This was actually a last minute costume. It all started with a failed attempt at making a costume using stilts apperently I do not have balance. So two days before Halloween I searched the house to see what I could come up with. I used an outdoor skeleton and started to tear it apart. I … Read more
This “bloody gash” face is fairly easy once you get used to working with latex. I used a cream white and green base on my face that dries quickly. I then used black cream base around my eyes and shadow area of face. Next, I poured a small amount of liquid latex into a plastic bowl … Read more
My son Sean was an upside down old man. My husband doubted that we could pull this costume off, I am so glad we proved him wrong!! We bought men’s pajama bottoms and a windbreaker jacket at a thrift store. They were oversized, but needed to be. We had him wear the jacket as pants … Read more
Halloween costume-making is truly a labor of love. And, as with all efforts of labor and matters of the heart, there invariably arises a bit of turmoil and chaos. I’m delighted to say the creator and designer survived the ups and downs in our efforts to create ZOMBIE FREERIDE. This costume was the brainchild of … Read more
I always try to come up with some type of crazy or different halloween costume, the previous year I wore the illusion costume of the gorilla carrying the safari guy in the cage, it was fun! a cool illusion, I starting to think how I could use the same costume but make changes to it, … Read more
This year for Halloween I really wanted to make a minion from Despicable Me. But when I thought more deeply into making this costume, many questions popped into my head if I were to go outside dressed as a giant minion. How would I see? How would I eat? How would I drink? Would I … Read more
My daughter is 8 years old and she thinks about halloween all year round. She knew last year that she wanted to be a headless person. Now how we were going to do it was the trick. We bought a couple long trench coats from a local thrift store. For only $2.00 each we didn’t … Read more
I got the idea about 15 years ago when I saw a guy wearing something similar. I’ve wanted to do this ever since, so I decided this would be the year. I started the costume in mid-September and finished October 20, 2013. The chair is made from cardboard which I measured, cut, folded and constructed … Read more
I live, love, breath for Halloween. I am always in love with illusions and quirkiness, missing body parts, etc. I have the “Corpse Coming Alive” on here from a couple of years ago as well. Which led me to The Contortionists idea. I love all things Freak Show and Vaudeville, so that helped with my … Read more
I had no idea what I wanted to be for Halloween, but I had some criteria it needed to meet: creative, unusual, not the typical Sexed out female costume, funny, entertaining & wearable ( I had a FEW parties to go to and needed to be able to drive myself there and move around once … Read more
Well first off my 12 year announced that he wanted just a horsehead to wear for Halloween? I thought to myselff, where on earth am I going to find that. I have always been a creative kind of person, so I began looking around second hand clothing stores for ideas. It didn’t take me to … Read more
My son wanted to be a cyborg for Halloween. I thought to myself “how can we kick this up a notch?” So I did a little research and found the illusion costumes and away we went. The cage is made of PVC pipe. We found a grim reaper costume in a yard sale and used … Read more