Keeping with the pop star theme each year for Halloween I had to come up with another idea. What better way than to bring it back to the very beginning, Madonna from her VMA performance “like a virgin”. I went to Ardenes and loaded up on pearls, crosses and all the costume jewelry I wore. … Read more
I was getting ready to take a little vacation from work and my department decided we were going to all dress up as Super Heroes and Villans- So I chose a Beautiful Villian! The Red Queen from the Johnny Depp version of Alice in Wonderland. I had a vision and it was going to be … Read more
I spent couple of Halloweens in the Stated before but I never bothered to dress up. This year I decided to put my creative side to use and make a Halloween costume from scratch! My inspiration was Little Mermaid! I bought the fabric for the mermaid tail at International Silk & Woolens, located at 8347 Beverly … Read more
I made this costume for a Jazz age themed party and it got a lot of attention. It’s a combination of an early pin up girl and show girl costume. My wife found the dress online. It looks like a vintage dress from the 1930s and shows some leg and it has the silver sparkle … Read more
I got the idea about 15 years ago when I saw a guy wearing something similar. I’ve wanted to do this ever since, so I decided this would be the year. I started the costume in mid-September and finished October 20, 2013. The chair is made from cardboard which I measured, cut, folded and constructed … Read more
My boyfriend and I were trying to think of an idea to do for a couples costume this year. He wasn’t helping out at all, so I called him The Grinch of Halloween. And that is how we came up with being The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who. We bought green fuzzy fabric at JoAnn’s, … Read more
Hi just wanted to say I have always wanted to be a living statue. Wasn’t sure which one or what decade but I thought it would be a super cool costume. My first step was the internet. I looked up living statues and watched a few videos and decided that I wanted to be a … Read more
I live, love, breath for Halloween. I am always in love with illusions and quirkiness, missing body parts, etc. I have the “Corpse Coming Alive” on here from a couple of years ago as well. Which led me to The Contortionists idea. I love all things Freak Show and Vaudeville, so that helped with my … Read more
I’m a huge fan of the Ender series by Orson Scott Card, so when I found out they were making a movie, I was really excited. As soon as I heard that it was to enter theaters the day after Halloween, I immediately decided what I wanted to go as this year. I set to … Read more
Our family is serious about two things – food and Halloween costumes. So this year, we combined our two great loves and created the “All That and A Bag of Chips” costume. And it was delicious. Every year we think of a group costume, in the past we’ve done your typical famous groups…The Wizard of … Read more
My husband and I love Halloween and really enjoy coming up with creative costumes! After the craze of “Sharknado”, my husband had the great idea to go with this move as the theme of our costumes. We decided that I would be the tornado with sharks and he would be the “killer” shark from the … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Family’s Despicable Me costumes. I had never been much of a Halloween person until my oldest was 3 and started to really have a blast on Halloween. Last year, we dressed up as Monsters, Inc., and my kids dressed up in their costumes all the time long after Halloween was … Read more