My daughter wanted to be something scary this year, (she usually goes for cute) so I was thrilled to take on the challenge. I love doing optical illusion costumes. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do but when I spotted this dress for $12 in a thrift store, I knew I instantly knew what … Read more
When I decided that I wanted a shocking and disgusting Halloween costume, I ordered a latex mask from amazon. The first one ordered was sold out so I went with a back up one. I bought liquid latex, black and red makeup, black out eyes, spirit gum and remover. The gown and gloves I bought … Read more
I decided to look through pictures for make up ideas this year. White make up has always been a challenge for me. I found a similar picture and went with it. This is How the Creepy DIY Costume with Orange Hair and Wicked Face was built: I purchased contacts, a hat, gloves, and a lot … Read more
My wife is the most creative woman ever when it comes to saving money, and when it comes to her visibility on making something huge from something small. We’ve been married for 12 years, and we wanted to incorporate our marriage into the costume as well as do our costumes together. She started to think … Read more
This Tooth Fairy costume idea took me a whole year of planning. It really wasn’t difficult to bring to life after I got the idea in my head. It took about 4 hours to apply the special effects make up on my face. I made the teeth part beforehand out of Kleenex and Latex. The … Read more
Halloween is my favorite time of the year. I try to stay in the theme of Halloween and tend to go towards scary. This is year I came across Jeff The Killer. He’s a Internet urban story. You will come across different stories of how Jeff The Killer came into his own. I searched through … Read more
For 20 some odd years, both Kyle and I dreaded Halloween. As kids, we grew up with the standard drugstore costumes: a plastic face mask with a thin elastic strap that was sure to break 10 minutes after putting it on, eye-holes that restricted 70% of your vision, and a plastic suit with your favorite character … Read more
This year I was really excited to try my hands at creating a costume that was both interesting and fairly easy (and cheap!). The awesome thing about a skeleton face is that it is transformative. I put it with a cape and some pieces I had around the house (a corset, skirt, and leggings) to … Read more
Back in March I was prescribed a medicine that made my hair start to fall out. My hair is naturally long and thick, but it was coming out in such handfuls that I declared to my doctor, “I’m going to be bald by Halloween!” He is a very loving and humorous guy, so when he … Read more
My son and I had so much fun creating the headless look! First we went to our local thrift store and bought a long trench coat. We love hanging out in the thrift store. Never know what you will find! We then taped a box on top of a backpack. When we make costumes you … Read more
Well I have to say this was the most interesting costume I have made yet. It took me about two months from start to finish. I went to the good will and bought a wedding dress originally for my daughter five years previous and then bought a mannequin and made the bust out of paper … Read more
This is my husband Matt and I. This was the most fun costume to make and to wear, ever! I have been wanting to do this for a couple years now but always waited until the last minute and didn’t have time. I saw a regular Barbie in a box costume but I thought “this … Read more