Coolest Muppet Family Costumes

Coolest Muppet Family Costumes

Though Halloween is one of our most favorite times of the year, it can truly be difficult to enjoy in the Midwest. It is cold and usually rainy here in October! You will often find that unless you have an indoor party to celebrate at, your costume is typically buried under several layers of cold … Read more

Weeping Angel Costume from Doctor Who

Weeping Angel Costume from Doctor Who

I don’t know if any of ya’ll have seen or even heard of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’, but for me it is one of the greatest shows of all time! This British sci-fi show has been running for over 50 years now and is currently one of the most popular TV shows in the US and … Read more

Cool DIY Cemetery Angel Costumes

Cool DIY Cemetery Angel Costumes

After seeing the amazing costume done by Tiffany from VA on this site my friends and my daughter  decided they wanted to do the same thing.  The amazing detail and instructions of the other costume made these ones very easy to put together. The hardest part was getting the hair just right. We actually did … Read more

Dexter and Victim Couple Costume

Dexter and Victim Couple Costume

Halloween is my favorite Holiday and every year I host a party. My husband and I are huge fans of the show Dexter! We had just gotten married in September and needed a costume that was cheap and easy. I went to the dollar store and got 3 boxes of saran wrap. I also had … Read more

Cool Plus-Size Max Costume from 2 Broke Girls

Cool Plus-Size Max Costume from 2 Broke Girls

For my Plus-Size Max from 2 Broke Girls costume, I first dyed an old shirt dress I had yellow. I then sewed an apron using interfacing to make it stiffer. I used iron on heat transfer tape to attach red stripes to dresss then sewed them in place. I used fake hair extensions to make … Read more

Billy The Exterminator Costume Idea

Billy The Exterminator Costume Idea

My son loves watching Billy the Exterminator save the pest animals on TV because he doesn’t hurt them, he relocates them.  He wanted to be Billy for Halloween…and I thought how am I going to do that? I started head to toes. I found a hat at a local amusement park, I found necklace and … Read more

Original Costume Idea: Whoopie Goldberg in a “Hollywood Square”

Original Costume Idea: Whoopie Goldberg in a “Hollywood Square”

My Whoopie Goldberg in a Hollywood Square was a riot!! Easy to make! Start of with me: bought clothes at local salvation army, painted my face, bought a wig! And there you have it Whoopie!!! The Hollywood Square was just as easy!! Went to Home Depot, bought a garment box, spray painted it black. Bought batter … Read more

Plus-Size Jersey Shore Snooki Costume

Plus-Size Jersey Shore Snooki Costume

I am first of all like the palest of pale skin tone. I had to get 3 spray tans and by Revlon and the dollar store’s darkest foundation makeup to achieve Snooki’s tan/orange skin color. I hiked my boobs up by wearing to bras with air inserts. The sunglasses I had from years ago. I … Read more

Last Minute Costume Idea: The Office’s Dwight Schrute

Last Minute Costume Idea: The Office's Dwight Schrute

My boyfriend and I never really watched the show The Office until it went into sydication, growing tired of watching The Simpsons everynight before bed we started watching The Office. Dwight is so funny and over the top hands down one of the best on TV. Anyhow to create Dwight’s look I had to find … Read more

Coolest Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch Costumes

Coolest Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch Costumes

Although my two daughters are getting older, they still love Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch! And believe me, each costume really does fit each one of their individual personalities! Once they decided what they wanted to be this year, I quickly got to work on the patterns, since I knew that I was going … Read more

Coolest Arrested Development Costume Idea

Coolest Arrested Development Costume Idea

We absolutely love Arrested Development and figured that with a 3 year old daughter we only have a year or two left before she catches on to the fact she can pick her own Halloween costume. With her help we transformed a fridge box into the famous Bluth Frozen Banana Stand, equipped with wheels for … Read more