This was the first time I’d even thought to attempt an animal human hybrid costume, and it might be my last. My childhood friend asked if I could transform him into Ursula for Halloween. “Sure,” I said, little did I know I had my work cut out. He’s a big boned guy, but had been … Read more
In 1998 we started having Halloween parties for our kids and over the years I had constructed a customized Grim Reaper costume that lasted over 15 years. Even took 2nd place at a major Halloween party in Salem Massachusetts. I’ve always wanted to improve on my Reaper but it was never worth it until I … Read more
In 2011 a co-worker decided to be a Ghostbuster for Halloween. He had one of those inflatable Proton Packs that he had bought online. Being a lifelong tinkerer, I decided to look into building something akin to ‘the real thing’, movie accurate (or at least mostly so). So I got online and started searching, what … Read more
I’ve made pretty elaborate costumes in the past, but don’t go overboard every Halloween. I wasn’t planning on something real time consuming, until I saw a car commercial that featured some of the Muppets. One sighting of the Muppet called Sweetums and I knew that’s what I was going to make. The best feature of … Read more
Catching Fire Effie (Mother) and Katniss (Daughter) Costumes These costumes were definitely the most ambitious ones I’ve made yet. I already made an Effie Trinket costume from the first Hunger Games movie so when I saw Effie’s butterfly costume, I knew I just had to make it. All those butterflies! Gorgeous! So, the research began … Read more
My wife Katie and I, along with two other couples (Crystal and Eric Eller, and Mike and Leslie Deery), were hanging out on our patio one weekend when we came up with the idea of planning a group costume for Halloween. Eric quickly made a suggestion, and before we even had a chance to really … Read more
Queen of hearts is my favorite Alice in Wonderland character. This costume was completely made by hand from a female vampire costume from years past. I cut the old costume down the front and added in the white panel down the front that I had previously sewn hearts too. On the back a row of … Read more
This is the best female Steampunk Mad Hatter costume ever! I was given the steampunk hat and the knee high boots for Christmas and everything else was home made. We went thrift store shopping, found a brown dress and a men’s black suit jacket. We altered the suit jacket by attaching safety pins in two … Read more
I took weeks to get these two costumes done – the cape alone took weeks to do and 15-20 yards of material. The pigs outfit was a brand new pair of overalls that was soaked in bleach and shot with a shotgun. For the shoes, I had to buy two pair of shoes that have … Read more
My name is Terry and I live in Hamilton Ontario, Canada, and I am submitting the C3PO costume that I made by hand and have won many contests here in Hamilton. I am 56 years old and when I saw the first Star Wars movie way back in 1977, the second I saw C3PO, for … Read more
My son, like most kids, plays Halo. I’m a PE teacher so being active is my thing until I had to have emergency back surgery to fix a blown out disc. I have A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder) so sitting and resting are really hard for me. After surgery I was told I’d need 3 months … Read more
Each year our family does a haunted house for the trick or treaters. This past year we chose Monsters Inc. Each year the kids suggest this theme but because the costumes are not available we have pushed them towards another idea. I finally bit the bullet and started sewing. After many, many weeks I built … Read more