After a month of trying to figure out a group costume, this year me and my friends decided to go as sesame street characters! Elmo just found a cute red tutu & tank top, made her headband with marabou hot glued to a headband , also glued some to her shirt and skirt. The eyes … Read more
This halloween i decided to become a price is right contestant. Im OBSSESED with the show and it would be a dream come true to go to the show. but obviously that cant be done soo decided to become a contestant in spirit. overall i spent 20-30 dollars on the costume. below is how i … Read more
We were trying to brainstorm an idea for our Annual Halloween party. My husband and I love the NAPA and Sonoma Vineyards and collect wine. So we decided we should dress up like a wine bottle or something like that. I researched wine costumes and found some really tacky ones. Upon further searching I found … Read more
So Hallowwen is my favorite holiday of the year, Lat year my brother and I di Cheech and Chong and submitted it This year I did my favorite Sitcom TV show The A Team.. B.A. Baracus (MR.T) the hardest part was doing the Mohawk, so I bought styrofoam placed my head onto it and traced … Read more
I made it by buying a twin sized flat sheet and cut the top of the sheet off and used those for straps for the dress and cut 2ft across and made the top of the dress and used the rest for the bottom of the dress. I sewd the whole thing together to create … Read more
Coming up with clever Halloween costumes has never been easy for me, I stress about it for months and always end up doing something very last minute. This year it just happened to work for me! I was going through my mother’s sewing patterns to get ideas and came across this great vintage 50s pattern … Read more
The Idea What started as a joke would become one of my most ambitious projects. I remember sitting in my car with my best friend and girl friend. it was about 9:00 and somehow we had gotten on the subject of what costume to make for Anime expo which was coming up in about 6 … Read more
So me and my best best friend are obsessed with dexter so we had to be dexter and the victim for Halloween I was dexter.. my costume was pretty easy just bought a skirt the color of dexter pants.. Then bought the shirt he use when he kills and then got an apron from my … Read more
Codex, a character from the web series The Guild was initially purchased as a licensed “bagged ” costume but was of such low quality that I couldn’t bear to wear it. So I deconstructed the entire thing, threw away virtually every piece of decoration and notions, and rebuilt it using the white material from the … Read more
My oldest son dressed as Carl Grimes and wanted his brother to dress up as Daryl Dixon. We did a bit of studying & found most of the items around the house. The hardest part is the Crossbow, but still isnt a terrible amount of work. I made the wings by sewing them on the vest & … Read more
I Found a red rubgy shirt online, and a white bucket hat for Gilligan. Had my friend who’s a stylist trim up a red wig for Ginger! Found a sparkly vintage 1960s dress on eBay, and two vintage hair flower clips. Add some sparkly jewelery and fake eyelashes… Ginger! …..our friend showed up as the … Read more
CHAIRS: I used red poster board and black duck tape. I put wooden dowels on each side of the chair backs to keep them upright. I used velcro strips to secure the chair back to the clothes. I used cardboard to make the tray in front and used velcro to secure to the chair back. … Read more