Ariel from The Little Mermaid Cosplay There’s a video at the bottom of the post if you guys are interested to know a little bit more about my Ariel cosplay. I’ve always wanted to be Ariel ever since I could remember and finally my dream had came true. I believe this outfit took about a … Read more
At JAFAX’s anime convention, I had a large audience and lots of applause, usually people circled around me with their cameras to take some more photos. I made this Lugia Pokemon Kigurumi costume from fleece, thread, printable fabric for the eye, foam, interfacing, a zipper, gloves, campfire sticks, duct tape and plastic curtain parts. I … Read more
I’ve always been a huge fan of technology! I’ve always been good with wires (I have thousands of random wires I’ve collected throughout the years). My other talents consists of soldering, modifying components, computers, and game systems, operating systems etc. Star Trek The Next Generation movie series had a race of cybernetic organisms call Borg. … Read more
Man I thought this Zombie The Strong Man illusion costume was gonna be easy to build but once I got started I kept hitting roadblocks. Not having an engineering degree I somehow got it done!! Talk about being the hit of a Halloween Party, I felt like a Rock Star posing for probably a 100 + photos. … Read more
This is a terrifying four-legged Stilt Spirit costume. I was lucky enough to go with 3 friends of mine to Dragon Con 2012 and not even before I returned home from my 5 day adventure I wanted to start building costumes. I am not a small person by any means so I knew there were more … Read more
“Okay, you primitive screw-heads, listen up!” This year I went as ASH WILLIAMS. The hero from The Evil Dead series starring: Bruce Campbell. Lucky this costume is pretty simple. It consists of: 1 Blue Collared Shirt. 1 Brown Pair of Pants. 1 Pair of work boots. A leather harness. A Holster. A Toy Shotgun. A Toy Chainsaw. Fake … Read more
7 year old son: “Dad, I want to be a bumblebee for Halloween.” Dad: “Really, you mean one with black and yellow stripes and cute little wings. Kind of baby-ish don’t you think?” Son: “No Dad, Bumblebee! From Transformers.” Dad: “Oh, of course. That’s better. That will be cool, we can make it look like … Read more
America’s Best Dance Crew champions… the Jabbawockeez! Guaranteed to make you look and feel like a professional dance crew, no promises on the dancing itself though . Simple simple simple to create! The most important part is to make sure your whole group has the same look! Honestly you could probably wear something else like hoodies … Read more
I had a hard time picking a costume this year, but once I settled on Cap’n Crunch, I knew I had my work cut out for me. It took about a week to finish, but it was definitely worth it. Here’s everything I used for this costume: 1 blue fleece blazer, women’s size 12 1 … Read more
Drink Up Me Hearties YO-HO! This Captain Jack Sparrow costume was one of my best costumes I have ever made, and the best part was everything (except for three items) was acquired from Goodwill. That’s right, all the pieces you see here I got from Goodwill, and that means that it all comes down to how you … Read more
In mid September I was in the van with the kids and brought up the fact that we need to do another family costume. In 2009 we did the Incredibles and 2010 we did Tetris. Several ideas came about, but we finally agreed on a Pacman family Halloween costume. We discussed ideas and began searching Google … Read more
This 7.5 ft Tall Buzz Lightyear Halloween costume took many hours to make but with determination it is quite feasible. Materials you will need include: papier-mache, EVA foam (home depot), pleather white fabric and vinyl green (both at JoAnns fabric), platform shoes, a chest protector such as motocross or lacrosse, and lots of duct tape (purple, … Read more