Our friends were in town and we got invited to a last minute Halloween party, which meant last minute Halloween costumes. We thought, “why not a sleek skeleton gang dressed in black and white with painted faces?” The guys wore all black, two wore skeleton suspenders that we had from our day of the dead … Read more
San Antonio has broke the world record for the zombie walk and we were part of the fun. I wanted something unique but funny for this annual walk that has every kind of zombie imaginable. I knew women dressed as men is always hilarious and you never see wrestlers at halloween, even though they are … Read more
Here’s my headless horseman costume. It was on a cold, wet and rainy night in October, specifically Halloween eve when I took a black Outback western duster, and a black cape and decided to make my very own Headless Horseman costume. At first I was having trouble thinking of a way to create this costume, mainly the … Read more
I saw a picture of this online and knew I HAD to recreate it for Halloween this year. I’ve been playing around with special fx makeup for years now, having worked in several haunted houses when I was younger. This took about 3 hours to make, including making the flesh mask. I created this look … Read more
I know there are a lot of voodoo doll couple costumes out there, but I wanted to start with real burlap and make them from scratch. I bought a bolt of burlap and pre-washed it so it shrunk up and was a little softer to the touch. I made my own patterns and lined everything … Read more
I saw a really great makeup tutorial and thought that the makeup deserved an equally stunning costume. Now I discovered that my concept of a Hellfire demon or Lava Godess like Pele just did not exist even after hours of searching the internet for reference photos I found only one other costume like I was … Read more
For the last few years, I have made my own costumes. I like to bring an original twist on any basic theme, such as a mermaid. This year, I decided to be a witch doctor. I Googled a lot of witch doctor themes, and many times Diablo 3 kept coming up. I also looked for … Read more
I love Halloween. I live in a small town in the mountains and I have a reputation for my creations. There is nothing more exciting to me than creating the perfect costume! I love being able to become someone else or helping somebody else do the same. For years now I have been “building” costumes. By … Read more
I made this for my 7 year old son. It only took 30 minutes to make but was a smash hit wherever he went with this costume. Hoe I made: Roll news papers into a size of a head and wrap it with a plasic bag. Tape a stick pn the head-ball, cover with a … Read more
Our family loves Halloween – this passion is led by my husband Dan, who has always enjoyed thinking up ideas and making Halloween costumes. He is a firm believer of always making his costumes himself. Anyone who knows Dan, cannot wait to see what he thinks of each year. Since we’ve had children, he of … Read more
It started off me collecting boxes from the warehouse at my job. I got an idea of a doll box and went with it.I started making the coffin shaped box to make it creepy and saw that there is such a thing as the Living Dead Dolls and so I went with that idea I created … Read more
Hello I’m Sammy and I’m an amateur makeup artist. Professional Hollywood-Quality Makeup is my Dream, my Passion, and my Drive. Late last night, was driven to create, “Liar,” my custom costume and vision. When you see my costume it implies a back story of people, maybe an ex-girlfriend, getting tired of my character’s behavior and … Read more