This year my husband and I decided to be Medusa and Perseus. I wanted to make Medusa like the original Greek Mythology, the snake looking creature, tail and all; not the beautiful woman from the new Clash of the Titans movie ^_^ My husband made his Perseus more like a warrior, he based his costume … Read more
My friend and I are living in a remote Australian community, so when deciding on a theme for our birthday party we figured Anything But Clothes (ABC) party was an easy one for people without malls to grab something from. Voila, I used up some Great Northern Beer Cartons (certainly no shortage of them around … Read more
This VB Spartan Warrior is a suit I made from VB cartons (Aussie beer). It took me a while to make but I was happy with it. I just asked the guy at the Bottlo to keep all the empty cartons for me and I ended up with about 30 cartons to play around with. … Read more
My boyfriend Chad and I are huge Spartacus fans! We were both thinking about how cool those outfits are and what it would be like if we had them. Chad is a bodybuilder and I thought it would look really awesome on him. He is being the main gladiator Spartacus and I am being Spartacus’s … Read more
Story of the Little Roman Soldier and his Chariot Costume January 14, 2015 the lord blessed my husband and I with a baby boy, Charlie (Charles J. Thiebaud V). He has been the joy of our life ever since. Mommy was determined to make his Halloween Costume EPIC. I didn’t want him to be anything … Read more
Here’s my son’s Spartan costume. I always wanted something unique, especially DIY costumes for my kids and especially now that they can’t decide or go for whatever they like, like the usual Spiderman, transformers; that my son loves so much! My husband loves PS3 games especially God of War so thats how we end up … Read more
Who doesn’t like beer and making cool stuff out of recycled medium? For no real reason, I have been saving bottle caps since college. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday and I love the challenge of creating a unique and in-depth costume. Why not us this as justification of two bad habits (drinking, and … Read more
this costume took hours to make its consists of 8 beer boxes cut in various ways to make gladiator skirt, chest plate, and helmat. the chain mail on the forearm is made purely of beer tabs hooked togethor and the shin guards hald in place with string along with chest plate held snuggly to body … Read more
This Roman Soldier costume took a little more time to make than some of the others. But I made it a few years ago for a Easter Play at Church. I collect Armor and weapons anyways so some of the things I had, such at the helmet. There are other pieces that I made but didn’t … Read more
I Googled “sexy knight” costume and ended up with a great one. Next, I FORCED myself to drink Coors Light bottles over the course of a month and I saved all the bottle caps and labels off the bottles. I purchased a shield through halloweencostumes.com and then covered the shield with the bottle caps and … Read more
I combined my love of medieval armor and beer to make this Knight. All of the armor is made out of Bud Select boxes and is covered in crystal clear tape to protect it (it makes it spill resistant). I chose Bud Select because it is one of the few beer boxes that have 2 … Read more
I am wearing this costume in both pictures. The idea came to me after I watched the movie 300. I was enjoying a mid-day beer (Coors Light is my favorite) sometime in mid-September of 2010. I decided I wanted to go as a Spartan Warrior for Halloween that year. My roommates, Tim and Kelen, jokingly … Read more