Courtney wanted to go as a mad scientist. We got some old clothes at Goodwill, took the frames out of some sunglasses to make it look like she had an explosion in the laboratory, painted her hair white and black in the front to seem as if she did have an explosion, we found a … Read more
How to be a not-so-typical Mad Scientist! I had been in awe of the backpack monster costumes with aliens and other sorts on different websites, so I came up with my own version of a Homemade Mini Mad Scientist and Assistant Optical Illusion Costume. I took an old school bag backpack, the kind with rollers … Read more
My daughter wanted to have a Homemade Mad Scientist Costume for Halloween. It was very last minute, like 5 hours before! SO I came up with a great idea. I didn’t have a lab coat or time to find one so I got a large adults long sleeve white shirt at the craft store and … Read more
Our daughter is the Professor and our son is the robot. Mister Doctor Professor McBrain- Robotics Specialist invented a walking, talking, blinking robot named Robo Bro 2000 (incidentally it is “her” brother and he was born in 2000!). Professor McBrain has a name tag that we created by taking “his” picture in costume and adding … Read more
My wife and I were going to a party at our apartment complex and we wanted to have a “couples costume” but due to budget constraints, we didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I found the “pig” glasses and instantly thought of a Homemade Swine Flu Couple Costume and how to visualize a … 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