Since this is my son’s first carnival I thought to make a costume for all of us. I created Mario’s pizza, a familiar pizza enterprise. What is a better solution than a pizzeria since we are Italian? To create this costume it took about two hours and we used materials we had in the house. … Read more
I made the face out of hard felt, sunglasses, hot glued behind it lenses covered with white paper and just small hole to see through as the eyes. The body is inside out sweat pants with felt tail sewed on and turtle neck I dyed to match pants with sewed yellow felt belly. The boots … Read more
I bought the green polyester suit at the Salvation Army Store. I found it one day and wasn’t sure so I went back the next day and “low and behold” it was 1/2 price day so it only cost me 8 bucks! I got the crows at Michael’s, once again I waited to the last … Read more
This was my black swan costume from 2011! My friend and I love making Halloween costumes every year and decided to do Black Swan last year. It was pretty easy to make, besides the makeup. I bought a black tutu, knitted gloves, and a crown at a nearby Halloween store. I took feathers and sewed … Read more
This picture is from Halloween 2011. The picture was taken about an hour before we were snowed in and lost power for a week. We spent our Halloween snowed in playing cards with candles just laughing about how we spent weeks on our costumes and never got to show them off. So now I am showing them in … Read more
When you think classics, you think Back to the Future. We decided to Fly from Chicago to Las Vegas for Halloween, and wanted to walk the strip with a good costume. We made the right choice! Marty McFly and Doc Brown couple costume! Everyone stopped walking to take a picture with us, like we were … Read more
Legion of Doom, John Cena, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Sting, Macho Man are all pictured. However, we also had Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, and Stone Cold Steve Austin that are not in the picture. We decided as a group to select who we best would fit as a role, and we won 1st place at a … Read more
My fiance and I wanted to come up with a unique and wonderful idea for our Halloween costume. I started off by looking online for ideas, and I saw a costume for the “Fragile” box from a Christmas Story. I knew instantly that my fiance could be the box, and I wanted to go as … Read more
We made this 6-Pack and a Solo-Cup Group Costume with 3 items; lots of Duct tape, a trash bag, and the cardboard box from a 36 pack of beer. You definitely need to use a lot of team work. This picture is from my Freshman Year of college. Half of the girls from the “6-pack” I hardly knew. … Read more
When thinking of a costume for my boyfriend and I, we went back a forth between a couple different ideas. But boy were we happy we went with this choice! We decided to be a McDonald’s Monopoly Fries and Milkshake! It was so fun making the costumes! I went to the fabric store and bought … Read more
Our family loves Dr.Seuss so last year my 4 year old daughter had decided she wanted to be Sam I Am. I searched around but never saw any costumes you could buy so I decided to make one. This was my first costume I ever made. I also cannot sew so I had to be … Read more
Who doesn’t like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?! Choosing Raphael & Donatello was our first step. Next, using scrap fabric to make our spiffy belts, we drew on the letters with metallic sharpies. To make our headbands, we cut scrap ribbon and tied them in a simple knot at the back of our heads. The … Read more