Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, over the 4th of July my family, my brother’s family & my cousin and her son all went to see the Movie Despicable Me 2. After the movie that kids started talking about how they would like to be characters from the movie for halloween and that’s what started … Read more
I was the talk of the party! Purple is my favorite color! What way to celebrate Halloween with my favorite characters (The minions) but the evil purple minion! A perfect match for me. My coworkers know I love my minions so I came up with an idea for our employee Halloween party/costume contest. My coworkers … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. When I was a kid it was all about the candy, the trick or treating, the school parties and hardly about the costume. When I got older and became more of a class clown I found Halloween as a fun way to get laughs at school by wearing … Read more
I play in an adult competitive dodgeball league in West Hollywood where the names of the teams are usually some fun pun (like What Would Jesus Dodge or Game of Throws). This season my team decided to be a costumed mash-up of the English TV show Absolutely Fabulous and Marvel Comic characters calling ourselves Absolutely … Read more
Every year my family dresses up in a group costume for our hometown Halloween parade. Sure it’s fun to win 1st place (We’ve won every year) but it is something we work on as a group and it’s always a good time!! Not to mention everyone looks forward to our costume year after year. !. … Read more
My youngest son and his best friend decided to be Will Turner and Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Carribean this year. It became a group costume when my oldest son wanted to be Ragetti (pirate with wooden eye). My son actually helped design and also sew the costume. We had some of … Read more
When my two year old became obsessed with Elmo I knew that was what she was going to be for Halloween. So I decided that my husband and I would join in on the fun too! I handmade Count Von Count and Big Bird, but bought Elmo at a thrift shop for 8 bucks. To … Read more
Well, the debate started at the beginning of the school year. I make Halloween costumes every year cause I can’t bring myself to buy them. It’s like a drug! I stress out every year, but I can’t help myself!! ANYWAY, I asked my 3 kids what they wanted to be and my 7yr old son … Read more
How to make a Tron costume in 10 days or less? “Nan, can you make me Tron for Halloween?” My grandson asked sweetly, 10 days before our town’s Trick or Treat night. “Sure, Buddy”, I answered with complete naiveté. I was not sure who or what a tron was but each year I try to … Read more
The inspiration for this costume was not really the movie Black Swan, but rather the protagonist of my first book. She has a White Swan Black Swan personality that will be conflicting her decisions through the story. I had a really fun time making this costume. This is not a costume you can whip up … Read more
This costume was inspired by the moogle from the final fantasy xiii video game. My daughter loved saying “kupo” just like the character. So when she asked to be a moogle, I started searching the internet. I found plenty of moogles that were infants wearing one piece suits, but she wanted to wear a dress … Read more
This was actually a last minute costume. It all started with a failed attempt at making a costume using stilts apperently I do not have balance. So two days before Halloween I searched the house to see what I could come up with. I used an outdoor skeleton and started to tear it apart. I … Read more