So my husband (Matt) and I (Carrie) had decided that the year before we didn’t really have a creative costume. So for the next halloween we (or more me) started brainstorming ideas the summer before. After throwing out numerous ideas that didn’t appeal to my husbands masculine side (including cinderella and prince charming) I thought … Read more
My baby turned 8 months at the time of Halloween this year and I started thinking about what costume to make for her a month in advance. She had just started going on her knees and I thought by the time Halloween approaches she will be crawling all around and so I decided to make her a spider costume … Read more
This year my 2 year old went as Hulk Hogan. How I did it: Bandanna: Just a red bandanna from the dollar store. I tied it to Oliver’s head to measure it, and then I took a Lady Gaga wig and I cut it along the webbing. I glued the webbing to the inside of the … Read more
It was that time of year again, Halloween. My boyfriend Chris (19) just wanted to pass out candy and not dress up. I, Selena (16) did not think that was a great idea. I realized how much camo we have, but yet we have never gone hunting. So I gave it a thought for a couple … Read more
As an 80’s baby, which little boy did not love watching wrestling on TV? And who doesn’t remember the epic match between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior? Boy, was that a classic. About a week before Halloween 2012 my cousin asks me what my thoughts were about creating him the Ultimate Warrior costume for our annual … Read more
Our company has an annual Halloween Party and the costume competition is very competitive. I knew this year if I had a chance of winning, I had come up with something extremely different. Since I’m a diehard Penn State fan, I thought the idea of doing where is The Joe Paterno statue now…would be a … Read more
This year we decided to make a mermaid and pirate costume… however everyone dresses like pirates so we thought it would be cool to be a mermaid and deep sea diver. The only problem I found is that every deep sea diver costume is really lame. The best helmets I found were home made. But … Read more
We wanted to be something that you don’t see every time you go out for Halloween, but we were very limited on time and money, so we came up with something using items that we already owned. I was raised in an area where deer hunting is a huge sport, so I thought it would … Read more
Our little man is a rough and tumble kind of kid. After watching him try and push around his older sister during horseplay we thought that a Sumo Wrestler costume would be totally appropriate for him! Putting the costume together was the easy part. Getting it off him was the hard part! He loved running … Read more
My oldest son wanted to be a NY Yankees baseball card so I wanted to have the copy store enlarge a card, but due to copyright restrictions, they couldn’t so we used a photo off the internet and had them enlarge it. I then cut it and glued it to foam board. I then printed off … Read more
I love mini-golf and when I was playing this summer with friends, I thought it would make a pretty cool costume. The windmill is made from cardboard, glued and tied together in an A-frame. It was lightweight so I could lift it up to walk in. I covered it in purple felt and cut a … Read more
We bought the blue tshirts from Michael’s for $4 and cut off the sleeves and neck. We got the red shorts at Academy for $6 and we used white fabric paint to paint the stripes on. We realized that it was too time consuming so we just bought athletic tape to do the guys shorts. … Read more