Last year I really wanted to be creative and different with my son’s costume! I didn’t want him to be like the other kids in the neighborhood simply because I wanted him to stand out. Also with the price of costumes these days , its much cheaper to do it yourself so we decided to … Read more
This Nun and the Rebel costume idea came to be out of desperation but turned out great in the end. We made a trip to the thrift store and we found our inspiration and came away with most of our costume. The black dress, the amazing, silver, nagahide pants, and the shirt with the printed saying, … Read more
Getting ready for Halloween 2011 I was trying to think up a good costume. I was Boba Fett the year before and that went over pretty well so I needed to up the ante. Black Swan had come out under a year before and I’m constantly told that I look like Natalie Portman so I … Read more
My husband (boyfriend at the time) and I had no idea what to be for Halloween. After hours of brainstorming, I just said ‘screw it, I’m just going to be myself’…and that’s when the light bulb went off! I was born and raised in Germany, so we decided to go crazy with the stereotypical German … Read more
Ain’t too proud to beg… My daughter loves a good laugh…so we started brainstorming ideas of what she could be for Halloween. She had started off with being a hobo…but the idea transpired into something much greater. We went to our local Goodwill store and purchased an old pair of jeans and an old flannel … Read more
I work in a school with mostly young teachers. So a few friends and I decided we would dress up as hippies. We did not come together to buy the costumes. Some of us decided to buy certain things while others decided to HIT THE CLOSETS. I only bought my wig at the last minute … Read more
We all wanted to have a group costume and we all wanted to be something girly. We also had no money to spend. We went through our closets and found nothing in common with each others. But we all had a leather jacket and then we knew. A biker gang!!! We had own accessories to … Read more
I came up with this costume for a high school play, but it can easily be used for Halloween! It’s so easy and gets a load of laughs! To make it I first went to the thrift store and bought a day dress. Pick the ugliest you can find. I also found a slip that … Read more
Just like every other Halloween, we weren’t sure what we were going to be. We wanted to do something out of the box since in Hawaii on Halloween everyone goes down to Waikiki and walks around to see all the crazy costumes. My fiancee got an idea and told me he wanted to be the … Read more
We are a NAVY family recently stationed in Misawa, Japan right before Halloween. When I made this “robbers and bank bag baby costume,” we had yet not recieved our household goods (3 months without our household goods). Japan also did not offer much in costumes and to order anything online and shipped to Japan takes … Read more
Hey There! My name is Crystal, mom of 2 super cool hip boys, Dustin and Jax Dustin was a Sons of Anarchy Member and I just came across your site! Super cool! Love it… anyhow, I wanted to submit it to you to share. So- we are huge fans of the show of course… our son is … Read more
Three days before Halloween I happened to mention a costume competition happening at work to my wife….$500 first prize. Now this really caught her attention because in this economy we, like so many other families, are starting to stress about Christmas coming fast. While brainstorming, within many other options I come up with Aunt Jemima. … Read more