I have a twisted sense of humor and love all things horror. So, that brought me to my idea for the perfect mommy-daughter costume…a killer chef with her head on a platter dish! As the weeks to Halloween started dwindling down, and I was in the process of making our costumes, my 2 year old daughter, … Read more
I was pregnant last Halloween and still wanted to dress up, but I wanted to be creative about it and non-traditional. So, I made a simple pregnant zombie costume with a baby doll from a yard sale and an old shirt. The doll I used was the kind with plastic hands and feet that can … Read more
My husband always had me dress as something sexy, but sexy doesn’t win contests. This past year I decided to go with a zombie since The Walking Dead was so popular, but I wanted to be unique, I didn’t want anyone else to have anything even close to what I was going to wear. I … Read more
My daughter Madison wanted to enter a Halloween parade in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware. She decided on a headless bride and we Googled it up for Halloween with zombie painting. I found a 70’s style wedding dress ($20.00) and with newspaper (arms), Styrofoam (neck), wooden dowel (spine), Elmer’s glue (blood) and duct tape, we came up … Read more
Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your… ghost host. I just love that classic unmistakable phrase from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. My family just loves Disneyland and I LOVE the Haunted Mansion! I started in June 2013 to make my boys costume tribute to the spooktacular ride by transforming them into … Read more
I made this headless Mrs. Bloody Mary costume in an attempt to be ultra different and gory this year. I was tired of the usual vampires, witches or sexy Halloween costumes. I spent hours thinking of how I’d put it together, boy was it a surprise when all it took was 2 hours! Easiest costume that … Read more
I wanted a scary demon/zombie costume for my first year back from the army. I went to the Halloween store and tried on a $70 zombie costume. The costume ripped just from putting it on and the “scary” parts were cheap plastic. The material was a joke for something costing so much. So that day … Read more
I decided I wanted to be a zombie when I first started scrolling through Netflix then seeing one of the most popular shows out there; The Walking Dead. I started to watch one episode, then another, then another, I couldn’t stop. In about 2 weeks I watched all 3 seasons and now here I am … Read more
I have been making Halloween costumes for 45 years, since I started sewing at age 10. My costumes have always been very involved, but have been of the softer, gentler or superhero type. After my kids came along, they were Madison from Splash, Batman, the Joker, a Mutant Ninja Turtle, Roger and Jessic Rabbit, even … Read more
This Headless person holding his head was one of the easiest costumes I made, but not to comfortable to wear all night , at the Halloween costume party. I bought a a double extra large man’s dress shirt and cut out a diamond shape out of the front of it and glued shelving liner on to … Read more
A journey back in time to show, A young hard headed man just a year ago, Sitting on the floor anoyingly sighing, Saying, “What’s the point of even trying!” His friend was busy with a mask, To wear about at the Halloween bash, I groaned and asked, “What’s the point?” He scowled a face of … Read more
As I was looking around wondering what I could dress up my twins for Halloween, I came across a very cute picture which was my inspiration. I decided they would be mummies. I mean how hard could it be. I got onesie and started wrapping long pieces of material around it. Placing a stitch here … Read more