Each year a group of eight of us have to come up with a unique costume idea for an event we have called the “Beaver Convention”. I won’t get into the convention itself, but the idea we chose this time was “Beaver Herders”, a male celebrity escort service. We had the likes of Hugh Hefner, … Read more
Love the rock band KISS, wanted our costumes this year to be over the top and I think we did it. It took a lot of time and effort by definitely worth it. We all worked as a team on this Homemade Kiss Group Halloween Costume, each had a different task. The most challenging was … Read more
Just before I left school, my year group were allowed to dress up in fancy dress for the day and get out of lessons for a “celebration” day that the school holds every year. For my costume I went as Slash and my friend went as Axl from Guns ‘n Roses. My Homemade Slash Costume … Read more
Thanks to my dad, I have loved the Beatles ever since I can remember, but it was in middle school when my best friend, Hannah, and I were in full swing Beatlesmania! The only problem was this was in 1995, a mere twenty five years after the band stopped recording and fifteen years since all … Read more
I have been a fan of Daft Punk for quite awhile and loved how awesome it would be to have their helmets. Once I found out that each helmet would be worth $65,000 a piece not to mention acquiring the license to wear them – I set out to make my own for the very … Read more
Kiss fans unite! We used Silver and black duct tape and a whole lot of cardboard to make these Duct Tape Kiss Costumes. Black spray paint and glue. We even did platform boots, we cut off the foam heels of platform sandals and added them to pairs of boots. In order to create Ace’s outfote … Read more
I have never actually bought a Halloween Costume. Growing up my parents believed Halloween was a chance to show your creativity. This year we decided to go as Kiss. Just facepaint, and some rock and roll clothing, and you have the Homemade Female Kiss Costume!
Here is a pic of my Gene Simmons of KISS Costume, from about the ’83-ish, Eric Carr – Creatures of the Night era, roughly. My arms and shoulders here are actual pounded and shaped 14-ga steel, not plastic or something else. I also made a Peter Criss from about the Destroyer era. Ironically, I was … Read more
I got this homemade Kiss family Halloween costume idea from this website and talked my four kids into being Kiss for Halloween. I started by purchasing a plain black shirt and leggings for each kid at Target. Then I went to JoAnne Fabric and purchased 2 yards of silver shimmery fabric. I used all two … Read more
I had a fancy dress work night out coming up, and I wanted to go all out and come up with something they wouldn’t forget. the LMFAO song “everyday I’m sufflin” had just been released and I loved the Leo print costume Red Foo was wearing, so I asked my mate Linzi if she would … Read more
This Love Gun from KISS costume is actually a couple of years old. It started very basic and as time went on became more and more authentic. The main costume is made of fake leather with real studs and chains. The wings also are made from fake leather and studs. The tights were sewn by … Read more
This Homemade Gene Simmons Dynasty Unmasked Costume I constructed just in time for Halloween ’09. It’s basically made up of materials I found at Canadian Tire, Reno Depot and Village des Valeurs. The boots were made from an old pair of 3.5 inch platform boots to which I added an extra 4 inches using cork … Read more