. Destined to spend Halloween eating pizza … Read more
I always loved Ernie Kovacs. He had a TV show and was in movies when I was in my heyday in the 50’s. The Nairobi Trio was a group he had on his show, they were three monkeys playing in a band. Sometimes they had secret guests inside the costumes. Frank Sinatra did it once. … Read more
My youngest daughter, Scout, is a huge Doctor Who fan so she decided early on that she wanted to be the Tardis for Halloween this year. She wore it last night to a Trunk or Treat event, and will wear it again on Halloween night. Everyone loved it! We bought an adult blue t-shirt from Walmart, … Read more
So I made this costume for Dragon Con and when it turned out better than I expected I decided to wear it for Halloween too. Oh boy let me tell you the headaches it gave me! Dragon Con was the end of August, I started my costume in March. I saved over 20+ different photo’s … Read more
I love Game of Thrones, and my favorite character is obvious. The Dress 1. Purchased floor length XXL track suit in the shiny blue material from the thrift store. 2. Cut and pinned it to the dress form that’s around my size, cutting and sewing it to match the photo I was looking at. I sewed … Read more