The Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Glenda were rented costumes. For the tinman I used a metallic fabric and used my son’s shirt and pants as a pattern to sew the costume. I then used silver spray paint for plastic for his ax which I purchased at our local dollar tree from a fireman set. The cowards … Read more
There are approx. 12 staff that participated in this activity but unfortunately I only have a pic of 4 of us. We all work at the Court House. I had a lots of fun making the costumes and seeing more and more people wanting to participate. It was fun for all of us to get … Read more
This was the first year for Halloween that I decided to go a route other than looking for a cute or sexy costume and dress in skimpy clothes. Not only was the costume much WARMER, but I spent next to nothing on it and got more compliments on it for the fact that it was … Read more
This owl costume for a little boy started with one thought in mind “I will not buy a costume this year because they are WAY too expensive!!” It took about 2 months to decide that he should be an owl. I think deciding what he should be was the hardest part. Once we landed on … Read more
I am a huge fan of twisted tea, I wanted a bunch of girls to get together and do the different flavors but I only had these two join me so we did whatever beverage we wanted. I wont say it was the easiest to create, but just a little time consuming. You need a … Read more
So, last Halloween my daughter wanted to be Pippy Longstockings. Yay! I loved the show when I was a kid so I was quite thrilled to get started helping her get the costume together. We bought the blue jumper at a thrift store and I went to our local dollar store to buy … Read more
My husband had the great idea that we would be “The Incredibles” for Halloween last year. The idea was perfect. My hubby being the big, bulky, former college football All-American would make a perfect Mr. Incredible. I suppose the only trait I had in common with Elasti-girl was being a mom of 3. Our daughter … Read more
My very creative daughter decided she wants to be a sun for Purim. The internet offered boring/expensive options. Well, with some arts and crafts, present string, gold paper plates, yellow tights and shirt we put together this Sunshine costume.
Me in my home made Poison Ivy costume. Made from fake plants from the Dollar store and a glue gun.
I painted some football shoulder pads for this KISS Gene Simmons Costume, the elbows are roller blade pads painted. The spikes are manila folders taped together and spray painted. The chest is from an old Batman costume that I cut out and spray painted.
This DIY Nintendo Gameboy Costume is one of my DIY costumes. I made this one with an old TV box and some paint in one day ! Great success but boring to wear all the night long.
This Amy Winehouse Costume is made from a home made black velvet dress, an awesome handmade wig, red flower glued to a hair clip, eyeliner, printable tattoos and fake lip piercing – you have Amy Winehouse.