We do a family costume theme each year, everyone gives an idea and then we vote together on which one we think will be the most fun, easy to recognize and create. Each of them has to have enough characters for each member of the family. This year was a close vote between Alice In … Read more
This year, we chose to create Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes with the added fun of making them interactive. This is how we created the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costumes: Make potato shapes with brown material mounted on batting (we spray mounted micro suede to it!). All the parts were made of felt, … Read more
This toy soldier’s costume idea was perfect for the family and getting everyone involved. We had a Halloween wedding to attend and needed costumes for it. We talked of a group Disney costume and in the search, my husband found the toy soldier from Toy Story. We started by going to the Goodwill and Salvation … Read more
We were aiming for Arkham Asylum / Arkham City style Joker and Harley Quinn costumes and so we needed the following: For the Joker: Purple trousers Purple tailcoat Shirt Green bow tie Green hair dye For Harley Quinn: Red/black trousers Red/black gypsy top Red under bust corset Red and black hair dye Plus white face … Read more
Was amazed to find that there were no off the shelf Sanderson sister costumes, so put together as follows: Skirts – Purchased plain skirts and used old bed linen and remnants to sew in to the skirts to give layered look. Capes sewed in ribbons. Corset sewed in gold hoops. Brooms added, watching outfit ribbons … Read more
My son, Felipe is a die-hard Minecraft fan. So this year, for all his great scores in school and hard work, I decided to make him his own personal Minecraft armor with sword and chest. It took about three weeks; had to redo the chest three times. I kept getting the measurements wrong. But finally … Read more
First off I go big on my costume every year because Halloween is my birthday and also my favorite time of the year. For my Poison Ivy costume, I went to hobby lobby to get fake leaves and glitter ect to put on the costume. I then went to Joann fabrics to get fabric so … Read more
I knew I wanted to be Poison Ivy for Halloween. Since my boyfriend and I always dress up together, he agreed to be Bane to complete the look! At first I thought I was just going to do this costume as fast and easy as possible. I originally had planned to just buy a green … Read more
I have ALWAYS made my Halloween costumes, my mom made them when I was little and I have made them every year since. Around September, I decide I need to really get a head start on my costume- and around October 25th I am ALWAYS in a panic and decide that I need to get … Read more
Morgan is a 2.9 year old typical boy who is over the top excited anytime he sees or passes or plays with his firetrucks! Complete Joy! His costume choice was easy, and I knew I wanted it to be a family affair. I love to live vicariously through him. The minute I decided, I hit … Read more
My brother’s son, my nephew, was having a superhero theme birthday for his 4th yr party, a week before Halloween. I wanted to do a batman costume that he would find super fun. I love the “pop” series toys, basically pop culture characters, small body big head. I am 6ft and 255lbs, so the head … Read more
After watching The Lego Movie and loving it, we thought about making some characters from the movie. We just went through a rough summer, with an adoption that fell through four days after we brought home the baby, and our hearts were broken. We decided we needed a project, and recruited our good friends and … Read more