My sister and I are best friends, so when our sons were born only three days apart, we knew they would be close. Although they have very different personalities, the boys like to do as much as possible together. My family loves Halloween, and we like to make our own costumes. The boys were nine … Read more
From an early age, I was a fan of Generation 1 Transformers and was fascinated by them. Therefore, when I had the opportunity and the know-how, I decided to create my own life-sized transformer costume. I chose to model my costume after Optimus Prime, as the most recognizable character and to stick to the Gen … Read more
The world of the Ninjas of Ninjago is one of valiant struggle, then, ultimately, triumph. So it was with our Halloween costumes this year. My son, age five, loves to build sets, read about, and watch the LEGO Ninjago adventures. Surprisingly enough, very little is available in the realm of ‘store-bought’ costumes. So we … Read more
I LOVED the View-Master when I was a kid! I had all sorts of slides for it and I guarded it with my life! When we were trying to think of a good couples costume this year, we decided to go nostalgic. We weren’t sure if people would recognize what we were supposed to be- … Read more
well I was inspired by a creepy doll make up tutorial- but I wanted to include my husband is I added some strings and became a marionette puppet so he could be a creepy puppeteer.. I started with a really cool corset and wore a black lace top underneath a black pedicoat and some added … Read more
I wanted to find a completely unique and different costume that hasn’t been recreated too much, and my husband and I decdied the marionette get up would be a fun thing to try. I was nervous it would be kind of a boring costume, but once we created the makeup for the marionette doll, we … Read more
My Girlfriend wanted to dress up as Mortal Kombat characters, and I wanted to be a Lego figure. I compromised, and made a 7′ tall Lego Raiden character. I wore it to a part where I met about 25 of her friends for the first time. I was so nervous, but I walked in, the … Read more
I’m entering this for my daughter: I’m 11 years old and this is my first Halloween with my adoptive mom and she wanted to make it special for me. I saw a costume for a broken doll and that’s what I wanted to be. My mom said that we could make it and that we … Read more
I had known for a couple months that I wanted to be Barbie for Halloween. I got a box and cut it down to the correct size and using an image online cut out the front of the box. Choosing just the right pink was essential for my “Barbie” image. I painted the box and … Read more
I googled unique costume ideas and after seeing images of paper doll costumes that were made with poster board and then painted. I really liked the idea but felt it was a bit bland. I was determined it could be some much more wonderful if the details were expanded and tweaked. My initial vision was … Read more
This year my grandson decided, he wanted us to make our costumes for his school’s annual costume parade. He loves to play with Legos, and spends his free time reading the Lego City books. For his costume, he picked Kai, the red Ninja Ninjago. I was sure that was a tall order for a lego … Read more
I pretty much did this last minute. I begged my son to pick a costume but he was adamant about NOT participating in trick or treating this year, or dressing up (he is 6 years old!). So when he finally said he wanted to be Lord Garmadon from Ninjago (Lego), I just knew i had … Read more