My 10 year old daughter watched Little Monsters a few weeks ago. Right after movie she tells me “mom I want to be Maurice” told her if I find the jacket in next week we will do it. A cousin of mine had a jacket from high school and sent it to me. I cut … Read more
Bought all the costume elements at the local thrift store. After several cans of spray paint and many days of drying out masterpiece was completed. We built the platforms to split in half so we could walk. The boots were glued down with liquid nails. We wore green leotard over our faces so we do … Read more
The inspiration for this idea came from a royal blue bridesmaid dress that I wore in my brother’s wedding. Instead of having it sit in my closet for eternity, I decided to upcycle it. I loved Rainbow Brite in the 1980s and knew the dress would be a good base for my costume. Once I … Read more
This costume was thought of after a long couple of weeks searching the internet for something that we could be that would be creative, fun, and we could DIY. We used a lot of polyfil to stuff the lime and to create the beer foam on my dress. By the end of the night, the … Read more
I made this costume using 100 percent recycled parts. We are talking foam pillows. Sport shields knee pads shower hose, game console parts took 3 months to glue paint air brush and tape all made by hand. Many sleepless nights started with a base of black fabric then cut and shaped forty pieces of foam … Read more
Having grown up in the 80’s, I was thrilled to share my love of Back to the Future with my kids. They love the movies even more than I do now, so much so that they asked to go out as Marty and Doc Brown for Halloween this year. The fact that this year, 2015, … Read more
Started with spray painting cardboard boxes and taping them together to form a VW bus. Added some of my own touches and painted it up to look as original as possible. Found a grey beard wig and trimmed it to look like Jerry. Also spray painted my hair grey and found matching hippie glasses. Found … Read more
While watching the Simpsons, my son decided he wanted to be Bart for halloween. He insisted I buy him a costume, but I wanted us all to be the Simpson family for a neighborhood party and I didn’t want to spend much on my creation! I bought white long sleeve T-shirts and dyed them yellow … Read more
When I step into fear, I step into faith. This costume was by far my hardest DIY work. I have feared whether I would be even able to execute it at all. When I decided to do it, I have stepped into my faith of myself. At age 14, when I saw Firenze, the elegant … Read more
My girlfriend Kristine Choy and I share a love for the 1986 film Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly in the main roles. This film helped cement our relationship, so we felt it appropriate to dress as the characters on our first Halloween together. They go through many costume changes in the film, but … Read more
When my husband, Jesse, and I asked our two year old daughter, Nora, what she wanted to be for Halloween some of the responses we got were Tuesday, ice cream and bathing suit. Living in New Jersey, Halloween night can get very cold and already owning a wet suit we figured that would be a … Read more
I knew this was the best costume choice for my fiancé and I right off the bat, especially because he is always joking around by dramatically kissing my hand clear up my arm or dropping cheesy romantic lines with strange accents. He also resembles Gomez almost perfectly! I also always adored how flawlessly Morticia holds … Read more