Halloween is our absolute favorite! My husband and I are always trying to come up with fun costume ideas and we love to use movies, especially ones that we grew up watching, as our inspiration. This year, we thought it would be fun to pay tribute to Ghostbusters; and, since our son just has started … Read more
This year Tyler wanted to be a Zombie. In previous years my wife and I Ana Conlin typically do a Zombie Walk and dress up as Zombies. We usually do a Dr. and escaped patient duo with everything from yellow contacts, to prosthetics for facial scars and neck wounds. Face and hair coloring are the … Read more
You will need paper mache and paper mache clay, recepies for this is avalible online. Start by using coat hangers for the frame and tape them to a hat. Then cover everything with silvertape to add stability and use paper towels for filling also reducing weight. Cover with paper mache and newspaper. I then used … Read more
This is the fun Muppets Animal on an ostrich costume that I made for my husband. It’s always a challenge to come up with new and creative ideas each year. Often it’s more of a challenge to make the ideas come to life and be functional. But somehow we made it work! It took a … Read more
My daughter, Ruby, who is 22 months is wearing the Liberace costume. We were given the miniature pink baby grand piano from our niece and Ruby loves to bang on it so we wanted to incorporate it into her Halloween costume. Knowing that Liberace wore amazing ensembles while he performed made him a natural choice. … Read more
I absolutely love Halloween and dressing up in group costumes. This year we decided to be the Royal Family. I am dressed as Princess Kate, my husband is Prince William, my 1.5 year old son is Prince George, and my mom is dressed as the Queen. I got the idea after seeing a photo of … Read more
I love Toy Story and always wanted to make an awesome Buzz Lightyear costume. You don’t see many of those due to the difficulty of crafting the armor pieces. So I set out researching how to make costume armor. Some great resources for me included: Punished Props and the foam armoring books by Bill Doran … Read more
My costume was Harley Quinn. I researched her character for awhile before starting on her and channeling my character for the big night. She’s a playful person who’s in love with the Joker despite their many shortcomings. Not to mention the fact he repeatedly tried to kill her, but she always falls back in love … Read more
This Is my my amazing little daughter Lacey aged 7 we are from Scotland (Edinburgh)…. we decided this year not to go with your average witch but a sea witch…. I searched online for an ursula costume for kids but nothing came up so thought screw it I will make it myself brave choice for … Read more
My 9 year old daughter wanted to be Medusa for Halloween, but after learning that Medusa turns people to stone she changed her mind to wanting to be a creepy statue. She has the personality that truly loves acting like a creepy character. She chose an angel after seeing them in cemeteries. The main part … Read more
Making these costumes was one of the most gratifying sewing endeavours of my life! I set out to make Mike and Sully from monsters inc for my boyfriend and I. We decided we would try to make them soft and fluffy as a posed to the hard and less flexible paper mache I usually make … Read more
So I have always been entrigued with Nefertiti. It’s been my email address name since I was 16 years old, and that’s a long time ago now. She has been known for her beauty and grace, and after watching a documentary of her Bust being found in Egypt, I have always idolized her since I … Read more