It all started 5 years ago when I heard on the radio there was free dance instruction for the Michael Jackson “Thriller” and they were participating in the Guinness Book of World Record for the most dancers doing the thriller dance simultaneously at the same time around the world. I wanted in and that is … Read more
I made my son’s costume last year out a white table cloth and brown hair color to make the bloody look on the table cloth….I wrapped the table cloth around the bed foam which I glued onto the crutches for the front legs and stilts for the back and black panty hose for ripped skin. … Read more
My 15 year old daughter created this mason jar optical illusion costume. We saw different variations last year on the internet and we thought “We can do this”, so she created this costume for her 7 year old brother Mason. We used an old lab coat, cereal boxes, plastic bags and a backpack to raise … Read more
This headless Marie Antionette costume was so much fun. I started with a dress that was cheap and looked like something she would wear. Then I cut a hole through it right in the bodice area. I added material for length. I glued the little dress to a plastic mannequin form and then stuffed the … Read more
Where do I start? My mother once told me, “If you look in the mirror at night, the devil will come out of it in the form of you.” She told me that when I was 5. ;) So, here we are over 20 years later and I created what I use to dream up in … Read more
This year I wanted something scary for our family matching costume idea. One night I was watching the new season of the walking dead with my family, when all of a sudden our two year old daughter kept asking questions on what exactly the dead people were. After we explained it one time to her, … Read more
Preparing for a local “zombie” 5k with my 11 yr old daughter was so much fun!!! She is such a crazy kid, but look out for her. She is going to be the next big special effects make-up artist in 8-10 years!! How we made ourselves look disgusting: 1st Bed head-no brushing or styling. How … Read more
Every year, people I work with eagerly await my Halloween costume, or should I say creation. I do not like buying my costume, and take a lot of pride in creating as much as I can from scratch. My 2013 costume idea arose from an innocent comment made by one of my friends. I am … Read more
In order to keep with the frightful spirit of Halloween, I decided that the perfect costume would be one that really represents the theme. I knew exactly which feeling I wanted to elicit from people- and that was shock! So instead of going the other way and wearing a sexy costume that would shock most … Read more
This year I decided to got to a zombie walk as a zombie soldier The makeup was a fairly simple application, I only painted on liquid latex and then added damaging effects to it with a wooden makeup tool. Painting was the hardest part I was going for a classical Italian style zombie, with more … Read more
My 7 year old niece came to me telling me she wanted to be Bloody Mary for Halloween. I’m the Halloween fanatic in the family, so costumes are often left up to me, as I simply loathe store bought costumes. When coming up with ideas, I quickly realized the Bloody Mary is more of a … Read more
In 1998 we started having Halloween parties for our kids and over the years I had constructed a customized Grim Reaper costume that lasted over 15 years. Even took 2nd place at a major Halloween party in Salem Massachusetts. I’ve always wanted to improve on my Reaper but it was never worth it until I … Read more