We go to an outdoor adult Halloween party every year, so dressing warmly is always at the base of our costume ideas. We’ve won the costume contest at the party several times, so we always feel the pressure to create some amazing oufits! Since our 8-year old son is addicted to LEGOs, it was an … Read more
Okay so i decided I would dress up this year. Easier said than done. Coulnt think of anything I wanted to be. Jokingly I told my teen daughter as played around with her closet for ideas that maybe id wear her monkey hat and leave it at that. She laughed and said that was pretty … Read more
Here is Woody and Slinky Dog from the infamous Toy Story series! We stole the show at both of the costume contests we attended- winning first prize each time. The head was made by covering a yoga workout ball with (hundreds of strips of) paper mâché and then painted. The mouth was tricky. We took … Read more
I just love Halloween! It is my favorite holiday because I love dressing up! My doll costume was mainly in the makeup which was not all that difficult but turned out looking really awesome. I actually just used makeup from my makeup bag, things you would use on an everyday basis, lipsticks, eyeliner, foundations, and … Read more
The biggest most important part to the costume is of coarse the Barbie BOXES. *Garment Box- I tried to spray paint the boxes pink but it didnt work well at all so I bought some pink wrapping paper and wrapped the boxes after I cut the hole out. To cut the hole out I just … Read more
I’m one of those dads who love to make costumes for my kids. As soon as Halloween is over, I start dreaming up what my next project/costume will be. My 4 kids are growing up and not all of them really want a costume anymore. So when my daughter’s friend (a senior in high school) … Read more
Halloween has always been a big deal to me growing up as a kid and I would always look forward to the building process with my Dad each year. But of course, the halloween costume builiding took a back seat for the high school and college years as life became busier and busier. It wasnt … Read more
This was our babies first halloween and we had been looking at costumes and ideas since July.Halloween was such a big treat for me as a child and I couldnt wait for her to experience it. In fact we actually ended up with 3 costumes because I couldnt make up my mind. But one day … Read more
I just could not resist having my newborn be a Cabbage Patch kid for her first Halloween! This is my 10th child and having just lost my job, we had to be fiscally creative. This outfit only cost us $6.00. We got the crochet orange yarn wig from ebay in newborn size ( we also … Read more
We decided we wanted to do a creative costume, and try to make it as realistic as possible. We decided to go with the Homemade Green Plastic Army Toy Soldier Costumes. Even though some others have done this costume in the past, we figured we could take it to another level. We knew we needed … Read more
Every Halloween at work, we have a costume contest. The students are not allowed to dress up, for safety reasons, but the staff all gets dressed up to compete in a ‘Best Costume Competition.’ The winners have varied from entire groups from movies or t.v. shows, to singular creative character (such as my friend’s bed … Read more
My husband and I are always a couples costume for Halloween and each year, we go to Salem, Ma where there is a huge gathering of people who roam the streets all just to show off their costume. Each year, I try to top my last year’s costume and so far, this year’s Slinky Dog … Read more