This was a CHALLENGING costume! Ruby Rhod from the movie The Fifth Element. This costume was a doozy! The jumpsuit I made with lepoard printed spandex. I had no pattern so I made the pieces up off the top of my head. It has snap closures which were hand sewn on. The color is made … Read more
I am not a sewer in the least so I probably made this harder than it was with a lot of trial and error. I made a skirt for the wrapper of the cupcake. I made pleats in the skirt to look like a cupcake wrapper. The skirt took me three evenings to get … Read more
Before I get into the nitty-gritty of the actual construction of the costume, I’d like to tell you the most difficult part of turning my toddler into a fox princess for Halloween. In a devastating coincidence, Poppy Clementine chose to be a fox in the same season that “What Does The Fox Say?” has become … Read more
Every year when the weather starts to change I get excited because I know my favorite time of the year is near. The time to become some else, to live in a fantasy world for one night,. Halloween is not just about candy but about being able to express yourself, to walk in someone else’s … Read more
I wanted to be the Wizard of OZ family for Halloween, but why pay $30+ per costume?!? So I made them! For the scarecrow I took sweat pants/shirt found at the Goodwill ($5 total) and took some worn out/stained/no longer used shirts laying around the house, cut them up and made patches out of them … Read more
Our 3-year-old daughter, Sofia, loves the movie Monster’s Inc. When it is bedtime she hides under the covers and waits for her dad to come into her room and pops her head out and yells, “BOO!” She calls him Kitty, a.k.a Sully, and me Mike Wazowski. People even say she looks like the little girl … Read more
CHAIRS: I used red poster board and black duck tape. I put wooden dowels on each side of the chair backs to keep them upright. I used velcro strips to secure the chair back to the clothes. I used cardboard to make the tray in front and used velcro to secure to the chair back. … Read more
This year my husband and I went as the Maitlands from beetlejuice. Using whatever tools we had in the garage, plus a few new ones like a dremel, my husband craved out the masks using pink foam insulation. After carving the basic shape, he cut out the head hole to custom fit to each of … Read more
Started these costumes because I wanted something that kids would not be afraid of……the response to the costumes was so incredible, I could not believe it! started with 4 camping mats for the body, helmets to hold everything secure, yellow felt and light jean material…..sooo simple, but impressive… had a few issues, ones being my … Read more
Halloween has always been a big deal to me growing up as a kid and I would always look forward to the building process with my Dad each year. But of course, the halloween costume builiding took a back seat for the high school and college years as life became busier and busier. It wasnt … Read more
I work in an office and every year for Halloween we open our doors to children for a few hours at the end of the day for trick or treating. I like to make homemade costumes because it allows me to try to make them as realistic as possible. This year was by far the … Read more
This was the first year that I had no clue what to be for Halloween, i wanted to spook the pants off people so I got to thinking what was the scariest movie that really messed with people…..the exorcist. I found the basic cosume at a local Halloween shop (the only one on this small … Read more