Huge shout out to all the paramedics for the amazing work that you do! You are real life super heroes. My 2 year old son is your biggest fan and he NEEDED to dress up like you for his Halloween costume. We hope this brings you a smile! For as long as he can remember, … Read more
This is my twelve year-old girl dressed in her autumn yarn homemade lion costume. She wanted to be a cute lion instead of a realistic fur lion. Homemade Lion Costume Instructions I used tie died fleece for the head and body. I enlarged a vintage mask pattern for the head. She wanted a really BIG … Read more
This is my 10 year old dressed in an original homemade monster costume as BOB, The Big Orange Blah. Around Halloween time, when my daughter was three, she hid behind a door and waited. When I came into the room, she jumped out and yelled ìBig Orange Blah!î I laughed pretty hard. I thought it … Read more
We didn’t start off with the intention of making Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween costumes. Originally the plan was to make Star Wars AT-ST two legged robot costumes out of cardboard, but then one thing led to another and we decided to recreate the infamous Oogie Boogie and the Mayor from the Nightmare Before Christmas. In … Read more
I spent the past month and a half working on my son Logan’s transforming Optimus Prime costume design for Halloween. He loves Optimus Prime so Daddy decided to let him feel like he was actually Optimus Prime. Turns out there are costumes out there like this on the web, so I tried to be as … Read more
I made this grumpy cat costume out of foam, hot glue, fake faux fur, and buckram! I made the head, paws, tail, and feet, and the body was made by a friend. Grumpy Cat Costume Instructions I first sculpted the head on a balaclava bass out of foam and stuck it on with hot glue. … Read more
This Ezio Auditore costume was inspired by an Assasin from the mid 1400’s (during the Renaissance) who is featured in the video game Assassin’s Creed 2. The base outfit cost $95.00 but I spent another $170.00 on the accessories. Ezio Auditore Costume Pieces The base outfit includes pants, a white button shirt, a long grey … Read more
This is my T-Rex Costume made entirely of cardboard boxes, a whole lot of duct tape, and some green spray paint. I love dinosaurs and I love to make costumes from boxes, so this was a lot of fun, despite the amount of logistics that had to go into engineering the articulating legs. I was … Read more
Every year starting in September I’ll start asking my boys what they’d like to be for Halloween. The standard answer is usually something like Mario or a Ninja. But this year’s answer was the one I’d been waiting for…”Dad I want to be Springtrap”. Awesome let’s get to work! The costume was made using 1” … Read more
Stefany is wearing the costume. I saw a video of a kid stuck in a machine and thought hmm i can make one of those. This was 1 large box, paint, clear vinyl and lots of stuffed animals. I cut 3 sides out on the large box and taped the clear vinyl on the inside. … Read more
This was a fun costume to make! We weren’t sure if we could pull this off but it ended up coming together better than we had imagined. We took 2 boxes and painted them up and used LOTS of tape to hold the “hood” on so that it could flip back and forth. This was … Read more
Ahoy mateys!! Look at this magical discovery that pirate Blackbeard stumble upon on his last voyage! This beautiful mythical creature (also known as my 4 yr old daughter, Sophie) was 100% handmade and created out of her want to become mermaid. I thought the idea of just a mermaid was too plain and simple, so … Read more