I put my three favorite things together horror, humor, and music. After going to a few thrift stores I found a blue dress to fit me. All the sexy blues dresses I tried on would not fit. I needed a bra large enough to fit two computer amplified computer speakers under the dress which I … Read more
Coming up with a theme for my three kids is always the best part of Halloween. I can never get my oldest to go along with any of my ideas so I am usually stuck coming up with a theme that works for a little boy and a little girl. This beautiful homemade Cleopatra and … Read more
This particular headless Bride halloween costume was inspired by an old wedding dress found in a vacated rental property. I borrowed a backpack and some tent poles from my nephew. Next, I stuffed an old t-shirt with plastic grocery bags. You could use any kind of stuffing, these were handy and lightweight. Then I slid the t-shirt over … Read more
My son was 14 months old during this time and this was his first real Halloween. I wanted to turn him into something scary and cute at the same time without spending a lot of money because I knew he would only get to wear the costume once. It does not make sense to me … Read more
When my kids were little I loved dressing them up for Halloween and taking them to the mall for contest. Here Kaylee is 6 years old and I made her a “REAL GHOST”. I love to work with makeup so I covered her face with a white/gray theater makeup and spitit glued bugs on her … Read more
We have a Halloween party every year at my local pub. I love creating costumes. I got the idea from this site and thought about it , so i went ahead and did it. It took me an afternoon to gather and beg for the things. The hand was from one of the pound shops. All … Read more
We ended up doing a last-minute wedding Zombies Halloween couple costume. It was about 15 bucks for everything. We went to the bar that night for about 2/3 hours with my parents and they were doing a contest. It was in the middle of “hick vill”. The owners stand up and say were gonna name … Read more
We attended an 80’s prom themed Halloween party, located at an old school house. We created our own prom Zombies couple Halloween costumes, all for around $30. That’s including a Goodwill shopping trip and makeup. For the open wound look, we used one ply toilet paper, and liquid latex, and of coarse makeup. We rolled … Read more
I wanted to be a mummy, fresh from the sarcophagus, so I went to the local thrift store and I got some old white sheets, khaki pants, and cream colored turtle neck shirts. I tied some knots in the sheets and soaked them in the tub with a huge box of black tea for a … Read more
My husband and I live in Los Angeles and own a online rock and roll clothing store and we put on a killer costume bash every year. We have been known to always wear black and be some kinda of vampires or anything dark. This year we decided to shock everyone and go GHOSTLY white. … Read more
My name is Melissa and my daughter Olivia is 10yrs old. I have been making home made costumes for 3 yrs and it is very rewarding not just the prizes but just to see the look on peoples faces. It is priceless! I started with a backpack, just an old backpack and unzipped it. Stuck … Read more
For the groom costume, my husband had an old white shirt that he did not mind getting messed up so we used that, he also had an old tie that he as well did not mind using. For his jacket and pants we went to a Goodwill and bought those which were about $10 all … Read more