Since in Germany, where I live, Halloween is not so popular as in other countries, I made this costume for carnival, when many people in Germany wear costumes. The idea for this costume came into my mind one night while falling asleep. Such an idea, when you are nearly gone into dreamworld but then you … Read more
I had to throw together something for a Halloween party so I searched my house for ideas. After tripping over a 12 year old life size cut out of Dr. Evil several times that my daughter recently broke, I had a brainstorm. I was just going to dress up as Dr. Evil, but since I … Read more
My brother has a very competitive Halloween Party every year. Each year there is a theme. Last year, I won Best Costume as an Infamous Person. This year, it was Commercial Characters and/or products. For the first time I was entering as a couple. I was so nervous to bring my new boyfriend to the … Read more
This was my 9 year old daughter’s costume. It was all her idea from concept to execution with a little help from her 11 year old sister and myself. The costume was cheaper to make than buying one from a store. My daughter wore this to her fall festival at school and got a tremendous … Read more
My 10 yr old son, Kaleb, loves coming up with costumes where he seems to have either lost his head, be only a head, or headless and holding his own head! This year he decided on being a Headless Scarecrow! From the looks of it, the crows must not have been very afraid of him. The … Read more
One day my son got a robe with a hanger at a store and walked around. It was so funny that it gave me the idea for his costume. I went online and got a lot of ideas to make it. The only store bought item was the robe, the rest we found around the … Read more
I’ve always been very fascinated by illusion costumes and specifically costumes that look like two people in one. There are many out there. With Halloween coming up I thought I should make my own costume this year. While I was in the process of a move and setting up a garage sale with my fiance, … Read more
I had four days to come up with a great costume for a party I was going to and I didn’t want to spend a ton of money. My first stop was the local Halloween stores and it was the same old, same old stuff, I wanted something different. I knew I wanted to build … Read more
My 15 year old daughter created this mason jar optical illusion costume. We saw different variations last year on the internet and we thought “We can do this”, so she created this costume for her 7 year old brother Mason. We used an old lab coat, cereal boxes, plastic bags and a backpack to raise … Read more
This headless Marie Antionette costume was so much fun. I started with a dress that was cheap and looked like something she would wear. Then I cut a hole through it right in the bodice area. I added material for length. I glued the little dress to a plastic mannequin form and then stuffed the … Read more
Here’s how I made this gnome illusion costume: Hat: Large red felt square stapled shut at an offset angle. Braided yellow yarn into pigtails. Stapled them inside of red hat to secure location then hot glued in place. Mushroom: Opened a polka dot dog bed from the $5 store and inserted a hula hoop inside for … Read more
I came up with the idea a few years ago. When I first created the costume, the baby on my back simply just hung there crying & whining for her Momma not to go to bingo, but stay at home with the kids. My cousin gave me the idea to attach string to the baby’s … Read more