Mike Wazowski Costume Step 1 I purchased an exercise ball from Walmart (75 cm wide) for $7 and then used newspaper and a Elmer’s Glue base to paper mache around the ball (I needed 6 bottles for the entire costume). I applied three layers of paper mache to the ball, making sure to allow 24 … Read more
This year I wanted to pick a costume for my family of four. One of our favorite movies is The Addams Family, and it was a perfect fit for us, and very easy and inexpensive. This is how I made our Addams Family Halloween costume. Morticia- that’s me. I bought a cheap, long black witch’s … Read more
I decided this year that I would be Lilith, the Bride of Dracula and my boyfriend would be Dr. Acula. I started out with just a simple black dress that I bought from an online store on clearance. I then went to a fabric store and bought a pattern in taffeta that would match the 18th … Read more
This is how I made the coolest homemade Mystique Halloween costume: 1. I cut out “scales” from blue craft foam. I used scrap booking punches and did some freehand cutting with scissors. 2. I then used Fabri-Flex glue to glue the “scales” onto blue tulle fabric which were pre-cut to fit the areas I wanted … Read more
Halloween is about ghost and goblins, and this gave me the idea to go to a classic movie for inspiration. I watched the original Wizard of Oz and decided that the costume I would make would be the blue flying monkey who scares everyone to this day. Finding my creative original costume idea: I started … Read more
This three headed ZZ top homemade Halloween costume was quite easy to make. Just took some thin plywood and put a spike thru it and thru the shoulder on my jacket. From there just stuck the heads on each shoulder and that was it. If I had to do it again tough I would use … Read more
This past year for some strange reason I had the urge to dress up as a clown. I made the sexiest homemade Clown costume myself after some heavy duty clown research. My main issue was clown shoes, I didn’t want to be in large uncomfortable shoes. So I took some neon pink heels I had … Read more
My son, Jackson, decided he wanted to be The Claw Machine for Halloween. I was a bit intimidated in the beginning. I started thinking through how to build the costume in my mind, trying to predict any difficult areas; and there appeared to be a lot of possible difficulties. We went together to buy the … Read more
Every year our friends throw an over-the-top Halloween party and we wanted to step up our game in the costume department. So my boyfriend, Sam, and I decided to go as Adam and Barbara Maitland couple Halloween costume. The masks took about a month to make as we worked on them a little after work … Read more
When I first started with my Slinky Dog Halloween costume idea I thought it would be a simple project. I ruined 2 yards of material trying to make the shorts, it was a mess. I wanted to do Slinky because I would always see Woody and Buzz costumes, and we kinda match personalities. The hardest part … Read more
Kim Kardashian inspired me to make this Poison Ivy costume. Last year for Halloween she dressed up as Poison Ivy. I thought the costume was awesome so I decided to make it myself! I first started by ordering a bright red, long, curly wig. I ordered it off of a site called Bonanza, similar to … Read more
My buddy and I did these Lego Minfigure costumes. We picked our favorite Lego characters. I was a Lego magician and he was a Lego Sir. The three main materials are poster board, cardboard and Styrofoam. We first cut out the body out of card board, we copied off of what a real Lego Mini figure was. After … Read more