Cool DIY Mortal Kombat Costume

Cool DIY Mortal Kombat Costume

  My wife and kids gave a guil;t trip about how I never go trick or treating with them. “Instead of doing your Holloween display (which made 12 news in AZ by the way) you are going to take a break and go out with us this year!”, my wife said. “ok, but I get to … Read more

Pyramid Head and Claudia Wolf Couple Costume

Pyramid Head and Claudia Wolf Couple Costume

Our love for horror movies took us to the top of the genre! Pyramid head & Claudia Wolf from “Silent Hill 2” are impressive monsters and posed a challenge for this years creation. scaring children is so “yesterday”, we wanted to scare full grown adults! my name is Chad, and i am wearing pyramid head … Read more

Mini Link from Zelda DIY Costume

Mini Link from Zelda DIY Costume

My son is a huge Zelda video game fan, so when he wanted to go as Link from the game I couldn’t say no!  I am not a seamstress so we got some help from his Aunt to make some of the items for this mini Link from Zelda DIY costume. We started off by … Read more

Mario Cart and Princess Peach Couple Costume

Mario Cart and Princess Peach Couple Costume

We came up with this Mario Cart and Princess Peach couple costume idea a week before we needed it. We only had 6 days to draw it out and start working.  We spent every night after work spray painting, gluing, running to the store, pinning, running back to the store and panicking. We created spinning … Read more

Homemade Fallout 3 Power Armor Costume

Homemade Fallout 3 Power Armor Costume

My 14 year old son Drake loves the game fallout and with fallout 4 coming out this year, he said we wanted to go as a brotherhood of steel. So I had him scour his room for parts that we might use and we determined an old clone trooper helmet he had might do the … Read more

Nightmare FNAF Foxy Costume

Nightmare FNAF Foxy Costume

My 9 year old son has been obsessed with the Five Nights at Freddy’s game for a while now, so naturally he has been begging his dad to make him a FNAF Foxy costume for Halloween. It took a while to make, since everything (including the head) is made from foam and hard foam materials. And it … Read more

Cool Minecraft Costume – Stampy Comes Alive!

Cool Minecraft Costume - Stampy Comes Alive!

This Minecraft costume was last year’s success. My granddaughter Alana loves the game Mindcraft and asked if I could make her a Stampy costume for Halloween. Always up for a challenge we started saving cardboard boxes, construction paper, tape and glue in July. I started assembly in August! Since the character is pixelated in the … Read more

Cool Mario Brothers Costumes: Captain Toad, Toadette and Shy Guy

Cool Mario Brothers Costumes: Captain Toad, Toadette and Shy Guy

Here are our cool Mario Brothers costumes – Captain Toad and Toadette are on the adventure of their lives, dodging the dreaded Shy Guy as they gather treasure. Every year Ben (my son) picks out a theme and I make the costumes. Ben (Captain Toad) is wearing a homemade mushroom cap, homemade backpack, homemade shoes, … Read more

Princess Daisy and Princess Peach Costumes for Wheelchairs

Princess Daisy and Princess Peach Costumes for Wheelchairs

I made these Princess Daisy and Princess Peach costumes for my daughters who are severely disabled from a double dx of CDKL5 and mitochondrial disease. I challenged myself to make a costume using their wheelchairs. They would pull off anything on front so I was limited to the sides and back. The costumes are for Halloween, … Read more

DIY Freddy Fazbear Costume from Five Nights At Freddy’s!

DIY Freddy Fazbear Costume from Five Nights At Freddy's!

Hello and welcome to my Freddy Fazbear costume from Five Nights At Freddy’s. I decided to make Freddy Fazbear because I love the game and I saw other people making FNAF costumes. I made the head out of some foam. I first put a black t-shirt into a ninja hood onto the foam mannequin head. … Read more

Shadow the Hedgehog Hoodie Cosplay

Shadow the Hedgehog Hoodie Cosplay

I’ve been a Sonic fan since the genesis era and have wanted to do a Sonic cosplay for a while but wanted to do something a little unique so settled on a Shadow Gijinka-inspired cosplay with a type of hoodie. I made the hood by creating a half sphere out of wire and electrical tape, … Read more

Link and Zelda Couples Costume

Link and Zelda Couples Costume

Link and Zelda have been an icon of my childhood. It wasn’t until recently I decided that I would finally make my own Link and Zelda couples costume. My brother accompanied me as Link, and, in January 2015, we stepped out onto the convention floor as Link and Zelda, granted, we could’ve done better, but … Read more