My Oscar the Grouch Halloween costume in 2020 (worn by me) was inspired by piles of trash on my street. I’ve always created my costumes with some found objects and recyclable materials, but never have I given myself the limit of using only discarded trash as my material. What better costume to do that than … Read more
Here’s how our Tinkerbell Steampunk costume came to life. Every year towards the end of August I ask my three daughters what they would like to dress up as. Then we spend much of the month of September planning and creating. This year my thirteen year old had trouble deciding on her costume. She knew … Read more
This was my son’s Bumblebee Transformer costume last year. I told you our story in our other costume submission. This was our Transformer Bumblebee costume. And it really was a lot of fun to make it. We used cardboard, a glue gun, and different colored duct tape, I used Tupperware containers with finger lights for … Read more
My daughter loves mythical creatures. She sketches many different kinds of magical animals. This year she is a lightning creature with wings. I used a silver holographic spandex with a black lightning pattern. I made her outfit with bell bottom legs fringed with fur. She is wearing some very tall boots. The fur around her wrists … Read more
Here’s the coolest every cat costume featuring Louie, my 5 year old rescue cat. Louie loves to go outside on his leash and go on adventures with me. He also loves to be pulled around the yard in his wagon while he looks around at all the birds. He doesn’t like things on his head … Read more
This Carrie White costume took some tugging, plugging, gluing, and finger pricking, but I did it! With a thread and needle I sewed silky, red fabric layers to create the look of blood and glued them to a painted gray bucket. I had to wire the bucket with very heavy wiring because the fabric weighed … Read more
My son is 7 years old and like most boys his age he loves Legos, especially Ninjago. He asked for the green Lego Ninjago costume around August. I had no idea how I would make it since I have never made a costume before but I didn’t have the heart to say no. I started in … Read more
People are bored of me wearing this same costume every year, but I can’t help it, I just love it! It started in 2005, I was gonna dress up as “The Crow” but a friend of mine suggested me to do it as Edward Sscissorshands and he gave me some ideas. Unfortunately I don’t have the first … Read more
The Concept: Females are complex creatures, our varying emotions are deep and honest, and we act from our hearts. We protect who we love with out regret, and you can never love anyone if you do not love yourself. No matter how sweet of a soul you are, if you are a lady, you have … Read more
A couple of years ago my sons and I discovered the 2005 version of Doctor Who. In August my youngest son, Alec, found an online video of a guy making a Dalek and he asked me if we could make one for the Cub Scout costume contest (after all, it was his last year as … Read more
This is a Killer Croc costume I made. My son and I had a conversation back in February ’12 about what costumes we’d like to do for this Halloween. I know.. we plan ahead. He decided that Killer Croc would be the most challenging costume so that’s the one I should do. Also, you really … Read more
Matryoshka/Russian Nesting/Babushka Dolls Total cost: $200 ($40 per person) Materials: Foam, red and yellow fabric, red and yellow rose buttons, elastic, acrylic paint. You will need a sewing machine and thread. Total time: 3 days (based on one person crafting) Inspiration and steps in detail (trust me, it looks harder than it is!): The inspiration … Read more