My son, like most kids, plays Halo. I’m a PE teacher so being active is my thing until I had to have emergency back surgery to fix a blown out disc. I have A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder) so sitting and resting are really hard for me. After surgery I was told I’d need 3 months … Read more
Last year my son was in love with Minecraft. We went to several stores, and I even searched online, with no luck finding a great Minecraft costume. So I went home and started planning. It wasn’t hard to make, in fact quite easy, just took several steps and time to dry. I started with green … Read more
This Minecraft girl Creeper costume was a labor of love for sure. My daughter chose something unique, as usual. I bought different shades of card stock, I sliced perfect little squares and glues them all on, one by one, to make a not so normal pattern onto two boxes. One small for the head and … Read more
My son is never a conventional figure. He always chooses something different. For Halloween 2013, my son wanted to be Toad – one of the character’s from Mario Bros. Since that costume only consisted of a hat, vest and shirt, we decided to make it a little more exciting. :-) We made the mario Toad … Read more
This costume started with a boy who had NO clue what he wanted to be and couldn’t decide. So mom took over and started brainstorming things he loved to do and well – what I loved to do. Candy Crush is a quick game we love to play together when bored – waiting around or … Read more
We were invited to a friend’s 30th birthday party – a super heroes dress up. After trawling sites for a cool couples idea, we settled on Mario and Luigi Super Mario Bros. couple costume. My husband has the right fluff for the tache and the costumes were easy to make. It all started with a … Read more
Material I used for this Donkey Kong Costume: Short hair brown fabric purchased EVA rubber different colors cyanoacrylate glue plastic egg cups for the eyes velcro foam A chest cushion other felt fabric a can of black paint black pen EVA rubber is glued with cyanoacrylate and the fabric is sewn by hand. I didn’t … Read more
Mario was really easy. To find stuff for the plain red was an easy color to get hold of . The Luigi green .. well that’s another story. I went to soooooo many different stores looking for a green shirt couldn’t find one that was plain anywhere, I mean anywhere! Finally I found one at … Read more
I play Candy Crush every day so I decided to make my own sexy Candy Crush. I took some old shirts of all colors that I didn’t use any more and a box of cereals, some plastic wrap, a needle, thread, glue gun, and a bathing suit I drew all shapes of candies and traced … Read more
Every Halloween since we’ve been married, my husband and I have dressed up together. From things as simple as white T-shirts that said “Sick” and “Tired” before we had kids, to Mary Poppins, Bert and the dancing penguins. This year’s “Super Mario extraordinaire” involved both of us and our 3 children (4 yr old boy/girl … Read more
Ok, so the story begins with me finding this website last year in search of a unique costume for my 2 daughters. They ended up dressing up as a cupcake and flower pot. I had rave reviews at their school! This year the principal came to me and said I can’t wait to see the … Read more
My family loves Halloween and our ultimate goal is to be the standout family. This year we decided to be the Mario Kart family and have carts for the two boys. For the women’s outfits I sewed jumpsuits that were out of blue material and sewed on 2 yellow buttons made out of felt and … Read more