Pretty much just wanted to have the best costume at the party so I built the reverse bear trap and Venus fly trap from the Saw movies. Won first place. Both made out of steel. it took about a month to build them both. The fly trap was last minut but came out awesome. I … Read more
I really wanted to create a unique and interesting costume. A friend of mine worked at Longs at the time, and somehow I discovered that they do not sell crown royal bags with the bottles, they just throw them away. So I started collecting the bags for months, unsure of what I was going to … Read more
I found a couple of packs of playing cards at the thrift store about a month and a half before Halloween. I decided to go for a queen of hearts theme. I found about 20-30 more decks of playing cards at the Dollar store and picked out all of the heart cards. Then I carefully … Read more
I am a huge Mets fan, I know I know. So I decided to be Mr. Met. It was a pretty easy costume to make, but if I were to do it again i would take more time and try to get the head more round. In the description I didn’t mention any cost but … Read more
After doing some brainstorming for my costume I decided that I wanted to go with a classic Halloween monster and be Frankenstein. Unbeknownst to me my boyfriend had wanted to do a costume as a couple. When I told him what I wanted to be, he simply said “I guess that means I am going … Read more
“What ARE you guys?” —- “THE PARTY duhhh” And then people understood. I wasn’t sure what to be this year. I wanted to be something fun, look cute, LOOK fun, be colorful, be original, be something people LIKED. … What does everyone like? A party! To be “a party” you basically have to look really … Read more
This Marge and Bart Simpson Couple Costume is from 2010 Halloween and its my brother, Grady, as Bart Simpson and me, Maggie, as Marge Simpson. My mom made both the costumes and loves them. My wig was made with blue spray painted cotton balls and cardboard. Both of us wore any yellow thing we had … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to dress up for our youth group’s Halloween party last year (2011), but had no idea what to do, especially since we didn’t want to BUY our costumes… we brain stormed for about a week. I liked my “David and Goliath” idea, since I am 5’4 and my boyfriend is … Read more
This Cutest 101 Dalmations and Cruella De-Vil Girls Group Costume is one of the most fun group costumes I’ve ever been a party of. We all were able to choose any type of “white-based” clothing, whether that be a skirt, shorts, dress, etc. We could have white tights, hose, knee socks, thigh highs, socks. Any combination … Read more
In 2005 we went in a Gwen Stefani and Harajuku Girls Group Costume with our own security guard, of course. For Gwen, I bought a Malice in Wonderland costume, blond wig, and threw a corset I already owned over the top of it. The Harajuku girls bought matching black tank tops, skirts, and socks. We stenciled … Read more
Our 2006 Roller Derby group costume may be my all time favorite! We went as Roller Derby girls with a ref! Let me first say this…know both where you are going and what the weather is going to be before you decide to do this. We had both rain AND a flight of steps to navigate … Read more
2011 = Circus people! I really can’t tell you where everyone’s costumes came from other than being pieced together from older costumes, thrifting, and regular halloween/craft stores. (i.e. my bearded woman was Malice in Wonderland…then Gwen Stefani…now a bearded lady..the rest of the stuff I owned). Not to sound boastful but we really decided to … Read more