I finally won the coveted annual costume contest with my Black Swan costume! It was also accepted into a gallery art show, my very first exhibition! I started with a black satin corset. I sewed lace around the top and bottom edges, then shredded it with scissors. I added feathers and sequins and a few … Read more
This Sassy Crayons group costume was my friends and my costume 4 years ago. (I’m Razzmatazz) We started by finding a simple jumper dress pattern. My friend Ashley’s mom was the seamstress. We selected 4 different colors that related closest to the big box of crayons. I then took a crayon, and free handed a Crayon … Read more
This sexy Buzz Lightyear costume took me a while to make but it was worth it. I had so much fun wearing it. Materials: (bra) -plain bra -red paint -green paint -blue piant -yellow paint -white and black paint -paint brush (plain white shorts) -purple paint -paint brush white boots Buzz Lightyear gloves
My husband was not going to dress up for a 50th bday party on a party bus themed “cartoon bus.” Everyone was dressing as a cartoon character. I took one look at him and said “you have to be Brutis from Popeye.’ He ended up loving it and I was surprised everyone knew he was Brutis. … Read more
All I did for this homemade Mermaid costume was glued big seashells onto an old blue bra then filled the empty spaces with small broken shells. Looking back I would’ve done a nude colored bra instead. Then sewed a Goodwill-find green sequin tank top to a green stretch skirt I got from Forever 21. I … Read more
Rock: required metalic tank and spray painted to-to. Paper: was a homemade sheet dress, with perminated marker to create the lines, and holes. Scissors: was made from poster board and a hinge so that when the legs moved so did the scissor and was attached with a little string. It was an awesome costume for … Read more
I made a sandwich board out of two poster boards (each). Then projected the NERDS box logo onto the posters and traced. Added lots of paint and sparkles and last laminated! Then added all of the fabulous add on’s, like one piece spandex body suits, colored wigs, nerd glasses, and a bag of little Nerd … Read more
A group of my roomates and friends wanted to do a group Halloween costume before we all graduate. We attended Central Michigan University! Go Chips! Anyways.. we all brainstormed and finally came up with the idea to make home made costumes (well… because we were all college students with a limited budget) and decided that … Read more
We started off our Party Animal Costumes by going to our local thrift store and getting an over-sized men’s sweater that was comfortable. We then went to a Halloween store/party city and got a package of each animals ears, nose, tail, etc.. and got an easy to glue on party hat. We glued the hat to … Read more
Buying a cow print vest and chaps was absolutely out of the question for this Woody and Jessie Couple Costume WITH Bullseye. Not only were they over priced, they also looked cheezy and fake. I went to my local fabric store and bought cow print velvety fabric, as well as black silk for the inside … Read more
I am a huge Abe Lincoln fan, but I wanted a different spin on dressing up as him (especially because I don’t particularly like girls dressed as guys). I decided to go as a penny. Not Inspector Gadgets niece Penny, no no, head to toe copper penny! I went to the thrift store to find … Read more
I am a rocker at heart, so when I was trying to decide what to dress as for Halloween, which is undeniably my favorite holiday of the year, I let myself get a little bit inspired by a story from my dad’s childhood. When he was in middle school, he and some of his friends … Read more