This Ninja Turtle DIY group Halloween costume idea was so much fun for Halloween this year. I guess I’ll start with the most important piece of any Ninja Turtle costume…the Shell- #1: We used disposable foil turkey roasting pans which we bought at Walmart for under $3.00 each. We shaped the pans with our hands … Read more
My youngest guy wanted to be Spiderman so his brother asked me to make him Homemade Doc Ock Costume for Halloween. I found an old trench coat at Salvation Army and put slits in the back to accommodate the arms. The arms are dryer tubes that I attached to an old backpack, one of the … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester (UK) and on nights out there is usually a theme at our student union. One week the theme was 90’s and so we all discussed things we loved when we were little that would be great to go as (we always make a big effort … Read more
I get a phone call from an old friend and he says we need a Mystique costume in under 5 hours and we have latex paint and some clay. I replied “bring her over and we will give it a shot. Having never worked with latex I was excited at the opportunity. It also helped … Read more
I died my hair from platinum blonde to my natural auburn hair color for my mother’s 50th birthday. I decided to do a costume with red hair this year. After going thru so many ideas I decided to try to make the homemade Mystique costume. I used a liquid shiny blue and made a unitard … Read more
The Homemade Gambit from the X Men Costume was pretty simple. I spray painted a car mat and cut it to size for my shin guards and black under amour pants. A tight pink shirt with drawn on muscles. I got the trench coat from Goodwill for $10. A metal pole for my bow staff … Read more
I wore my homemade Wonder Woman costume during a super heroes parade for a Bachelorette party and then for a Carnival (the theme was television). I always loved the character of Wonder Woman, I used to read the comic book and watch the series and Justice league. I chose to come back at the origins … Read more
This past Halloween my brother (Tygra), cousin (Panthro), and I (Lion-O) wanted to be something from our childhood. It didn’t take long to come up with the idea of a Thundercats Group Costume. In fact, we decided to do Thundercats on the way home from the bar the year before on Halloween. It was then … Read more
At 2 years old my son would not wear any type of hat, so a lot of Halloween costumes were out of the question. We sprayed his hair black, painted his face green with a few scars. We bought sweatpants that were too small and cut off the elastic bottom and then cut slits up … Read more
“Blade: The Series” was a program on “Spike TV” during the summer of 2006. It was based on the successful “Blade” movies produced by Marvel Comics that starred Wesley Snipes. The TV version of our hero featured a bald-headed “Blade”. Compared to the movie version, TV “Blade’s” costume was spectacular! As soon as I saw … Read more
Michelle Pfeiffer may have had more fun playing Catwoman in the 1992 productions of Batman Returns. But, I made Catwoman a piece of ART! I spent 2 days of with lots of spandex and white twine to pull this off. I used thin cardboard to make the structure for the mask. This is one solid … Read more
This Dark Knight Joker Costume was done both by my boyfriend and me. I took care of his hair and make-up and helped put the costume together. It was actually done for a movie character theme party we threw at our apartment, and it was a huge hit. He already owned the grey dress shirt … Read more