Oh man! After long hours of trying to decide what were my husband and i going to dress up, we agreed on superman and wonder woman we were all happy and order our costumes online, but when I got mine; OH Surprise! It didnt fit…. I needed about 3 sizes more of cleavege for it … Read more
For my Joker costume, all I wanted was accurate, without destroying my bank account. So I found a place right in the middle. Nearly every piece was picked up at thrift stores, and it cost me very little in total. So here goes: Trench Coat: $12 I looked at many costume trench coats and they … Read more
We are big Marvel fans in my house. We have done numerous costumes with the Marvel characters. This year my 10 yr old wanted to be Dare Devil (the blind super hero). I decided to get a red morph suit and adapt it. I found a men’s size medium for $20 at walmart. I first … Read more
I really enjoy making my own Halloween costumes, especially costumes that take you brain a second to figure out. I didnt have any specific idea this year so I randomly chose to make a chimp strapped to a rocket. I didnt think I could pull it off so it was fun building something I had … Read more
My boys and I love Halloween! We usually have our costumes figured out by May :-) But this year my 7 yr old just couldn’t decided what he wanted to be. His 3 brothers had all decided on costumes that would take some work on my part. So I have to admit I was not … Read more
Big T-shirts from Goodwill ($.60 each) sewn to fit each kid and cut to mid back with velcro to close top and mid slit Brown Jersey fabric from Walmart ($1.00/ yard) sewn in a shell shape and sharpie for shell lines Weapons from Goodwill and Dollar Store ($2.00) Felt, elastic and colored fabric for masks … Read more
In March this year, the company I work for celebrated their 20th year anniversary with a movie theme. Decorating the site as well as it’s people. It was our job to come to work as a character from a movie, and as I had bright red hair at the time, the iconic Poison Ivy was … Read more
My Poison Ivy costume cost me £0 to make! It’s made up of a nude vest top and a part of tights! I wasn’t keen on many Poison Ivy costumes I had seen, also most of them were leotards and I felt they looked to revealing! So, I had an idea to make something similar to … Read more
I just bought a body suit from Walmart and then I sewed a strapless bra into the suit. I cut the straps off the body suit also. I originally thought this was going to be pretty simple to create by just hot gluing the poison ivy leaves that I bought from AC Moore onto the body … Read more
My husband and I attended a Superheroes vs. Villians Halloween Party. We dressed as Catwoman and the Riddler. We had a great time making our own costumes as opposed to buying the run of the mill regular costumes. Couldn’t talk my husband into wearing his mask, but everyone still knew who he was. Description of … Read more
This Poison Ivy Costume was definitely the most difficult but one of my all-time favorite costumes ever. I was laying in bed watching makeup tutorials and eventually came across Halloween makeup in which at one point Poison Ivy came on. I thought the process wasn’t too difficult so there blossomed my costume idea for Poison Ivy. … Read more
While watching Iron Man 2 with my wife a few months back. I started thinking how cool it would be to have the Iron Man armor for myself. I mentally slapped myself back to reality not by realizing the suit is scientifically impossible but by thinking “I’m not a Billionaire so it will never happen”. … Read more