I was carried around in a cage by a gorilla, and I was rescued by my husband the hunter! I had a lot if fun with this costume. I made the cage out of Styrofoam and wooden dowels, that I painted silver. I stuffed a pair of pants and socks, put shoes on the feet. … Read more
I enjoyed wearing this King Kong and a woman in a cage illusion costume and even more so, I enjoyed the reactions I received. Most people were deceived by the costume and the fact that it was only ONE person in the costume. My upper body was the upper body of the woman in the cage. … Read more
Well one thing I have to say is, ” It’s a a good thing I live in a 55 and over community, and the costume party was all adults, because this couple in bed illusion costume is a little raunchy.” I started off with a long piece of Styrofoam and a sheet. I actually made … Read more
In years past I have enjoyed creating large, elaborate costumes that rested on my shoulders, stayed strapped to my waist or were attached to a backpack. (See photos for “Deer gets hunter” and “Genie on a carpet!”) I wanted to do something similar this year, but had a unique challenge as I had broken my … Read more
This “Sleeping Beauty” costume took a fair bit of thinking which is hard to do these days with 2 kids running about the place! The easiest part of the costume was spray painting the 4 styrofoam balls, and 3 wrapping paper rolls gold. My daughter was able to take some ownership of this costume making … Read more
I’ve always loved dressing up, and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. But after I had children, more of my energy went into their costumes than mine. For a few years, I didn’t even dress up at all. Last year, I decided to put more of an effort into my own costume and bought … Read more
This is Jared at about age 7. These are two costumes we had from earlier years we thought would look good sewed together, it took alittle patience and some vision but I think the work paid off.It looks great and is very wearable and stylish, and with his cosplay while wearing it he brought it … Read more
these headless costumes are always sure to please the crowd, whether it’s a headless Zombie or a headless Celebrity or even as headlessly married. I first designed one of these just the zombie around 2008 I had even made a rolling coffin from a wheel chair to go with, so that could stand inside and … Read more
I wanted to make a wonderful themed group costume for me, my younger brother, Aidan (6) and my sister Justine (9). I knew it had to something special and memorable. We settled on Marie Antoinette, her executioner and Louis XVI. They were really excited to help me work on it. My brother’s executioner costume was … Read more
My daughter and I made this headless bride custome for a halloween custome parade and for trick or treating. I found a vintage 1970’s bridal gown and made a simple slit in the middle. We found that a horizontal slit worked best. I had her use a old back pack and attached lightweight wooden dowls to … Read more
The idea hit me while I was at the dinner table. I quickly sketched it out on a yellow post it note. (I still have that sketch somewhere.) For the past few years, i have been making my costumes out of cardboard boxes. most of them I found searching behind grocery stores, alleys, furniture stores, you … Read more
I found the idea for this costume on-line and adapted to my small size. I already had the mask from a previous year. I took a child’s backpack and put solid foam shaped in a “T” in it for the shoulders. For the neck Itried to use an actual chicken neck, but it was proportionately too small. … Read more