This is the Homemade Operation Game Costume my friend Brett and his wife Megan made this year that won our local contest. It is a scale model of the child’s game “Operation” He was inside it and the whole game worked like the original did. The tongs were wired and it you weren’t careful taking … Read more
This costume was so easy to make. I love crafts and this one fit right up my alley! After plugging in my trusty hot glue gun, I cut a hole out of the bottom of a copier paper box. Then I wrapped the box in light pink bulletin board paper. The drawers I made from … Read more
After looking through my old childhood dress-up box for Halloween costume inspirations, I found a long black sparkly dress that belonged to my great grandma. I have always been a fan of Barbie, and I thought, “this looks like Barbie’s black dress” and got to work on transforming it into my favorite Barbie. I took … Read more
Well, as a child my favorite thing to play with was my Barbie doll collection. Now all grown up, this Lifesize Barbie in a Box costume was a fun and nostalgic blast from the past! First, I bought a wardrobe box, taped it all up and carved out the front section to look like a … Read more
This Homemade Hungry Hungry Hippos Group Costume is all homemade. The process began with the heads being sculpted using balloons and cardboard and duct tape. They were then mounted on a welder’s mask so that they could flip up and down during the night. Covered in different colored felt and then adding eyes, nostrils, ears, … Read more
Last Halloween after finishing my son’s awesome robot costume, I quickly came up with the idea to create a Homemade Lego Minifigure Costume. There are Lego’s all over our house! I tried to make the costume look as much like a Lego guy as possible. I’m not sure how to scale things up, so I … Read more
For this Living Dead Dolls Costumes, buy a dress, tear it up and smear blood, on the holes and tear draw black scars that look like stitches on either side of your mouth and use black lipstick to draw small lips. Put your hair in 2 pig tails and tease them to look messy. Wear … Read more
I made my Barbie box out of Sonic Drive-In cup boxes that I got from the store manager for my Homemade Barbie in a Box Halloween Costume. Their boxes are long and narrow, unlike normal storage boxes. I used two that I slid into one another and taped down. I put a cord through the … Read more
The idea: As a blonde, being a Barbie for Halloween is a pretty standard idea. However, having a reputation for going all-out on Halloween I didn’t want to be a blonde dressed in pink saying I was Barbie. While discussing Halloween costumes with my friend she suggested we be Barbie’s in boxes. Perfect. It would … Read more
This costume was homemade by my 8-year-old son Ethan with a little help from Mom. The costume was made with only items he found around our house. The head is made from a plastic garbage pail with a (cleaned) tuna can glued to the top, then he painted it to look like his favorite creepy … Read more
Well, Where do I start, I built a 12 foot troll costume out of a full block of foam, carved the whole body and head. It took aprx. 3 weeks to build, about 5 hours a day. Then I hard coated and painted and created a frame for the hair, it took 78 wigs to … Read more
In my college days I was involved with the Sparty Mascot Programs at Michigan State University. Having such a hobby allowed me to become quite proficient at not only fabricating costumes but also performing in them! To set the stage, MSU was playing Idaho in football at Spartan stadium, in August 2006. Part of mascoting … Read more