I made this costume for my son, Isaac he is 9 years old and loves all of the comic book super heros, This year he wanted wolverine, I made him a Batman last year that was pretty great so I had to up the ante this year on this wolverine costume. I wanted the claws … Read more
A group of friends decided to dress up as various characters from Venture Brothers for a local science fiction convention. Enter the Monarch and his Henchmen. I was one of four. We decided to get together and decide how we wanted to execute the costumes and then made 4 identical costumes. We were a huge … Read more
Here’s how our homemade Alien Xenomorph costume came to life. My son Joshua has always had a fascination with natural and fictitious creatures like Dinosaurs and Dragons. His love of scary monsters evolved to the creepiest monster ever featured in movies: The Alien Xenomorph in the Alien films. He has had an intense fascination with … Read more
It all started when I was young. I loved Halloween. It was a day full of color, kids dressed up and happy. Belly’s full of candy. What more can a kid ask for! I loved all the costume characters, especially the home made ones, how unique they were, how no one else had them but … Read more
I’m the Weeping Angel. (DON’T Blink! Blink and you’re dead!) My 6 year old son, who is a big Whovian, is the 10th Doctor. I made both costumes. My dress is polyester covered with spray paint (black, gray, and white sprayed in that order) for the stone texture and look. I have nylons on my … Read more
Here’s the story behind our scary doll costumes. I received a message from my sister asking if I could come up with a fun theme for her and her friends to use. After some thought it grew from a fun group costume to a large scale costume that grew and grew! I have always loved … Read more
Here’s the story behind this Star Wars Boba Fett costume I created for my son. I have made my son’s costumes every year since he was 2 years old. My son is now 9 years old. We are both big Star Wars fans! He was Han Solo a couple of years ago and we wanted … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Moana family costume. My daughters and niece are huge fans of the movie Moana, and decided they wanted to dress up as characters from the movie for Halloween. We incorporated their costumes into their birthday party, as they have birthdays before and after Halloween. I agreed to get into the … Read more
My Caddyshack costume was inspired by a combination of Caddyshack mixed with mini golf. This took me a few weeks to complete. I worked on it when I could usually late nights in the garage. This Caddyshack costume isn’t that difficult of a costume to build and you can create any shape and size your … Read more
We were attending a movie themed fundraiser event in which each group attending would pick a movie theme for their table. Our group chose Toy Story as our table theme. Being that its nearly impossible to find any pre-made costumes from Toy Story besides Woody, Buzz & the female cowgirl, I knew I would have … Read more
First off as the title says is Thorin a male or female, of course he’s a male but when worn by me it makes people take a double look every time. I made Thorin Oakenshield from the movie The Hobbit. A group of friends and I all got together to come up with our group … Read more
After a several months of deliberation I decided to be Ironman, ehh… Ironwoman… Ironlady… Lady Ironman? …ok whatever, you get the idea! I figured now would be a good time, since the third Ironman movie came out this year. My version is a mix of the comic with the movie version and just my own … Read more