My son, who was 2, almost 3 at the time, wanted to be a Rescue Hero for Halloween. The most popular Rescue Hero is Billy Blazes so that’s what we went for. I found an adorable fireman raincoat online. It was red, which was important and a bit hard to find since most of the … Read more
My four-year-old son LOVES Robin Hood so I decided to make him a costume as there were none available to purchase (and the only options all looked like Peter Pan!). This is a MINIMAL/no sew costume!! Although I did buy the hat, I made the rest in a snap (and I don’t sew – I … Read more
This Rocky Horror costume is Magenta and Riff Raff from Rocky Horror Picture Show. We used an old tailed tux jacket for Riff Raff. My husband has thick black hair but we used a latex rubber bald cap kit from a costume store and glued that sucker down with special latex adhesive. Then applied make-up … Read more
My daughter wanted a Gone with the Wind birthday party! I bought red velvet material, red feather material, red sequins, red beads and some fake jewels as well as red gauze-like material that had some sparkles for the wrap I used a doll’s dress as a pattern and measures my daughter to fit. I sewed … Read more
I started this costume with an old pair of jeans and flannel shirt. I purchased long brown hair at a costume store. I cut slits in the clothes, taped the hair inside of the clothes and pushed it through the slits. It’s a great effect and looks very realistic. I purchased a Wolfman face kit … Read more
I’m really into scary costumes and this is the story behind my Demon costume. My name is Daniel. I’m a college art student in Southern California. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love creating awesome scary costumes to scare as many people as possible (it always works). This year I challenged myself to create … Read more
These simple Halloween costumes are something that I (Mom) decided to do. I wanted us to be different, have a message and include everyone in our newly shifted family. Since we adopted our new puppy in September from a humane society we wanted others to see how important it is to drive safely and consider … Read more
This skeleton costume was from a pattern from Simplicity. There were 4 different costumes in the pattern and I liked the skeleton the best. I bought the black and white fabric on sale for about $1 per yard. I bought the gloves on a $1.00 table. They were a little big, but they glow in … Read more
Originally was going to do Thundercats but kept seeing the skull mask in different stores. Going off the theme of a childhood cartoon I chose Skeletor and Evil Lynn, a masters of the universe costume. The mask is the only item bought and worn as is. It was the foam kind that glued down to … Read more
We bought most of the clothes for our Smurf costume at the thrift store. Most expensive item was the blonde wig, and the best part was that my husband already had the beard! Blue face paint was pretty easy to wash off. We bought kids blue knit gloves for our hands. We attended two different … Read more
I always wanted to be Snow White for Halloween. I could not find a worthy Snow White costume to purchase. I have been sewing since I was seven and figured I could make my own costume. I spent one year planning the costume and buying the materials. Since an adult size Snow White pattern is … Read more
My 11 year old son Cole loves the latest rap star Soulja Boy so he asked for a Soulja Boy costume. I bought a white extra large jacket from a sports shop and painted Soulja Boy’s jacket artwork myself that I saw online. He also wears writing on his sunglass lenses so I copied that … Read more