Everything in this Day of the Dead outfit was thrifted. The hat was made by glueing day of the dead skulls, bones, and painting the hat black. His face was painted with face paint with a detailed day of the dead sugar skull inspiration design.
This costume comes complete with the iconic coconuts accompanying Patsy and his friend, King Arthur as he trick-or-treated in his search for the Holy Halloween candy-going from castle to castle. His pack holds candy for stylish collecting and the details are spot on. Even the Rabbit of Caerbannog travels with him in case anyone tries … Read more
We’re brothers and we went as the sun and the moon this year! We always try to go above and beyond on Halloween and this year was no exception! This was definitely our most ambitious costume to date as these took over a month to construct. The sun and moon heads are made from cardboard … Read more
The costume design was inspired from the Transformers character Unicron, his Prime Cartoon incarnation in particular. With the extensive details, my father and I had to take a layered approach. For a base to wear, I wanted something that could flow well with armor, while still effectively conveying the dark energy the character embodies. We … Read more
You’d better buckle up your seat belts because this saga actually began 3 years ago as a COVID project. I possess a 7ft Red-tailed Boa named Alala (Greek personification of the female war cry) that was an inspiration for this costume. I was in the garment district in downtown Los Angeles for the first time … Read more
We took a family trip to Paris at the end of September and spent a memorable day taking the train to Giverny and renting bicycles to visit Monet’s home and gardens. The property is visually stunning – a riot of color around every corner, flowers in bloom, artwork on every wall; it is easy to … Read more
I’ve always loved the illusion costumes, but I wanted to try something a little different than the Port-a-Potty costume or the Monster Carrying a Body in a Bucket; I decided to do a woman sawed-in-half illusion costume instead. I already had an XXXL Ringmaster costume for previous years, so I figured I could repurpose that. … Read more
I started this cardboard robot costume with my son’s wish to be a robot, with a H&M box, masking tape and his Robot drawings. I cut out front and back panels and using my 8 year old size as the guidelines for sizes and measurements. Then, I taped the insides with masking tape until I … Read more
The last costume I made was over 20yrs. My 3yr old niece wanted to be “Bad-girl Ursula. I had no clue until she showed me pictures, it took me 2mos. to come up with a design and make the octopus legs look real. I got bumpy material cut it in octopus shape, sew opposite sides … Read more
I ordered an umbrella hat and glued cotton balls to it then I spray painted gray/ black to make it look like storm clouds. I added “blinking tea lights” and put them under the cotton so it looked like lightening flickering. I added paper lightening bolts hanging down and then hung stuffed tiny cats and … Read more
One year I went to Home Depot in Santa Ana, Ca and I was looking for items to create my son’s halloween costume. I went to a Home Depot employee to ask where I could get these cardboard inserts that came in boxes of tile. So she took me to where they sell the tiles … Read more
My son’s birthday is on Halloween, therefore he is very passionate about that holiday. He loves ocean creature and his favorite is Johnson’s angler fish, so that is what he wanted to be on Halloween. I am not a very creative person, but figured I will take on the challenge and create it for him. … Read more