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
Every year my son (who is now seven) has requested costumes for our entire family and I have made them. This year he wanted to be Robin the boy wonder. He assigned his father the role of Batman, his uncle the role of The Penguin, his baby brother was cast as the penguin’s animal sidekick … Read more
My homemade costume is based on the Harley Quinn Arkham Asylum costume. It took me 3 weeks to make and it has my own unique taste on some of the pieces. I loved dressing up as her and I had a Joker to be by my side. I used stretchy materials for my leg and … Read more
After watching the Dark Knight in the Summer of 2008 I knew exactly what I wanted to be, The Joker. What I did first for this Homemade Joker Costume was buy the trench coat. Luckily I found it at Hot Topic. It was about $60. Then I bought red, white, and black makeup at party … Read more