I made this homemade kids Thor costume for my 3 year old son using a pattern for a race car driver’s jump suit. The “flesh” has muscles sewn in, although not visible when he is wearing the vest. I made modifications to the pattern to fit the illustration of Thor I was working from. I … Read more
Here on this Frankie and Freak Costume you can see i slapped on one of those latex prostetics for my face and painted it green. Then I cut up some black patent leather fabric and some shorts. As for Frankie’s freak, she bought an outfit and we made some minor adjustments like the iron on … Read more
This year I decided to go with the Bride of Frankenstein. I absolutely adore this movie and it was time for a tribute! For this Bride of Frankenstein Costume I started with the hair. My hair is 3 feet long, I knew this was going to be a challenge. I took sections of hair no … Read more
This Joker Halloween costume was originally intended for a student film, however since Halloween was around the corner we decided, “why not use it for a Halloween costume as well!?” My friends and I were and still are such great fans of the late Heath Ledger’s performance as the “Joker” that it inspired us to … Read more
I wanted to be Poison Ivy but I couldn’t find a decent costume anywhere so I begun to shop like crazy with about a month or less left until Halloween. I walked into Wet Seal and went to their clearance rack and saw the perfect green dress that was only 6 or 7 bucks. (This … Read more
Here is my Homemade Two-Face from The Dark Knight Costume. The suit and make up were both created by me. The suit was purchased at Salvation Army, then I put hours work into it. I first took a knife to various pieces of the left side of the jacket, shirt, tie, and pants. After that … Read more
Last year(2009) I decided to make my own costume for the first time. It took me forever but I finally decided on a Poison Ivy costume, who was my favorite character as a kid. It was super easy and cheap to make. I made the most of what I already had. For the top: I … Read more
I made this homemade Batman costume suit for a party I went to. I’ve got another photo somewhere with me and mr.T, I’ll see if I can find it. For now I’ll upload the photo that was taken in front of the club. The suit kinda lacks a proper belt, but keep in mind that … Read more
I was sworn in as a new attorney on October 31 and felt “Two-Face” from the Batman series was the appropriate character for me this Halloween. To make the mask, I started by layering liquid latex over a foam head and using fabric paint to build up scars and muscle tissue. Then, to add a … Read more
Spent long hours, shopping at Goodwill and Marshalls for an outfit for this Joker Halloween costume. Bought a white peacoat and dyed that and the pants purple. Cut a woman’s suit jacket into a vest and sewed on buttons. Scuffed up the shoes, cut long blond curly hair wig to make it joker like, greasy, … Read more
Since I was little I have loved Iron Man. When I heard that the movie was coming out I was extremely excited. I turned that excitement into creativity (in early May 2008) and began to work on an Iron Man costume for fall 2008. At first it was really hard working with the cardboard, but … Read more
I thought that I was going to make myself an Iron Man suit but my ten year old son convinced me that making him a War Machine suit was somehow in my “best interest”. He was very persuasive so I took out the half inch foam playroom floor mats and an xacto knife and one … Read more