My nine year old daughter wanted to be a mermaid being carried by a pirate this year. She always loves the optical illusion costumes. She keeps her costume a secret until the day of Halloween and all of her classmates gather around to see what we came up with that year. We made the pirate … Read more
I’ve wanted to be a scary mermaid for years and finally made it happen. I made the scales out of many different shimmery fabrics hot glued to a long body-con skirt I gathered and sewed at the knees to give it the right shape, and the fin out of tulle and seaweed. I hot glued … Read more
This year, I was determined to actually put forth an effort on my Halloween Sharknado costume. Now, obviously, my costume was based on the terribly SciFi movies Sharknado and Sharknado 2. And surprisingly enough, the costume came out pretty much exactly like I had pictured it. Here’s what I used for the tornado: Metal Flower … Read more
This is a combo costume that I wore with my 7 month old daughter in a baby-bjorn. The concept was an octopus with flailing tentacles attacking a snorkeler. I was really excited to do a combo costume with my child from the moment I found out I was pregnant. I knew we would be able … Read more
My 4 year old son told me last Spring that he wanted to be a Sharknado for Halloween (after he saw Sharknado 2). I laughed it off, but as fall got closer, he wouldn’t let up and I knew I had to figure it out. I made one that fell apart in minutes at the … Read more
I wanted a costume that was original and funny this year, and I think this Sharknado Costume came out perfect. I started with the top of the tornado, using wire to create two different sized circles that connected. I used a frame for a wreath that I found at a craft store and manipulated. I … Read more
OKAY, so first off, I wanted to be little mermaid and my boyfriend Prince Eric, but with a horrifying twist! Price Eric has turned into a zombie and took a chunk out of little sweet Ariel’s neck. Our costume was a HIT at my party and I received so many compliments on each of our … Read more
For this Little Mermaid costume, I took apart a baby onsie to use as a pattern to make the top. I added the seashell bra and stuffed it a little then added iridescent material to make them shiny. I bought fabric for the tail and took a pair of leggings and crossed one leg over … Read more
I came up with this amazing Jellyfish costume idea by searching Google. Typed in “inexpensive, creative Halloween Costumes” and found a few photos of the jellyfish idea. I am an elementary grade level science teacher and began to research different species of jellyfish. I am currently teaching bioluminescent creatures, and decided to design the costume … Read more
I always joke about wanting to be a mermaid, so I knew exactly what my costume should be!! After all, that’s what Halloween is all about right? Being something or someone else for a day, if only a day? :) To create the mermaid costume I started by picking out an old hot pink bra … Read more
So this costume started off with my seven year old really wanting to be Anna or Elsa from Frozen. I told her that there would be a million and one of them and she needed to be something more original and maybe something scary. So I went looking around on this site and found a … Read more
Inspired by fellow jellyfish wannabies, this costume was a true labour of love, took about 24hrs to make and necessitated the purchase of my first sewing machine. Combine the largest wire hanging basket you can find, five metres of bubblewrap, five sets of battery operated LED fairy lights, a couple of metres of semi-opaque turquoise … Read more