Originally I wanted to do a couple’s costume with my boyfriend and be the Maitlands from Beetlejuice (which I found a sweet how-to on this site.) He got foam insulation to start the masks, but realized there was no way he’d get them done in time for Halloween parties. I had a week to come … Read more
If you’re in your 30’s or 40’s, who didn’t grow up watching Bob Ross?! I loved his voice, cheer and who didn’t wait in suspense watching Bob put a happy tree dead center of a landscape!! He inspired me to tap into my artistic side as a youngster and also in college to pursue a … Read more
For a whole year I had planned to create my own version of Alice in Wonderland’s Cheshire Cat costume for Halloween 2012. After two days of creation, my vision CAME TO LIFE, and turned out even better than I expected. My goal was to create the human-like version of the Cheshire Cat. Here are the … Read more
This Jet Pack Optical Illusion Halloween costume took a couple of days of planning and a lot of thought. But the results are great. People think that I’m doing some kind of magic trick at first and then they laugh when they figure out the costume. I took one old motorcycle helmet one old Bee Gees … Read more
This homemade Thing 1 costume and Thing 2 illusion wasn’t a Halloween costume. We made this costume for Dr. Seuss Day but it came out so great I wanted to share it. I suggested Thing 1 and Thing 2 thinking I could make red costumes for my daughter and her little friend. She said No … Read more
This year my kiddo wanted a Queen of Hearts costume. We went to Hobby Lobby to pick out material. My daughter was excited to start the project so she told the young girl at the cut counter all of her plans for the costume. The girl asked if she planned on being a nice queen. … Read more
Here’s our Sackboy costume. My son loves the LittleBigPlanet video game series and really wanted to be Sackboy for Halloween. I had no idea how I was going to do it, but just decided to figure it out as I went. The Sackboy character itself can wear costumes in the video game, but we both … Read more
I got the idea to dress up my 8-year-old and 6-year-old daughter’s as a sushi roll and Chinese take out box because they both love to eat sushi (or California spring rolls). I originally was going to make both of them sushi rolls and then decided that since they are individuals, they needed to be … Read more
WHATS UP GUYS! Hello My name is Andy and I’m 24 years young. I live in Larose, Louisiana SWAMPS!! I’ll be showing you my Witch doctor costume 100% hand made. I spent many hours in the late night on this costume. Details are what I stride for. My favorite part about this costume is the … Read more
I love Halloween. When it comes to costumes, I want to stand out. Making a creative homemade Halloween costume is one of my favourite things to do. I have been making my own costumes since I was in high school. Last year, I was invited to a “True Blood” themed Halloween ball. I knew there … Read more
Inpsired by the Tim Burton exhibit we saw in LA, and this poem: Life isn’t easy for the Pin Cushion Queen. When she sits alone on her throne Pins push through her spleen. Obscure was what I wanted. I set out to make my own pinata head for this. I hadn’t done paper mache since … Read more
I wanted to do something special this year so I chose the “Gender” Bender. For Bender I spent a lot of time on Bender’s head. It was important to get the right look. The cutting of the cardboard visor was a tricky part. The head is constructed of cardboard rolled and taped. The dome of … Read more