How I got the idea: Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I love scary movies (although I never get scared of them) and I love the concept of free candy, who doesn’t? Every year I am the only one who gets really excited about Halloween even though its months away. I usually start planning … Read more
I love vintage and saw this cool 50’s creepy ice cream man. I wanted to zombiefy him a bit so decided to go for blood and teeth. ‘ I chose light weight material and first hand threaded it through some non sticky bandage. I kept the shape of the teeth erratic and weird. I glued … Read more
This costume was all last minute! I rushed over to the second hand store and found and old baggy nightgown in the women’s department, then sprinted back home to start my masterpiece! First I changed the length! Then fixed the size and altered the bust! Added some elastic inside the waist line so it looked … Read more
Here’s the creepy headless girl costume I made for my nine year old daughter who wanted to be something different for Halloween. We searched around online to come up with ideas and started to notice that we liked the idea of a headless costume. There are a number of headless brides costumes online, but we … Read more
I hand-made the costumes for myself (Mermaid) and my Pirate husband, AARRHH! My costume was fairly simple. I used an old tank top and bought a green skirt from a thrift store. I took in the sides and added a tail with tulle. I created green hair extensions from individual store bought pieces. I added … Read more
We did this look for the Toronto Zombie Walk this year. It’s a masquerade look with half zombie, half skeleton makeup. :) Male: I used dollar store vampire teeth (cut the fangs off) to build a prosthetic mouth piece using toilet paper and liquid latex. Once dried, I added some smokers tooth makeup, plus brown … Read more
Hello Halloween friends! :) I absolutely love Halloween. Actually, I live for it! Your love for Halloween always comes through the amazing homemade costumes you make and wear. This year, I was a Voodoo doll. If you have extra time and patience, this costume is easy to make. I got really good feedback on this of … Read more
This zombie cheerleader costume was super easy to make. Most of the look was achieved with makeup. Putting the Look Together We found the cheerleader outfit at a local second hand store. We purchased the hair clips and pom poms at a Dollar Store. For the makeup I watched a youtube video on creating zombie … Read more
I’m going to start by telling you that this home made halloween costume was the cheapest one I have made yet and by far the scariest. I was searching everywhere for ideas but my main source was the magical “Google” haha. After I found the idea that I wanted I was eager to go one … Read more
This woodland witch costume came about because of the question: Why is a witch traditionally depicted with green skin? The answer was that she was becoming part of the forest. So from there I set out to create a character that looked like she had just uprooted from the woods and came out for Halloween. … Read more
This Little Dark Riding Hood costume idea began with a Gothic robe I bought in store. I had many other ideas for this costume like a Gothic witch, and vampire. When I saw the Little Red Riding Hood costume, I wanted to be it, but I didn’t have a red cape. Then I thought “what … Read more
Ada (8 yrs old) knew she wanted to be a vampire for Halloween since August. Levi (6 yrs old) on the other hand went from Bat Man, to Ninja, to Darth Vader until just before Halloween and finally decided to join the other dark side with Ada. Being that Levi’s birthday is Halloween Momma was … Read more