My 2010 costume is a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I knew from the start I would need more height because I am only 5’7″ so I purchased some sports stilts. From there, I used pipe insulation (similar to pool noodles) to build the basic structure of the arms and legs. The arms and legs were … Read more
The round heads started as a very round balloon, were paper mached and then covered in felt. Lock and Shock are simply taped cardboard with nose and ears masking taped on and then covered in felt. The round heads are particularly hard to cover in felt so I pinned down the felt before I hot … Read more
I always loved that movie “A Christmas Story”. The scene that everyone remembers is when Flick got his tongue stuck to the pole in the school yard. I decided to go as a Homemade Christmas Story’s Toungue Stuck to Pole Costume. I made a pole out of PVC pipe but needed to stabilize it so … Read more
The hardest part of this cute Homemade Cindy Lou Who Halloween Costume is finding all the pieces to make it as authentic as possible and still remaining within budget. If you start early enough most items can be found at a second hand store or borrowed from friends/family. The key pieces are the plaid dress … Read more
I dressed up as “Buddy the Elf” from the Will Ferrell movie, “Elf”. I used a shirt that says “Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins”, one of Buddy’s favorite things to say in the movie and a hat that I made from scratch that is identical to the one from the movie (Son of a Nutcracker!!). Instead … Read more
The setting could not have been more appropriate the first time I saw Nightmare Before Christmas. At seventeen-years-old, I remember stepping out of the last showing of the theater that foggy autumn night of 93′. My family had yet to arrive to pick me up and as I sat down on the curb to wait … Read more
Jack and Sally from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas! When I decided to make these Homemade Jack Skellington and Sally Halloween Costumes I wanted to make sure they were authentic and as close to the characters as possible, right down to the very last detail. Everything you see was hand-made all except for Jack’s mask … Read more
Jack’s head was created by using a plastic bounce ball covered in paper mache, then when it was dry I popped the ball and pulled it out. His bow tie was made with wire to make the long wings; which I covered in fabric. The Styrofoam was molded into a bats head. I also used … Read more
Hi! I’ve always found the movie, Nightmare Before Christmas to be a Fascination! I’m not sure what it is about it, but it’s mesmerizing. So, I decided this year to create my own Sally Stitches Costume. I’ve tried to make it as close to authentic as possible. It’s a LOT of work, but the end … Read more
A Christmas Story is one of our favorite movies! These homemade Christmas story costumes were a definite crowd pleaser. The leg lamp costume was a little difficult to make. We cut out a pattern using newspaper to make the panels for the shade. You can make the shade as long as you want. We went … Read more
The head piece was a cat hood that I cut the ears off and sewed together. The glove covers came with the cat outfit. The suit was fabric that I found on sale at our local “mart” for $1.50 a yard (bought all they had). The body suit is the color you see, the head … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Cindy Lou. So off I went shopping. First I went to Value World (like Salvation Army). I was really lucky to find a black checkered dress. I bought an oversized red velvet robe at Value World. I cut it to the size of a cape. Then I went to the … Read more