For Halloween I couldn’t decide exactly what I wanted to be and what I could make on my own without a sewing machine and have it look sexy and cute. After thinking for a couple weeks and looking around for some ideas, I decided that I was going to make a sexy Poison Ivy costume. I went to Ben … Read more
I made this adult Batman costume for Halloween 2012. I picked Batman, let’s face it, what grown man does not want a bat suit, lol? It took 3 weeks to make the bottom, half are black jeans with pads I made from a old black jacket plus PVC for the boots from another old coat. The chest piece and shoulder armor are … Read more
I know I’m probably showing my age, but I have some pretty fond memories of Bad B-style superhero movies as a kid. (Ahh, the 80’s and early 90’s.) One of my favorite obscure superheros is Tank Girl, the foul-mouthed, smoking, drinking, mutant kangaroo-loving bad a**, who fights to save the environment/world agaisnt all types of … Read more
My husband loves superheroes! OK OK … so do I. So, for our first cosplay attempt at last year’s Comic Con, we decided on a super simple (and cheap!) Clark Kent in the middle of “becoming” Superman costume for him. (I was Tank Girl – you can check out my other submission for a how-to on my costume!) What … Read more
As a group we decided to make our own Teenage Mutant Nija Turtle costumes for Halloween 2012. Making the tops and buying the ribbon were easy. However creating our shells was more tricky. After many different ideas using such things as a baking tray we decided to use a nibble platter dish and glued it … Read more
Iron Toddler: My 3 year old son wanted to be Iron Man for Halloween and I didn’t really like any of the store bought costumes so I decided to build one from scratch. The project began as Pepakura files on the computer. After cutting out all the template pieces I traced them onto the 5mm thick craft … Read more
I made this Harley Quinn Costume because I love her as a character. I started with a plain black bustier and made fleece pointed cups decorated with diamonds. The shape of the cups was actually a happy accident. I put too much fleece on there planning to trim off the rest, but I loved the pointed shape … Read more
This Bat-Tastic family Halloween group costume was one of my favorites to make and wear out! It was a huge hit at my brothers’ Halloween party and didn’t make a dent in my bank account! Plus, it was awesome all three siblings were characters from Batman! The hunter green leotard was purchased at a dance store. Lucky for … Read more
My husband and I were hosting a masquerade party and needed to come up with a creative costume that still covered his face. I noticed we had a basic respirator mask, got a wild hair, and in the words of Bane, “let the games begin!” I started by simply drawing directly on the mask with … Read more
My boyfriend and I worked really hard on my costume this year. We are huge Walking Dead fans, so I just knew I had to be Michonne and come up with a cool way to make her Zombie Pets, and through some trial and error, we succeeded! We made the zombies out of Styrofoam shaping it to look like … Read more
Max is my 16 month old baby boy! We went to North Carolina to visit family. I wanted to make Max a super hero this Halloween but I really wanted it to be homemade Somi, decided to make him Clark Kent! I bought him some pants, a white button-up shirt, a super man undershirt and … Read more
How disappointed were you when your parents couldn’t find the perfect costume on Halloween? Especially if that costume came from your favorite video game and local super stores just didn’t carry anything as cool. Well, that’s where “SUPERDAD” comes to the rescue. This year my 13 year old has been glued to his TV playing an online arcade game … Read more