As an 80’s baby, which little boy did not love watching wrestling on TV? And who doesn’t remember the epic match between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior? Boy, was that a classic. About a week before Halloween 2012 my cousin asks me what my thoughts were about creating him the Ultimate Warrior costume for our annual … Read more
In mid September I was in the van with the kids and brought up the fact that we need to do another family costume. In 2009 we did the Incredibles and 2010 we did Tetris. Several ideas came about, but we finally agreed on a Pacman family Halloween costume. We discussed ideas and began searching Google … Read more
This super sized Beth and Dog the Bounty Hunter couple Halloween costume all started with left over fake boobs from last year’s costume, so I built upon that. I had to ask myself who has big boobs and would be super fun to portray…….Dog and his wife Beth! Perfect! The search was on for the rest of the … Read more
We planned Candyland a YEAR in advance. It took a long time to make. Basically we bought things for our costumes whenever we found something, throughout the year. Princess Lolli: I was princess Lolli. I found the yellow dress at Goodwill. It was old. Long with a high neck & sleeves. I altered it. Cut … Read more
Halloween is my son’s favorite “Holiday”. At some point I should probably worry about his obsession with skeletons and graveyards, but for now we look forward with much anticipation, to the time of year in which these eerie things are a little more common place. It was no surprise that when my son first saw … Read more
I had a blast making my Plush Homemade Peahen. Knowing I could make it as huge and dramatic as I wanted was really exciting. It was pretty simple to make. After ordering the materials I made it over about three days, giving things time to dry and to be touched up. I made: -The plush … Read more
This Titanic costume is like no other, literally because it was made by our very own hands. It was a lengthy process however, the great comments we received made all our work worthwhile. Thought went into making it small enough to fit through doorways as well as keeping it large enough to allow that large … Read more
This 7.5 ft Tall Buzz Lightyear Halloween costume took many hours to make but with determination it is quite feasible. Materials you will need include: papier-mache, EVA foam (home depot), pleather white fabric and vinyl green (both at JoAnns fabric), platform shoes, a chest protector such as motocross or lacrosse, and lots of duct tape (purple, … Read more
Amazingly I had the idea for our airline costume the day after Halloween last year….this year I’m not having as much luck! When coming up with a costume the main focus of the costume has to be able to work on my gigantic dog, Gallagher. If not, then we move on to something else. The … Read more
As this film has a curious plot and an extravagant cast of characters, a droog costume seemed fitting for this Halloween. I’ve had this costume since last year but hadn’t tried it with this make-up before and worked a treat! (or trick) I bought the bowler hat, groin-guard & bracers online for a total of … Read more
Our 4 year old boy is obsessed with the solar system. So when we asked what he wanted to be for Halloween he said ‘Saturn’. Where do you find a 3′ round ball / sponge / foam / anything to fit over a 4 year old and be rugged and light weight? My wife had … Read more
HOW I MADE IT – The Tooth: Supplies: 2 regular pillows, 2 long pillows, 1 white sheet, 1 big needle and thick white thread 1.) Sew the edges of the pillows together, alternating between long pillows and regular pillows to create a “cube shape.” 2.) Cut up the bottoms of the long pillows and shape … Read more