This is my second attempt at BIG costuming (the first was my son’s War Machine suit also posted on this site). This build took 6 weeks of build time (7 days a week all day everyday!). I am very happy that it is done and believe me so is my wife. This suit is made … Read more
For our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group costume, we made four different costumes, one for each of the turtles. For the dresses, you just need green and yellow fabric. Depending on which turtle you represent, you will need purple, orange, blue, or red fabric. For the belts, you will need brown fabric. Regular fabric made … Read more
My son’s school only allows “career-themed dress-up” for Halloween at school. So, instead of having to do 2 costumes, we went with one idea and spruced it up for Trick-or-Treating! For Career Day, he was an attorney. We had a nice suit on hand with a white button-down shirt, tie, & dress shoes. I also … Read more
It took me about a month to complete all 4 of the costumes. The shells took the longest, I started by getting some black foam that I found in my father in law’s shop. I then used some thicker gauged wire to shape the shells so they looked round. Then I used spray foam to … Read more
Wonder Woman is my absolute favorite! But when I decided to dress like her for Halloween, I knew those packaged store costumes just wouldn’t cut it. I set out to my local fabric store in search of material that would resemble the original Wonder Woman style. And it was easier than I thought it would … Read more
I got my idea for Mystique because she is one of my favorite X-Men characters. I researched online and found a few techniques that I combined to come up with this Homemade Mystique Costume. First, I pulled up images of Mystique from the internet and had them printed. After that, I put on my yellow … Read more
I made this Mystique from X-Men Halloween costume 2 years ago. I put it twice and I won twice! First place $250 one year. Last year i went to an other bar(!!!) won second place $300. That’s a paying costume! It’s worth the time, the effort and the cash. I spent $140 for the contact … Read more
My friends andI wanted to do a group Halloween thing so we were all superheroes and made our costumes ourselves. I made my homemade Wonder Woman costume by looking at pics on this website and I have NO sewing history so if I can do it you can do it.. I started off by buying … Read more
After moving to Canada from Australia last year I never realized how many people get into Halloween here. Wanting to get into the spirit of things, I decided on a costume/character that I could easily construct, remain unique and something that people could easily identify. I couldn’t go past the fact that Logan (Wolverine) in … Read more
The dress and bandages were purchased at a thrift store, make-up at a 99 cent store and the hair at a Sally Beauty supply. The dress is a simple long dress. With regular bandages, I wrapped the left arm up to the shoulder, through the dress to the right shoulder and down again to the … Read more
I searched the web for online Halloween costumes and came across this Poison Ivy costume. Working for Disney gave me access to several costume pieces that helped pull this together. The Little Mermaid Hair I used a “Little Mermaid” wig with fake ivy leaves that I bought in bunches, painted with gold paint and spray … Read more
After checking out the pretty awful Poison Ivy costumes in stores this year, I thought it would be much better, and a lot more fun, to make my own Poison Ivy Halloween costume. I bought a green leotard, green tights, green satin gloves, a bright reddish-orange wig, and some fake ivy leaves. I sewed some … Read more