These costumes came together very simply. First you start by painting yourself with green paint and spray painting your hair green. The ears were made by rolling green felt and hot gluing them together and then wiring them onto black plastic headbands. Any kind of shirts work, as long as your look is rustic. I … Read more
My husband and I are very tall and skinny so we thought it would be great to dress up as Oompa Loompas. I started checking out Oompa Loompa Costumes and came up with my pattern. We then decided that we would make out two kids costumes as well. My husband and I bought white women’s … Read more
This Freddy Krueger Costume is very simple to do. First, find a striped Krueger look-a-like shirt “red and black, orange and brown, orange and black, or red and brown” any of the following combo will do. Next the Krueger hat. I used a hat I would typical use on a night out, however most hats … Read more
My wife and I needed an idea for Halloween couples and since our family plays video games together with our kids, we thought a Mario and Luigi Halloween costume would be good. Plus, the kids loved the costumes. I purchased all of the items from a Hancock fabric store (except the gloves and shirt, shoes) … Read more
My husband wanted to dress up like Elvis for Halloween and we were able to find a good costume for him online. However, I had to make my Las Vegas Showgirl Costume. I started with a basic black bikini I picked up at Walmart for about $12. I then purchased a couple of packages of … Read more
Are you brave enough to take The Challenge?? We were sick of all the same old same old and wanted to come up with something fun and entertaining. Which is when we decided to be “The Pepsi taste challenge” I know being a can of soda has been done before but not like this. To … Read more
My Coolest Barbie Costume was pretty and easy and pretty cheap to make! It was a last minute costume that took about an hour of shopping and getting ready in total. First you need a pink dress and shoes! I bought my pink dress from Charlotte Russe in the mall for $20 and my pink … Read more
I was at a thrift sale and I found a super pink prom dress that started the whole Homemade Adventure Time Family Costume. Not perfect, but it worked. Found a white hat for Finn and made his backpack out of a Goodwill t-shirt. Cut a hole in the hat and used the fabric to make … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
We sure were VIPs that night at the bar! (Very important POP!) I know lame joke but was funny at the time. My friends and I decided to go for a group costume this year. I (orange crush) sewed all the costumes and we have a few artists in the group who painted them! They … Read more
My son was born with bilateral congenital cataracts, and had them removed at 6 and 7 weeks old. As a result he has to wear glasses. Naturally, I wanted to go with something that played off of that. I thought about Harry Potter, but just really didn’t feel it. As I thought of other cute … Read more
I made this Fat Wonder Woman Costume just for the fun of it and to make people laugh. I have worn it on Halloween and in several parades in NYC & NJ and it always gets lots of smiles and I always pose for tons of pictures! And YES! I have even met Lynda Carter … Read more