For Halloween 2010, my husband and I constructed what can only be described as a “contraption”, so it appeared that I was giving birth and he was the baby! We started with a rolling cart used to hold folding chairs and an old funeral home gurney. We put a base across the bottom of the … Read more
I am a pharmacist and work for Walgreen’s so when someone suggested I do something work related for the office costume contest, a prescription bottle costume immediately came to mind. It came together easier than I thought it would, and only cost me about $30 in supplies and about 6 hours of my life. I … Read more
My son, Jed always wants to be something funny for Halloween. Last year he was a fat plumber with a plunger, rubber gloves and poop all over his shirt and face. It was really chocolate pudding. This year I had to outdo myself and so I thought it would be funny and scary at the … Read more
This Swine Flu Costume was really easy to make. My friend Lindsey and I bought pink shirts as well as iron on paper at Hobby Lobby. We then printed H1 and N1 using the iron on paper, cut them out and ironed them to the middle of our shirts. We found pink wings from a … Read more
My Cat was recently diagnosed with Diabetes, so I originally wanted to recycle the many syringes I go through, but aside from porcupine, I blocked on ideas and I didn’t have enough yet for my one idea. So it finally occurred to me to just BE a Homemade Syringe Costume. I really wanted a cylindrical … Read more
This Homemade Plastic Surgery Junkie Costume focused primarily on the make up! I was a Plastic Surgery junkie so I highlighted my cheekbones, plumped up my lips, and made my face look plastic, as well as adding some black dotted surgeon lines and arrows. I wore a short authentic hospital gown with the phrase “make … Read more
This year for Halloween, my 4 year old dressed up as a Mad Scientist and his 18 month old brother as the monster he created. I thought it would be fun to dress up to, so I went as Experiment X, the Mad Scientist’s failed experiment. For the Mad Scientist costume, he wore some tan … Read more
I came up with this Plastic Surgery Socialite Costume idea after watching lots and lots of Nip-Tuck! I had this fancy sequined dress in the back of my closet and a blingy necklace. I applied make up to look like bruises under my eyes, surgeon’s lines, and a little bit of blood from the rhinoplasty. … Read more
Everyone in the family was sick. There were memos flying around work about being extra cautions and washing your hands and I thought it would be great to come in to our company Halloween Party and spread the Swine Flu. Only problem is, I’m a dude and I can’t sew! So my wife put this … Read more
Me and two of my friends wanted to make our own costumes and we all work in health care so we decided to be a Homemade Nurse and Pill Bottles Group Costume. The pill bottles were made of pressed board and bent and screwed together with a 2×4 inside. We then had straps that we … Read more
This Homemade H1N1 Swine Flu Halloween Costume idea plays on the hysteria of the H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak. Accessories: white surgical mask and gloves VERY original and very timely!
When we were trying to find a cool Halloween costume this year we came across a picture online of a giving birth costume and thought we would try to replicate it. We built a hospital bed on wheels with plywood and 2×4’s with things we had laying around our garages. They also built a chair … Read more