Here’s the story behind our patriotic costume idea. With the recent passing of the 5th year anniversary of 9/11 we decided that our costume ideas for this year should be a “Tribute to America!” Having recently taken a road trip through some of the great national parks, we decided it would be fun to be … Read more
Here’s the story behind my Pee Wee Herman costume. Every year I try to out-do myself and this year I think I really did it! I decided to be Pee Wee Herman. I knew I had a lot of work to do but it could be done! My mom was always really into Halloween and … Read more
This Piggy Back illusion costume was very easy to make, cheap and looks great. My daughter always has these funny Halloween costume ideas. She put on a backpack stuffed with newspaper (for the hunchback). Then she put on a loose black dress. I stuffed the witch’s mask with newspaper, put a goggle eye and a … Read more
I searched the web for online Halloween costumes and came across this Poison Ivy costume. Working for Disney gave me access to several costume pieces that helped pull this together. The Little Mermaid Hair I used a “Little Mermaid” wig with fake ivy leaves that I bought in bunches, painted with gold paint and spray … Read more
I’m a huge fan of the video game Populous The Beginning. After completing the last level I watched the movie trailer and had an idea! I headed off for the drug store and found a dusty gold R2D2 mask sitting on the back of the shelf. It was perfect! Next I found three feather dusters, … Read more
The Predator costume idea was from the movie. I thought it would be a cool costume to make. I started by carving the head piece, body armor and weapons piece by piece out of water based clay. Once I had one of the pieces finished the next step is to spray the piece with crystal … Read more
My two children were dressed in Star wars Halloween costumes. My son was Darth Vader so as a last minute costume change we decided to make my 2 year old Princess Leia. I used a headband that I covered in brown felt and attached the buns with hot glue. The buns were 2 Crystal Light … Read more
Every year my son and I dress up for Halloween in complimenting costumes. This year he wanted to be Jango Fett from Star Wars. I went as Queen Amidala which completed our Star wars Halloween costumes. Years ago I found a dress at Goodwill that I thought I could someday use as a renaissance dress. … Read more
Trick or Treat! Supplies needed, plastic trick or treat bag, pillow case, paint, brushes, scissors, glue, needle, thread, felt, candy with wrappers and stapler. This costume was a last minute idea I had already started on another costume that didn’t work out so the night before I started searching for quick and easy costumes. I … Read more
Being on a limited budget, KMart provided the answers for this costume. We used their Halloween makeup for the face and bloodstains. He had very little hair, after getting a crew cut, so that worked well. It didn’t take long to put on the white makeup, kind of nasty doing it and it did rub … Read more
I was tired of seeing all the “sultry” costumes on females and was only interested in quick Halloween costumes this year. I walked around the house and looked for a non-sexy object. After looking around I was inspired, and a few old t-shirts, a quick run to the fabric store for some tulle and a … Read more
This R2D2 costume was so much fun to make. My oldest son was Darth Vader and my youngest son was Yoda, so keeping with the Star Wars theme I had to come up with a character for my middle son. I kept searching for something to catch my eye, but none of the store costumes … Read more