For the bomb, it was simply made out of duck tape dress. Once it was on, we got red construction paper and folded them into 4 tubes. We connected the tubes with random wiring found around the house and had duck taped them onto the duck tape dress. We then found a timer and had … Read more
My friends and I needed a costume last minute for a Halloween party. We came up with a really CHEAP and CUTE idea to be Play-Doh! We each bought one solid color bandeau that would be the color of the “cap” of the container (so a color of play-doh), a large yellow t-shirt, and red … Read more
My wife and I got tickets to the costume party held at the Hawthorn Hotel in downtown Salem MA. I had one week to come up with a costume. Since the pair of tickets cost us $180 I decided what ever I came up with was going to have to be free. I went down … Read more
This costume was inspired by a particularly messy movie theatre my daughter and I visited. We had an “aha” moment and thought this would make a great original and funny Halloween costume. Hence, the Movie Theatre Floor Costume was born! We used all dark clothing in the form of a turtleneck and black pants, because … Read more
I woke up that Halloween morning without a real costume. I Just looked in my closet and pull everything black. I came up with the Elvira costume. It all came together with existing clothes I had already had. The wig was an old Elvira wig from a couple years ago that I never had used until … Read more
What little girl growing up in the 80’s not love and want to be Rainbow Brite?? Not only did I watch the show, own every doll, I even had the bed sheets. naturally as I brainstormed unique costume ideas rainbow bright came to mind. Like all my other costumes I used recycled materials, in this … Read more
My kids wanted to be KISS band members last year! So I took lots of black clothes, added some face paint and there you go. Little did I know what they would get so many looks, but all was good! Everyone loved them! My daughter was the only one who won 2nd place, but together … Read more
My oldest daughter recently lost her two front teeth which inspired this costume couple. I couldn’t get the oldest daughter to be the tooth because we had already made her costume, and there was no changing her mind. It seemed simple enough to make, and I used extra craft stuff I had laying around my … Read more
My daughter is 13 and didn’t want to be a witch or princess or any other girly monster, so I suggested a zombie because we both love the Walking Dead. She jumped at it. I volunteer at an op shop and grabbed a pair of old jeans and t shirt, and started cutting away. We … Read more
I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween. His response was Tow Mater from Cars the Movie. I had went out and looked at costumes for him. Everything in the stores looked nothing like Tow Mater or even a vehicle. I had my mind set on making his costume for him. I grabbed his … Read more
I made this Velma costume for character day during homecoming week at my high school. I got the turtle neck sweater, skirt and wig from the Goodwill. I already had the black shoes and I just dyed a pair of cheat white socks from Walmart. My glasses are from Claire’s. My reactions were great! My … Read more
We decided to dress him up like Chucky because we thought it would be something simple we could do at home. We went to Wild Adventures Theme Park, they had a special event called Kidoween, thought it would be perfect to dress him up for that. I used a pair of overalls he already had … Read more