I had been impressed with images of Disney Princesses on Deviant Art. Not sure if the artist. But I let it inspire my costume one year. I decided to do an evil Snow White. It was pretty simple. I bought a pattern and followed that. I did find a foam apple and took a “bite” … Read more
I’m a hard rock heavy metal music fan. I always loved Maria Brink from “In This Moment” and their Beautiful Tragedy Album Cover. When they first started out she wore baby doll dresses to all her live shows. So that was my inspiration. After it was done I was also told I looked like the … Read more
I was really trying to be the evil Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. But all the kids ended up thinking I was Elsa. They were all running up to me wanting pictures. I couldn’t move three steps. I probably took 30 pics with strangers that night. I was like wait Im evil! They didn’t care. … Read more
I was almost afraid that this would have surely been my last Halloween I celebrated with my son. Afterall, he was a teenager now and I wasn’t quite sure how his generation had interpreted the whole let’s dress up, go out, and get candy sorta thing. Ever since he was a little boy he had … Read more
I don’t know about you, but since the beginning of time I have loved playing the game “Guess Who”. I especially enjoyed when my opponent drew a girl as their character because that meant less for me to have to guess. Ha! The ratio of men to women in that game is just plain nuts. … Read more
My daughter, Logan, is wearing this Astrid costume from How to Train Your Dragon 2. It’s her favorite movie character. The Astrid costume is completely home made/fabricated and stylized pieces. She is even wearing a wig that was altered to match the right Astrid shade and braid style. She is a natural redhead, like me, … Read more
Here’s how our Ursula Sea Witch costume came to life. I try to make or customize my daughters costume each year, I love for her to feel special and stand out from the crowd. This year she asked to be Ursula, she loves villains. I found on this website my template and tweaked a few … Read more
This Yip Yip Martians couple costume was a big hit at our event. All hot glue, a couple yards of fleece, more recognizable in pairs the back is open easy in easy out. Took about 30 min. I didn’t measure anything I just eyeballed it.
Here’s the story of how our Sonic costume came to life… S So what do you want to make for your book week costume this year my boy? The new Sonic movie had just been released and as you could imagine my son was hooked. The little blue guy caught my sons’ heart and we … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted a Frappuccino Starbucks costume for Halloween, but had one stipulation – she wanted her arms to be free and nothing around her neck. Immediately I had a picture in my head of what I wanted it to look like, but no idea how to get there. I found several tutorials … Read more
I got the idea of Aladdin riding on a magic carpet illusion costume after watching a tik tok that my girlfriend showed me and thinking that I could do it better. I wrote down a plan of how I was going to do this. I have an electric longboard and I knew that would be … Read more
My daughter Jenny and I have created her Halloween costumes for the past 11 years. She has wanted to use stilts in her costume for several years. This year we were able to make that happen with The Jester costume. My daughter drew a sketch of the costume she wanted then I went to work … Read more