I liked the sad broken doll makeup tutorials I was seeing online everywhere. I decided to try one out. I free handed my own make up using the cheap makeup I could find. Everything came from our local .99 cent store. I started by completely covering my face and chest with a light colored base … Read more
I made this Optimus Prime costume in 20 hrs over 25 days out of cardboard, foam board, duct tape, hot glue, rubber and plastic – and lots and lots of spray paint! I put blood (literally), sweat, and a little tears into this project. Everyone thought I was crazy when I started but when it … Read more
My wife and I wanted to make our daughter’s first Halloween special (and have blackmail for the teenage years)! We chose to go with a Cabbage Patch Kid costume for Aislin Elliana, because who doesn’t love CPKs? To make the costume, we went to our local Target and bought the following list: 1. Trifold foam … Read more
Happy Halloween everyone! Well this year I wanted to be creative when it came to costumes instead of the traditional expensive cheaply made store bought costume. My son was not sure what he wanted to be, so I started to think of all his favorite hobbies. Then boom! LEGOs! I was going to make him … Read more
When my husband and I first started trying to come up with ideas for our daughter’s first Halloween, we could not agree on anything together. Not one of the pre packaged costumes seemed to catch our eye. I found an old dress of mine with an apron and thought Raggedy Ann would be very cute. … Read more
I loved how unique this costume was, and I was asked how I thought of this idea throughout the night. I thought this costume would be more difficult than it was to make. I am sure that by purchasing the right color top and bottoms, people can make this costume without sewing a thing. First, … Read more
My oldest son is a HUGE Lego fan. So it was a natural choice for him to want to dress as a minifigure. Every year our family enters a float in our local Halloween parade. I was beyond excited to create these costumes for my children because I knew it would make them so happy. … Read more
When the Lego Man movie came out, I knew right away what my next costume was going to be LEGO MAN! I have seen a few really good Lego Man costumes over the years, so I wanted to take it to the next level and add a specialist twist for Halloween, LEGO MAN HORROR VILLAINS! … Read more
My husband and son are wearing the costumes. My son loves Lego and wanted to be one for Halloween, so we used some cardboard, Styrofoam, paint, and felt to create the costumes. The body was scaled up from measuring a mini figure and then cut out of cardboard, glued together, and then painted to replicate … Read more
This is by far the biggest Halloween project I’ve ever undertaken. I gave myself over six weeks to finish it, and didn’t put the final touches on until the day of Halloween. I always try to make my own costume, but it’s usually pretty simple. This year, my son wanted to go as Rocket Raccoon … Read more
Hello we are the Lujan family. I am Cathy the mommy, I work full time and go to school and have been happily married for 12 years. We have 2 beautiful children. Our son is 10 years old and he has high functioning autism. He is super bright, smart and very loving And he is … Read more
My husband and I still enjoy dressing up for Halloween. We’ve done family theme costumes since having kids(this is our forth year!) My kids(3 and 4) still haven’t objected to my family theme costume craze ideas. I hope to keep this up until they become “too cool” for it! My kids are obsessed with Legos. … Read more