This Medusa Costume is from 2011, last year I had such a hard time deciding what I was going to be for Halloween. I was going through a mythology book when I came across Medusa. I thought if I could make the costume sexy and original it would be a good idea. How to make the … Read more
This particular headless Bride halloween costume was inspired by an old wedding dress found in a vacated rental property. I borrowed a backpack and some tent poles from my nephew. Next, I stuffed an old t-shirt with plastic grocery bags. You could use any kind of stuffing, these were handy and lightweight. Then I slid the t-shirt over … Read more
I had always dreamed of being Poison Ivy for Halloween since the first time I saw Uma Thurman in Batman and Robin (1997). 2010 was the year I decided to go for it! My friends really liked the idea as well and wanted to join in the fun, so we decided to be the Batman … Read more
The Seed of Chucky, a.k.a Glen, was easy to put together. Just a purple-ish shirt with rips and a few drops of blood. Underneath he wore all black. The hair was also sprayed with red Halloween hair color spray. At the end we just added some paint and the signature freckles. For the bride gown, I … Read more
I had to make this Gnome on a Toadstool after seeing this costume on your site!! I used a red fleece blanket from Old Navy, 2 pool noodles, white felt (cut out in circles) and elastic for the skirt. I used old black sweatpants that were too small and stuffed them with pieces of pool … Read more
I wanted something awesome and totally unusual for this year’s costume, so I went with Abducted by Alien illusion costume. I had seen the idea on this website and some others and got some wonderful suggestions and ideas! I didn’t have a lot of time, however, I had done the Headless Man costume the year before for my … Read more
This is a Snow White Costume from the Movie Mirror Mirror. I loved the costumes in this movie-every one of them was a winner. But I found myself drawn to Snow White’s wedding dress. Rather than being white and super fluffy, it was blue and orange. Being an ILLINI, I loved the color scheme. I used silk … Read more
For Halloween my best friend and I decided that we would make our own costume! We were not sure what to make at all!! This would be the first time that we would make it ourselves. I searched online but all I could find were sites selling already made costumes until I found this page! … Read more
My 6ft 7in tall man added height with his 4 inch white platform shoes and his 5 inch high afro. We always have to go all out with costumes. We go to this amazing costume store in Ft Worth to get the “REAL” stuff. He also had on white polyester pants (which were exciting LOL). … Read more
This homemade girls Medusa costume with victim turned to stone is my daughter’s Halloween costume. This was actually a fairly simple costume (no sew) to put together. The materials were: Costume: 3-4 yards of snake skin print fabric, plastic snakes (ordered in bulk from Amazon), hot glue, safety pins, “Victim” Candy Bucket: standard plastic Halloween candy … Read more
The night before our friends’ Halloween party in Cincinnati, we were faced with the expectation of surpassing our previous year’s Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein costumes. I’d always wanted to use another holiday (particularly Christmas) as inspiration, and this was my favorite TV special. It’s pretty clear from the photo that I spent more time … Read more
This was an awesome couples contest that won us $200! We bought furry fabric and folded it in half longways. We sewed the bottom parts on each side but left room for our arms. We cut out the hole for the mouth and sewed black mesh there. We sewed a small tube type thing on … Read more