Me and my boyfriend decided to skip the over -priced store-bought costumes and instead made some using things we already owned ! (minus the face paint and fake blood). For my boyfriend I started by applying a base of green face paint all over his chest and face. I wanted his skin to look like … Read more
My kids wanted me to dress up as Cat Woman. I found a mask at the Dollar store that convinced me I could make my own. I pulled out some black leggings, a black shirt, belt, black boots and bought some kitty ears and whip. This was in 2011. To complete the look I added … Read more
2010 was one of Katy Parry’s best years, so I decided why not have a little fun with it on Halloween. I decided to use an outfit from her California Girls video, the candy dots. Making the dress was the hardest part. I initially took a XL white pillow case, but it was very thin … Read more
My friend and I decided we wanted to be Batman villains for Halloween a couple years ago. My Riddler costume was pretty easy to make. I bought a long sleeve cotton green dress on clearance from Old Navy and turned it into a tank top dress. I made stencils of all sizes for the “?” … Read more
Here’s my giant LEGO costume. It was super fun and super easy to make! I took apart three card board boxes, duct tape, red spray paint and solo cups. My LEGO costume was such a big hit and everyone wanted a pic with me! I also won first place in the contest!!
It took me 3 long weeks to construct this massive 6 ft+ Twinkie man costume! All components were purchased at home depot and Michael’s. Best thing about this was the laughs I got from my co workers as I strolled through my office passing out Twinkies to everyone!! I won first place in our contest!
A group of me and five other friends decided to do Flintstones last Halloween and all of our costumes turned out terrific! They were all mostly made in a similar fashion; buying the correct color fabric from a craft store (such as Joanne’s Fabric) and stitching or trying the fabric up the sides. All three … Read more
What can we say? We love ourselves some Taco Bell. So what better way to tribute than to dazzle us up as some sauce packets. Super easy, just wrapped fabric around, safety pinned, and glued the letter that we cut from felt. Hardest part? Choosing what to write as your slogan!
The Zombie costume, first I had to get some old clothes, from the Good will. I only spent 13 dollars and I got a long sleeve shirt (pale green), and old tie, any color depending what you where buried in lol, old black shoes (worn), some grey slacks that fit, and a old coat, (dark, … Read more
Well, what gave us the idea is the hair. What we did was went to the store, bought him the shirt and bow tie, put that on him with some regular pants. Then it gave us the idea that his hair is already long enough, so we just got some white hair paint and sprayed … Read more
This awesome Bender and the Head of Lucy Liu Halloween couple costume was made by me, but let’s face it – Bender and Lucy were made for each other. Bender was made first and is constructed of cardboard, clothes hangers, LOTS of duct tape, aluminum foil, and old radio aerial, Styrofoam for the eyes and … Read more
When I was pregnant, I wanted something cute and original. I worked at a company that takes Halloween very seriously, so I knew it had to be good! I bought a plain white shirt, white cotton batting from Walmart, and pink dye and threw them all in the washer. The darker color pink worked the … Read more