Let the wild rumpus begin! I studied the book for an hour before deciding on a game plan to tackle our Where The Wild Things Are Costumes: Moishe and Tzippy. I started with Moishe (the wild thing with the black fur and striped body) and searched the greater St. Louis area for a faux fur … Read more
I created this Georgian style fantasy Pirate Ball Gown costume for Halloween 2011. That year our decoration theme was a wrecked, deserted pirate ship so I needed a coordinating costume. However, I knew I didn’t want to dress up as a plan ol’ pirate! When it comes to Halloween the fancier the better. I decided … Read more
Hi! I am Veyda and I am in high school. I have always wanted a mascot costume. The one I wanted was $2100.00. So that was out of the question. I love to design characters and ZipZap is the design I made for me. I asked my Mom if I could get the supplies and … Read more
“I’m a Lady… I do Ladies Things…” It took a while to create this rubbish Transvestites from Little Britain: Emily Howard and Florence Couple Costume for a TV Show fancy dress party. We thought long and hard about how to create it and make it as funny as possible. Obviously, we had a little help from the Little … Read more
I made this Mr. Stay Puft costume for a yearly Queen Fan Club convention fancy dress night back in 2008. The theme was Halloween, so thought this would be something unlikely for anyone else to do. Starting about 3 months before it was needed and with no plans, all I had was a screenshot of Mr … Read more
We bought the red queen costume. But made his mad hatter costume from scratch except for his hat. We bought everything at goodwill and i hot glued thread spools to 2 belts that he wore across himself. short pants. 2 different socks. a plaid vest butterfly scarf and brown corduroy jacket. Then i took some … Read more
I like to be creative with my costumes and thought it would be cool to make a costume that I could change throughout the night. So I thought of being a paper doll, you know, the ones that come with different clothes. You fold the tabs over the doll to hold the clothes on. My … Read more
It was our first Halloween together and as a couple, our first costume pick was essential. My boyfriend and I were on our way to the Halloween store and we were throwing out ideas of what we might want to pick out. Suddenly, a song by Katy Perry came on the radio and it dawned on me, what better … Read more
This Pee Wee’s Playhouse group Halloween costume was such fun! We had Pee Wee, Ms. Yvonne, the Geenie, Terri the Terridactyl, Captain, Carl, and the Cowboy- complete with CHAIRY!! Everyone was pretty easy. The two most difficult were Chairy and Terri. Chairy was adapted from an old wheel chair from a second hand store. I used … Read more
It’s the whole gang- Dot was even on gold roller skates all night! Such fun Spaceballs Cast Group Halloween costumes, but “younger” crowd did not know who were were! Lord Helmet was made from a baseball helmet with mask and a big ice bucket. We mounted it upside down after we cut the large shape … Read more
This was a homemade Davy Jones costume. We bought a pirate hat, but everything else was handmade. We used a black outfit and added lots of cloth scraps to make it look tattered. We added a belt and sword and a big lobster claw made out of cardboard painted orange. The coolest part was the … Read more
My five year old son was very excited about being a dragon this year. The homemade winged dragon Halloween costume did not appear to be complicated until we got started. We could not find a dragon head mask which fit him so I made one from paper mache. The eyes were craft eyes held in … Read more