This year I let my husband chose our costume theme and he choose skeletons. I thought ok, easy enough. But was it too easy? I thought the sugar skull theme was done last year and I wanted to stand out. So my original idea was “Santa Muerte” Saint of the Dead. Sounds pretty scary, right? … Read more
I wanted a witch costume that was only black and white, and since I couldn’t find one, I decided to make it. The major issues were: I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on it, and I can’t sew. So it would have to be created where ever possible from recycled items, hot … Read more
My daughter decided that she wanted to do a ‘spooky’ costume this year. We don’t generally do scary costumes, so we made a compromise on this one. First, we bought a white T-shirt, a long white dress, white lace curtains, a white sheet, and house slippers that we bleached white. All of these items were … Read more
My costume was inspired by a submission I saw on this website. I used black elastic and tied black and yellow strips of tulle to create the skirt. I used black and yellow t-shirts and shredded the black shirt to create a striped bee/ragged zombie look. The striped tights, wings, and antennae were store bought. … Read more
Every year our friends host a Halloween Party and award a prize for the best costume, year after year my wife and I aim to … chew up our competition, tear them apart if you will. This particular Halloween was no different, the reactions were terror and amazement, the steps to create our costumes were … Read more
I’ve always loved dressing up, and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. But after I had children, more of my energy went into their costumes than mine. For a few years, I didn’t even dress up at all. Last year, I decided to put more of an effort into my own costume and bought … Read more
these headless costumes are always sure to please the crowd, whether it’s a headless Zombie or a headless Celebrity or even as headlessly married. I first designed one of these just the zombie around 2008 I had even made a rolling coffin from a wheel chair to go with, so that could stand inside and … Read more
I wanted to make a wonderful themed group costume for me, my younger brother, Aidan (6) and my sister Justine (9). I knew it had to something special and memorable. We settled on Marie Antoinette, her executioner and Louis XVI. They were really excited to help me work on it. My brother’s executioner costume was … Read more
We both put these day of the dead outfits together for the Hard Day of the Dead festival. We decided to be a dead bride and groom, wearing matching colors (red and black). I also put an A initial (for Alain) over my heart and he put a D initial (for Debbie) on his hat. … Read more
My husband and I host a Halloween party every year with a couple of our good friends. We have been many characters/costumes over the years and the only rule we have is… we can’t be something we have already been. Over the time we have been dressing up, we have made a contest with ourselves … Read more
My daughter and I made this headless bride custome for a halloween custome parade and for trick or treating. I found a vintage 1970’s bridal gown and made a simple slit in the middle. We found that a horizontal slit worked best. I had her use a old back pack and attached lightweight wooden dowls to … Read more
I found the idea for this costume on-line and adapted to my small size. I already had the mask from a previous year. I took a child’s backpack and put solid foam shaped in a “T” in it for the shoulders. For the neck Itried to use an actual chicken neck, but it was proportionately too small. … Read more