Every year I try to decide what to make for my Halloween costume, how to think outside the box instead of being the typical vampire, werewolf and all that. So far, I have done pretty well and everyone at school can’t wait to see what I will be each year. One year I made myself … Read more
As a rule of thumb I think Halloween costumes shouldn’t cost a lot of money especially since it is usually only worn for one day. My school of thought is that with limited resources in my case under $30 you are forced to be more creative and resourceful in finding and re-purposing house hold items … Read more
Hello everyone, we are Ralica Kovacheva and Yulian Georgiev. We are from Bulgaria. Halloween is a very special day for us – the day we spend together, sharing ideas, making costumes and writing this essay. We want to continue the tradition of Halloween and this year we chose to be the strange creatures from the … Read more
I found a few pictures online of the headless costume and wanted to do it. I had to figure out how cause I couldn’t find any clear instructions. I found a cheap trench coat at a thrift store and stuffed the top of the coat and the arms with plastic bags. I then used a … Read more
Being a family of 6 who has always loved Halloween we have had to become pretty creative in our ability to pull off the right look. The Gargoyle costume you see here starting with the feet was made with an old pair of boots and an old pair of werewolf gloves. I cut the rubber … Read more
The walking dead skeleton king, THE DEAD All hand painted makeup – no air brushing. The head piece/wig is teased and sprayed with spray glue and then covered in decoration spiderweb and then sprayed again with the spray glue to give the old and worn look with spiders hot glued to it. The robe/ cloak … Read more
This costume was so much fun to create. The weird looks, the awesome responses and the scared kids we epic. My son had fun spraying me with fake blood too. I ripped up and old pair of pants and old shirt. I bought a flannel at the thrift shop for $1 and ruined it. I … Read more
This is our seven year old son’s homemade ‘I-Scream Truck’ we made him this year. The way we built it, was just to cut out some cardboard boxes. We used four boxes to be exact, and we taped them together to build the truck body. The frame of the truck was a power wheels 6-volt … Read more
In August, I started looking into ideas for my Halloween costume. I came upon your site and I found my Halloween costume for this year. It was the walking cemetery that a man made. I am 5′ tall and 115 lbs. so I needed to make the costume fit and work for me. So off … Read more
I saw a picture floating around on Pinterest of a woman who had done a masquerade mask that looked like flesh, and when you move it from your face you are bloody flesh underneath. I fell in love with it and knew I HAD to do it this year. I made the mask from a … Read more
My boyfriend and I are big soccer/football fans and couldn’t believe this year when Uruguay’s Louis Suarez BIT Italy’s George Chiellini. It was a famous bite seen around the world and was turned into memes, YouTube videos and dubbed Suarez as a vampire! It wasn’t his first bite (and I am sure it won’t be … Read more
Classic zombies are always fun, right? You know not so gory, very little blood, not too scary, lots of ghoulish fun! A few weeks ago my darling Royce and I went to see the James Brown biopic – Get up on It! Of course he instantly started quoting and reciting verbatim lots James Brown shouts and lyrics. … Read more