Sick of the same-old animal costumes and onesies from Kigurami, I made my own “where the wild things are” costume, as Max, for a charity hitch-hike I was participating in. After then making another of these onesies for my boyfriend in the form of a fox I started to cause quite a stir amongst other … Read more
This is the Thomas the Tank Engine costume I made for my son this past Halloween. The chassis is a Little Tykes wagon, with the pull handle at the back. The body is entirely cardboard, affixed with hot glue. I coated the whole thing in Plasti-Dip (hoping to ruggedize it somewhat), then spray painted it … Read more
This ultimate Spaceballs group costume was made up of Lord Helmet, Princess Vespa’s stunt double, a Space Ball Trooper, and Barf. We picked characters based who we looked like and what people would recognize. PS princess Vespa did not look like a man but we thought it would be funnier. Barf had made his costume … Read more
Halloween is our favorite holiday and we enjoy the creative process as much as the party and night itself. We are not the type of people that start our costume planning the NIGHT of Halloween. We have ideas years in advance and plan for months each year to have our costumes ready. Our Nightmare Before Christmas costumes … Read more
This scary scarecrow costume started with a burlap sack. Then it took off from there. I dyed the shirt and cut the pants. I used store bought hay and gloves with long fingers and put finger tips in them so my hands looked creepy. I bought a plastic white mask and glued strips of the … Read more
The Sweeney Todd movie just came out so my boyfriend and I knew exactly who we wanted to be for Halloween. Everything that you see was bought at a thrift store and altered. Sweeney Todd: basic white shirt, black cloth tied like an old fashion tie, a red vest that we found and turned inside … Read more
Each year, our family chooses a Halloween Theme. It usually takes two to three months of sewing and assembling and raiding of the second hand stores to find what we need. This year, our favorite movie was How to Train your Dragon. We decided this year to be animated characters, just a little bit harder … Read more
Each year, our family chooses a Halloween Theme. This was the year for the Night at the Museum Characters (taken from both movies). Our costumes were made out of inexpensive fleece found at our local Wal-Mart. Where we live, it is usually cold on Halloween and I didn’t want anyone wearing coats over their costumes. … Read more
My friend and I randomly decided to do this Great Muppets Honeydew Bunsen and Beaker Couple Costume one year for Halloween. We wanted something funny, unique, and a little complicated. Professor Bunsen and Beaker both used lab coats from a medical supply store. Bunsen’s head was made out of paper mache wrapped around a beach ball. … Read more
At my school there was a costume contest so I decided to make my own costume. I looked up on you-tube for a costume which inspired me and I came across a costume of “the queens of hearts” (Alice in Wonderland) so I did the costume in my way and here is the result. At … Read more
My wife and I made these Woody and Buzz Lightyear costumes from Toy Story with some help from a friend. It was a blast getting recognized while we were out in the city. Buzz got so much attention when she was “flying” around the streets. We really brought people back to their childhoods! First, for … Read more
These Anrgy Birds costumes took hours and hours to make, but so worth it! It all started when my son, age 5, became obsessed with the Angry Birds game on my smartphone. He insisted I make him the pig costume “just to play in and he could knock it over by throwing random toys at it. Well, it was … Read more