Went to Home Depot and got some tubes, looked up how to paper mache online and away I went! Kids and I loved the Lego movie so I started in August and built the costumes using cardboard lots and lots of spray paint and paper mache! Started with the bodies cutting the cardboard and duct … Read more
My son asked me to make him a Groot costume after seeing Guardians of the Galaxy. I started searching through Google of Groot cosplay for ideas on how to make this costume. I found a few good ideas and started from there. The supplies I bought: under armor shirt an pants from Goodwill, foam pipe … Read more
My son is in 8th grade and wanted to end middle school with the best Halloween Costume. I was little worried on how I could pull this off. I first printed out pictures of the cartoon, original and new versions of Optimus Prime. We then began to search for certain box shapes. One wide enough for … Read more
To make this Lord Business costume, I mainly used cardboard to craft the helmet and shoulder pads (as we call them). I looked at the actual Lego pieces and came up with some dimensions that would fit my son’s head. Then, I crafted shapes out of cardboard and glued them together. I used painters tape … Read more
The Beginning – ( the realization as parents that we will have to build it ourselves): My son has been building Legos since he was around three and a half, it was no surprise that sooner or later he would want to be a Lego figure for Halloween. This year, I started asking him in … Read more
Let me start by telling that my girlfriend is amazing. Before I met Sarah, every year she made awe inspiring costumes. I loved seeing her masterpieces. You could see how much energy she puts in to the costumes. For our first Halloween together, we knew we wanted to do couple costumes but we had trouble … Read more
My costume was inspired by my favorite cartoon, Transformer Prime. I had no idea how I was going to pull of the complex design such as Soundwave’s, so I searched online for ideas and resources. Eventually, I found that the cheapest way to make my costume was to create it out of cardboard. So Costco … Read more
Emmet and Wyldstyle Lego Costumes! Usually my wife and I go to a local annual Halloween party dressed up as some couple we decide a few weeks before the party, but this year it was cancelled, so we didn’t need to think up a costume this year, so we thought… At the beginning of October, … Read more
This is our family trick-or-treat – for the local food pantry every year to help out those families in need (we have been doing this for many years). Each year I come up with a new theme and then I hand sew each of the costumes we wear because its just another way of saying thank … Read more
This toy soldier army of three costume was a huge hit this Halloween. We perused the internet for the green army men ideas and set out on our own adventure to make this way too costume! We first had to decide which army dude each wanted to be. I chose the bazooka guy, my youngest, … Read more
As a huge Star Wars/Lego fan, my son decided that he wanted to be Lego Boba Fett. His mini figure costume was modeled after Lego set 9496 – Desert Skiff. This costume received a lot of attention online, appearing on many sites and blogs. It was also a published article in The Daily Mail UK. … Read more
This costume is my favorite costume that I’ve ever worn. I created it using items I already owned in my closet (yeah, I already owned a creepy doll dress) and just purchased a wig from Amazon. The make-up is what really made the costume. I had to practice several times with a lot of different … Read more