I saw this costume on the internet and thought it would be funny for our local costume competition. As soon as she walked in everyone looked. I framed the upper body using foam poster board to keep it light. I cut slots to feed a belt through to hold the torso frame in place. The … Read more
I originally created this Woman Giving Birth to a 2-Headed baby costume in 2004 and it was just made on a thin piece of plywood and I had to carry it by side handles. It was very hard to handle and hard to keep level, but in spite of the trouble, I entered 2 contest and … Read more
I have a twisted sense of humor and love all things horror. So, that brought me to my idea for the perfect mommy-daughter costume…a killer chef with her head on a platter dish! As the weeks to Halloween started dwindling down, and I was in the process of making our costumes, my 2 year old daughter, … Read more
My 8 year old son is wearing the costume. The idea came from watching the Despicable Me movie. Everything that I used in making this costume is recycled materials. His pirate shirt is my old white maternity blouse that I altered to make it fit on my son. His fake legs is a combination of … Read more
The costume began its life in a car ride with my son on a yellow sticky note. He wanted to make his Halloween costume last year and began with a basic sketch of the Headless Horseman. I looked up, “how to make a Headless Horseman costume”, on Pinterest as I remembered my own childhood dream … Read more
My daughter Madison wanted to enter a Halloween parade in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware. She decided on a headless bride and we Googled it up for Halloween with zombie painting. I found a 70’s style wedding dress ($20.00) and with newspaper (arms), Styrofoam (neck), wooden dowel (spine), Elmer’s glue (blood) and duct tape, we came up … Read more
I built the chair frame in the shape of a recliner with cardboard and duct tape. I covered the chair with quilt batting and ugly fabric and stapled the shape of the neck cushion and chair arms. I cut a hole in the middle of the seat and added straps so my son could actually wear … Read more
I made this headless Mrs. Bloody Mary costume in an attempt to be ultra different and gory this year. I was tired of the usual vampires, witches or sexy Halloween costumes. I spent hours thinking of how I’d put it together, boy was it a surprise when all it took was 2 hours! Easiest costume that … Read more
I made the large chicken head from a paper mache sculpture for my homemade chicken Jockey costume. Then I covered it in fabric, felt and upholstery trim. I painted the beak and made three demential eyes. I mounted the head onto a cage I fashioned from 2 metal tomato cages. Then covered those in the … Read more
I have been making Halloween costumes for 45 years, since I started sewing at age 10. My costumes have always been very involved, but have been of the softer, gentler or superhero type. After my kids came along, they were Madison from Splash, Batman, the Joker, a Mutant Ninja Turtle, Roger and Jessic Rabbit, even … Read more
We took Styrofoam and made walls and painted the the color of most port a potty’s. I used duck tape to tape them together and cut out a door put a white roof on it. We used the foam to make a toilet seat and cut a hole in it for her to stand in … Read more
This Headless person holding his head was one of the easiest costumes I made, but not to comfortable to wear all night , at the Halloween costume party. I bought a a double extra large man’s dress shirt and cut out a diamond shape out of the front of it and glued shelving liner on to … Read more