This year’s costume process was fun, creative, challenging, and end results totally gratifying! I couldn’t have been happier with the final result! We started planning for Halloween a couple months ahead of time so that we could gather everything we needed and have time to look for bargains. I knew I wanted to something that … Read more
Our son William was born 3 months premature and as a result of complication from his early start he has cerebral palsy. Last year he decided he wanted to be Batman so his dad Matt decided to make a Batmobile to go over his wheelchair. They spent time in the shop working on the design, … Read more
To create the head of my tree costume I used a hat which I wrapped in flower foam and taped in place using packaging tape. I wrapped the foam hat with burlap and then sewed a burlap mask around the perimeter which hangs down to my shoulders. I cut a face hole in the front … Read more
I went online and found a youtube site called “TheHeroTutorials”. The guy there explains all the steps needed to make your own costumes from certain materials step by step and they have a few to choose from. These Iron Men are made from card stock paper and fiberglass resin. I sanded them down, painted and … Read more
I’ve always had a long tongue and for years people said I should dress up as Gene Simmons. In 2010, I finally did. I wanted to make the costume myself but only had a day to do so. With some luck, a “build wings” tutorial found online, one pair of (incredibly uncomfortable but totally worth … Read more
This is my son Thomas Firestone. He is 14 years old and lives in Maple Grove Minnesota. Last year just after Halloween we were talking about how boring some of our costumes seemed to be getting. Store bought masks were not doing it for us any more. We got to talking about ideas that would … Read more
This drunk Things and Sexy Cat in the Hat group costume was a nine month process that was completed in stages!! It started out as a birthday gift, home made for me by my great friend, Julie!! She handmade my skirt with red and white tooling and got the red and white striped socks from … Read more
For years I have wanted to be an Egyptian queen. I searched online but nothing caught my eye. I couldn’t find anything unique enough. Only thing that kept popping up was the picture of Anaksunamun from the movie The Mummy. I finally decided to make it on my own. Obviously, in the movie her whole outfit … Read more
This year for my friend’s annual Halloween party I really wanted to be a bird. There was a two hundred dollar peacock costume I liked, but spending that much was out of the question. I usually make my own costumes so I decided to create my own bird costume this year. I decided to base … Read more
I made a great Edward Scissorhands costume.The wig was made from a Gothic/EMO style black wig. I added some longer hair with hair extensions black bond. (Edward’s hair is not very even). The inner leather jacket, was made with a black leather purse. It was cut in pieces that I sewed on a long sleeves … Read more
This peacock costume is my first homemade costume. I’ve always wanted to be a peacock for Halloween, I did a bit of research and decided that I could make my own. I found a few peacock costumes that I liked and used those for inspiration (I also used this website). I used a navy blue … Read more
Thank you Max, for that marvelous introduction. This cool Winifred Sanderson Hocus Pocus homemade costume combines everything awesome: half scary, half ginger and 100 percent ‘buck-toothed, mop riding, firefly from HELL!’ For all those nostalgic 90’s babies that ever wanted to light the Black Flame candle, sing ‘I Put a Spell on You’ by heart–choreography … Read more