My husband and I attend a halloween party every year where most of the adults dress up, and usually we try to come up with a cool idea to dress up as a couple. This year we had a really rough time coming up with something awesome, we have done bride and groom zombies (which … Read more
I was brainstorming with friends, and my wife said you should be a port-a-potty, because that is where you spend most of your time anyways. After that, I began constructing the costume! I started with a large refrigerator box, which I painted and used mailbox letters and numbers to add the wording on the sides. … Read more
This Poison Ivy Costume was definitely the most difficult but one of my all-time favorite costumes ever. I was laying in bed watching makeup tutorials and eventually came across Halloween makeup in which at one point Poison Ivy came on. I thought the process wasn’t too difficult so there blossomed my costume idea for Poison Ivy. … Read more
My boyfriend, Joshua, came up with the idea to do a Steampunk (Victorian age, mechanical, sort of post-apoctolypic, science fiction genre) look for a Halloween costume, and I thought that sounded great! At first, I thought he might be upset that I wanted to copy his excellent idea, but he was thrilled to do a … Read more
I attend an “Adult” theme Halloween party every year and everyone really goes all out with their costumes. The results vary from mild to wild, with me usually being the wild part. This year with all the publicity from Miley’s VMA awards performance, she seemed a natural for a costume. When I started to do … Read more
My three year old Kip loves Mr. Grinch and decided that he would like to be Mr. Grinch for Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas and decided to start sewing. I ordered long faux fur fabric, purchased a pattern I could use to make the body, and bought Max the dog on Ebay. After … Read more
Here is our Chuckie and Bride of Chuckie Couple Costume! The Chuckie costume was purchased, the face was the real DIY part! More on that in a minute. Bride of Chuckie is just a white dress, leather jacket, and I chose to go with some black “combat” style boots but I think you can make … Read more
Bring the magic to your Halloween party as a rabbit in a hat!! Dress like a bunny from the hips up and make a top hat as a skirt – abracadabra! You’re a star! Making the Top Hat frame. The frame was pretty easy – made from very thin PVC pipe from Home Depot using … Read more
We both love Halloween and this year wanted to celebrate the holiday together with a couple costume. After deciding on a Day of the Dead theme for a party we were throwing we decided to go as a bride and groom, perfect couple idea. I love making costumes myself, I love that what I’m wearing … Read more
This was my choice for our couples costume. What better than one of the first iconic Monsters & his bride? We originally were planning on doing the classic styles for both characters but, upon doing our research, we realized that that’s what everyone had already done. We wanted to take a different approach to the … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to be a loofah and bar of soap for Halloween. The loofah was made out of strips pink netting tied around two white elastic waistbands (one around the hipes and one underneath the chest). I used a thick piece of white yarn and doubled it a few times to make the … Read more
The bow is PVC pipe that was heated with a heat gun to bend. I then painted it black. Once dry, I covered it in a fishnet stocking an painted it orange, bronze, and white to make a snake pattern. I then attached a bowstring. The headpiece is a soccer ball, foam, and wire with rubber snakes. … Read more