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
I am a pig, but a sick pig. My shirt says Viva La Mexico with a nice Mexican flag attached. My back said H1N1. I have a pig mask and hoofs for hands. I also have hoofs for feet. I have an ice pack on my head, tissues everywhere, and Tylenol attached to my shirt. … Read more
You take a vest, white fabric, eye color fabric, black felt, grey gauze and padding. Fabric paint and glow in the dark paint. You cut the eye color fabric to the desired circle size. Then paint starting from the middle going straight out to create depth. Add glow in the dark paint to random white … Read more
We decided to be the H1N1 virus (said to have begun in Mexico) and the SARS virus (said to have begun in Asia) for Halloween! For the Mexican swine flu, Kevin found an old blanket at a flee market which he cut a hole in to wear as a poncho, a hat donated from a … Read more
Hello, my name is Laura, I’m a senior in high school, and I make crazy costumes for my school’s spirit week and for Halloween. This costume was for Doctor Day, so I was a germ. This was my favorite example of reusing and recycling of costumes. If you look up Mr. Potato Head on this … Read more
We decided that we would dress as flus because the flu season is on the way. We asked a friend who is a nurse in the hospital to bring us hospital pajamas, masks and huge syringes (we drank “shots” from the syringes at the costume party). I made the hats from empty detergent bottles adding … 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