Prickly the porcupine was made for a two year old severely OCD boy. Making his costume was a challenge of measuring a pair of pajamas for the faux fur fabric to making a separate cape of quills made out of zip ties and white tape sewed to the cape. We then attached it all with … Read more
This year my daughter, Harmony, who is 13 yrs old. She wanted to be something Egyptian but still wanted to be something unique for Halloween, so, we searched the internet for different ideas and she saw a Cleopsis statue and just loved it! So, I said , “Sure, that’ll be cool!” little did I realize … Read more
Ever want to have a great vampire costume with wings that retract and expand without emptying your bank account? This is the one for you. To do this cool wing effect, you will need the following: 8 eyebolts, lots of washers, short machine screws with nuts, two long threaded bolts without heads, dirt bike vest, … Read more
Here’s the end result of multiple all nighters and classic rock binges! The Maria Franz costume was a combination of sketching, sewing, painting, and sculpting; all entirely completed by hand. The antlers were created using an aluminum base with nails and wire for support. A sealed layer of tape was then applied in addition to … Read more
My family and I went as Little Shop of Horrors this year. Each year we pick a movie or show from the late 80s/early 90s and I have been wanting do this one for a while now! Every year everyone is waiting to see our big reveal for our Family costumes, this year we were … Read more
Our Toy Story costume was a challenge with the time crunch I was given by the creators (my little ones). Luckily we have plenty of craft/sewing/paint scraps from various projects. My girls were bumming about Halloween being cancelled for 2020 where we live, coupled with eLearning daily challenges that have dragged their holiday spirit down. … Read more
It’s been my dream to create the weeping angel costume. And finally decided to do it here. I started off hand stitching the dress and spraying it gray and black. I added streaks of black and white acrylic to push the highlights and aging. I then went into making the wig. I used fabric tape … Read more
Since my balloon installation business, Bean and Boosh, soared to new heights this year, our Halloween costumes were all based on BALLOONS! I swore this year would be simple, but it took more work than I thought. We’ve been doing family costumes for over 12 years, so even throughout the pandemic, we were able to … Read more
My boyfriend had mentioned that it would be super fun to dress with me him and my two eleven year-old twins. My kids refused but I thought about it and about a week before Halloween we contacted my best friend and her boyfriend because the four of us can fit the part. We’re rock stars … Read more
This dress was mostly finished a couple years before I thought to make it my Halloween costume, but the addition of my dog Loki’s costume is what definitely brought the heart to this project. Since both costumes are sewn from scratch, they had to start with patterns. I used a commercial corset pattern for my … Read more
Here’s our cool homemade Alien couple costume – we are aliens from Venus visiting from Venus. We couldn’t go on a cruise through the galaxy so we came to Florida instead. We used cardboard for the female aliens spaceship, lights that were controlled by hand, a wreath ring that was able to make the skirt … Read more
I am wearing a costume that I built from scratch for about $50-70. It’s a Star Wars character called The Mandalorian. The idea came to me when I saw season 2 was coming out right before Halloween. I decided this was what I wanted to build and I began looking at how to do it. … Read more