The best piñata costume EVER! !Olé! I decided to be a piñata for Halloween, but I still wanted to look kind of cute, so I didn’t want to cover myself in tissue paper from head to toe. I also wanted an excuse to randomly throw candy at people. After a bit of brainstorming, I came … Read more
With a birthday on Cinco de Mayo, I’ve always felt a shared kinship with the piñata. This year I took it to the next level! I love Halloween so what better way to celebrate my fiesta friendship than with an ode to the traditional Mexican creation. The Homemade Pinata Costume was fairly basic in construction, … Read more
I was in a party store just a week before Halloween helping a friend buy party stuff for her son’s birthday party. I was looking at all the different kinds of great Halloween costumes they had. I saw the Pinata costume and thought to myself how cool that would be to be one for Halloween. … Read more
My husband and I decided to create this Chilindrina and El Chavo del Ocho couple costume from a well-known Mexican TV sitcom from the 70’s. El Chavo del Ocho (the kids from apartment 8) and his friend Chilindrina were hilarious on the show. We started getting pieces of the costume from thrift stores and slowly … Read more
This Three Amigos Costume was so much fun! I took Black buttondown shirts and shortened them to make the jackets and then free-hand drew on the symbols and squiggles on the arms and legs of the pants (which I used black hospital scrubs for). I used white puff-paint and silver glitter to make the designs … Read more
I’ve always wanted to make this Three Amigos costume ever since I saw the movie years ago. I just had to figure out how I was going to pull it off. And have 3 willing participants – My husband and his two best friends were all for it. I started with having the guys get … Read more