As my kids got older I started to get more creative with the costumes. I always try to make their costumes go together. Me and my family are really big Jim Henson fans .Choosing who was going to be which character wasn’t hard either. They all match the personality as well. My oldest daughter is … Read more
I used poster board and a balloon for the body. Paper mached about 5 layers and painted yellow. I added overalls with some fabric and paint, goggles are made of sour cream cups spray painted in silver. All other details are foam sheets. They were a bit complicated but very fun to make. I love … Read more
My son asked if I would make him Buddy the Elf for Halloween. I started looking at photos and figuring what I could order and what I could make. I ordered girls leggings and when they arrived my son informed me that they were not the right color and needed to go back. He is … Read more
This Golden Lego Ninjago took about 1 month to complete. Working on it with free time with the Golden Lego Ninjago figure to guide me. It was a lot of measuring. It was a lot of cardboard box cutting. It was a lot of piecing together and duck taping. It was also a lot of hot … Read more
“Officer, PLEASE!!”, I begged, “Shoot him in the head!” The cop I was talking to was cracking up. I wore my Zombie Victim costume to the local Halloween Parade and walked alongside my grandchildren. I had to stop every twenty feet or so to let parade viewers snap my picture. Most of the comments I … Read more
We have serious appreciation for unique, well constructed homemade Halloween costumes! I am the oldest of six “kids” – ages 37 down to 24- and our spouses and friends all love HALLOWEEN! My brother and his wife host the annual “Aftermath” Halloween party… Everyone goes all-out for it! You’d think there was big money prizes … Read more
For the past few years my sisters have had a great Halloween party. I usually dress up as some kind of Vampire, because I love Vampire movies. Anyway, this year they told me “You can’t be a Vampire!” lol. So, I decided to do something totally different and great! Marie Antoinett, carrying her head! I … Read more
Bring it on down to liquorville! One of my favorite skits on Saturday night live. I fell in love with their costumes and decided to try to make my own version of the wine. I went out and got just a regular ivory dress, then bought about 20 plastic grape bunches. I wrapped the grapes … Read more
Since I love the movie and still scares me up to this day I decided to dress like IT because not a lot of people do it. WIG: I used a balloon, newspaper, flour, water, red spray paint and fabric and fiberfill for pillows. First I made a glue with the flour and the water … Read more
I took my daughter shopping for a costume. While she was in the fitting room, I started looking around. I was drawn to the full body suits. My mind was filling with all kinds of ideas. I am a “fluffy” woman and there was NO way I would wear one of those. My 6’2″ fifteen … Read more
It was the evening of October 12th. As usual, my three buddies and I were discussing potential costume ideas for upcoming area parties and contests. See, we love Halloween. We take this holiday very serious. It is the one time of year when you can be anything you want. However, whatever we do, we want to make sure we’re the … Read more
We went to a Halloween Bash and we asked to have our pictures taken so many times we lost count of! My husband was the Money Man and I was Flo from Progressive and we were a hit!!! Order and Gather Supplies First I ordered the most realistic money in various denominations I could … Read more