Mr. Teddy’s story I design and construct local mazes for a public park and during one of my late evening sketches I came up with Mr Teddy. A demonic teddy bear, a creation from a demented toy maker. He was going to be the final attraction. In the maze and the toy maker was going … Read more
Well, the idea for the Mike Wazowski costume with Little Sister Boo started months ago. I ask my grandson every year what he wants to be, he told me Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. So I had to make it happen. I started it one month before Halloween. Starting with the shape of the body I made … Read more
I made this gory homemade Zipper Head in freezer costume at home with my kids and my husband. We all pitched in. The memories are the most memorable and that’s why I enjoyed making this refrigerator with my family. From a card board box from u-Haul storage I painted it with black spray paint and did everything … Read more
My Katy Perry loving daughter Paige, got it in her head last year, after being an Icee Drink (check out my last year’s costume on this site!), that she would be Katy Perry for this year! No store bought costumes for my kids, as they now know I am crazy enough to accept the challenge! … Read more
Every year my husband likes to dress up for Halloween. Past costumes have been spot on, not to disappoint this year, he decided to be Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. I found the glasses that Col. Sanders wore online and then found the “string tie”. The suit was from a past costume. We … Read more
The T-1000 costume was actually pretty simple, but it turned out very well. The base of the costume is black pants, a black button down shirt, black Red Wing low cut shoes and a white undershirt. The shoes and pants I have for work. The black shirt is actually a real policeman issued shirt that … Read more
My four-year-old son wanted to be Sponge Bob, and he told me he wanted to be him, not just wear a costume with Sponge Bob printed on it. I could not find any ready-made costumes that met his approval, so I decided to create my own. I kept thinking, how could my son actually feel … Read more
In March this year, the company I work for celebrated their 20th year anniversary with a movie theme. Decorating the site as well as it’s people. It was our job to come to work as a character from a movie, and as I had bright red hair at the time, the iconic Poison Ivy was … Read more
This Leprechaun is my 9 year old son Ayden’s 2013 costume. His grandmother makes his costumes every year, and every year they are always unique! We live in a small city where pretty much everyone knows each other and everyone in the area loves to see Ayden’s costumes! As you could imagine this puts a lot … Read more
This Vegas Showgirl costume started with a white corset. I had an all white corset, I hand sewed some gold fringe across the top. You can get this at any type of fabric or craft store. Next, I put a regular belt from my wardrobe on around my waist (leave it on top of your corset … Read more
If you love Minions, this is the costume to choose! It will fit majority of people, if you can fit in a kitchen bin, you can be this Minion! It was a long bit extremely fun process, all up about one week in time and $90 maximum per Minion. But totally worth it! There were many entertaining clips … Read more
I wanted to do something I haven’t seen before. I like to do original things. I’m a puppet and props builder and I just like to make creatures and things. I’m a fan of the Labyrinth and of Jim Henson and of David Bowie, so that’s how that came to be. I started by looking … Read more