Keeton loves Mike the Knight and wanted to be a knight this year for Halloween, but all of the costumes we found were either one piece jump suits or really fake plastic looking. So we decided to look at some photos of suits of armour and make our own. We had no idea what a … Read more
I have always enjoyed the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Just so happens so do my kids! So I decided to make my son Jack. I had been looking from material for awhile and never found anything I liked for Jack Skellington. I finally found the perfect one online and ordered way too much. lol. … Read more
We love New York City and wanted to honor it by creating a larger-than-life replica of a favorite souvenir, a Statue of Liberty Snow Globe. We knew it was going to be difficult but we felt up to the challenge. The first issue was the snow globe itself. For the dome we used three large … Read more
This was an idea my husband and I have had for a few years now. Making our costumes has become a tradition for us every year and our friends and family are always excited to see what we’ve come up with. Usually we only create costumes for our 2 boys. We had our other 2 … Read more
Sarah: Dress: Goodwill $20- I modified it with some bling, added an additional puffed sleeve on each arm. I stuffed them with some fabric from hobby Lobby and old tulle that came on the veil for the dress. I sewed on a few gold appliques and sequins so it would look more like the dress from … Read more
Here are our Pixar Up costumes: For Kevin we cut out individual feathers (about 300 of them) out of felt and glued them to a structure that we carved out of floral cones. We then fit the cone through the hood of a sweatshirt allowing it to stand straight up. Then we covered the sweatshirt … Read more
This costume was thrown together with $70 of last minute purchases. The JayZ t-shirt ordered from amazon $30, microphone and fishnet stockings/gloves and fake gold chains from local Halloween store. The JayZ beanie black sunglasses, black pants and boots were something that i already had Beyonce’s mask was cut from a fishnet stocking and the … Read more
Halloween costume planning starts early in our household, so when Frozen came out in November of 2013, my now 7 year old daughter immediately knew she wanted to be Olaf for the coming Halloween in 2014, and here we are. I think Olaf is hilarious, so this was a fun build. As usual, figuring out … Read more
I live in Sapporo, Japan and always enjoy Halloween over here. One of the big disco clubs hosts an event that draws over 1,000 participants each year. Most of the locals buy their costumes at the same stores, and it is pretty easy to stand out if you spend a little time on making a … Read more
The shirt is from Goodwill, the jeans and thermal are from the back of my closet, and the Dickie’s one piece came from eBay. The wig is from an actual wig shop and I got it cut into a mullet. This was a pretty awkward experience – the lady made me wear the wig and … Read more
This costume took my blood, sweat and tears to make. I never did carpentry before so it was quite a challenge. The moon was cut using a jigsaw and painted with house paint. Each gem was glued on individually and that took some time. A lot of trial and error was done before the final … Read more
On October 25th, 2014, I was transformed into Two Face from Batman. I got the inspiration from going to Comic Con in Chicago with my nieces a few months back. It was my first time and I couldn’t believe how awesome it was and all the cool costumes everyone went all out on. After talking to my … Read more