My name is Steve, and I am an industrial designer in NJ who has a passion for bringing iconic characters to life at Halloween. Carol from “Where the wild Things Are” was one of my favorite characters growing up, who I felt would be perfect for this years costume. Carol took me 3 days (72 … Read more
My nine year old daughter and I decided it would be fun to do group costumes this year, and we decided on Alice In Wonderland. I made tutus from tulle for all the girls’ costumes. My nine year old was Alice. I bought a white apron and added lace and some black trim around the … Read more
The concept Miss Mad Hatter, portrayed by my daughter Nadia, all started with with a hat. Nadia saw the hat she is wearing at a party store. Our next stop was the craft store. She picked out colors and fabrics she wanted. I got a pattern, which really just ended out being inspiration, because I … Read more
When the Lego Man movie came out, I knew right away what my next costume was going to be LEGO MAN! I have seen a few really good Lego Man costumes over the years, so I wanted to take it to the next level and add a specialist twist for Halloween, LEGO MAN HORROR VILLAINS! … Read more
It’s the NEVERENDING STORY! One of my favorite movies from when I was a kid was the Neverending Story. It follows the adventures of Atreyu, Falkor, Bastian, and the Childlike Empress as they try and stop the “Nothing” from destroying their worlds. As a kid, I think everyone who saw the movie wanted to ride … Read more
I discovered steampunk in the Summer of 2013. I was instantly sucked in and decided to completely change my plans for Halloween just so I could carry an awesome steampunk gun. I settled on a steampunk sheriff costume. The Costume I purchased about $200 worth of rich fabrics and went all out stitching this creation … Read more
My nephew told me one day that I should be Blue from the Disney movie Rio. I’m a dancer so I got the inspiration from Rio Carnival – love the colors and they themes. I use yarn because I crochet. I also used Christmas ornaments, dollar store products, rhinestones and feathers plus glitter. I started … Read more
My name is Desmond Davis and I live in San Bernardino, CA. I chose the Robbie Sinclair Dinosaur costume because I just love the TV show The Dinosaurs. I made my mask out of paper mache. Then I put a white T shirt over it and painted the mask. For the eyes I used my … Read more
In my first foray into making a costume using foam floor mats I admit that I went a little overboard. Foam is a great material for making all kinds of complicated props and costumes, it is cheap and easy to work with. All you need is a few rolls of foam flooring and some hot … Read more
I always come up with my costume basically the day after Halloween is over for the next year. This year I already know what I am doing for next year. I always go as something from a movie. Ive been the leg lamp from The Christmas Story, The Flux Capacitor from Back To The Future, … Read more
This is my costume from 2013 updated in 2014. It is an eight foot tall “tree ent or woodland spirit”. The inspiration came from Lord of the Rings, and also when I was young I went to a renaissance Festival and saw a giant tree man waking around. I thought it was the coolest thing … Read more
Happy Halloween! This whole process of making the Mystique costume took about two month of prep work and eight hours the day off. I started with a few picture of Mystique’s character and with clay molded the small scales and spikes on as best as I could to copy the images. This was super tedious. … Read more