This year I wanted to out do any costume I had ever tried in the past. Thanks to my engineer of a husband it was possible. It took us several weeks and lots of planning and editing of the original plans to make this work. How it was made. Black base layers (top and bottom) … Read more
Forrest Gump is my girlfriend’s favorite movie. While Jenny would have been the obvious choice for a couples costume counterpart to Forrest, she’s not nearly iconic enough. It would have been Forrest Gump and hippie chick–and, frankly, it would have been a typical and too…cute. Thus, she opted for Lt. Dan, like a real sport. … Read more
I made this homemade Wreck it Ralph costume for my Son this year. We loved the movie and were inspired to do the costume. I make his costume every year so I knew this would be fun. For the costume, I bought overalls, then dyed them a darker brown. I found the orange plaid shirt at a … Read more
And so we went to Vegas…. This costume was made for a local Halloween Party that was giving away a free trip to Las Vegas as the grand prize, so I thought what better way to win then to be Las Vegas so with Lady Luck by my side we took the grand prize. The … Read more
Has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember… try to create a spot-on Witch’s guard (Winkie) costume with all the details of the movie character. I’ve seen many pretty cheezie outfits offered online recently (some near $200) and negated the urge to purchase. Thought I could do way better. Everything … Read more
In our house we love classic 80s movies. We wouldn’t be good parents if we didn’t introduce our kids to such favorites as The Goonies, The Princess Bride, Spaceballs, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. My kids, 7 and 9, indulged my wish for a family costume last year when we went as the Addams Family … Read more
Hi, I’m grandma. I have been making my granddaughters costumes for the last couple years. Halloween is my favorite holiday. Right after last Halloween the girls started talking about this year. We looked online at lots of pictures. They liked the idea of having a flying umbrella and a jet pack so we went with … Read more
This is how I made my Rapunzel costume for Halloween 2013! This took me a lot of time and effort to make this costume. In April I was so bored because I hadn’t been in a show for a long time and I needed a creative outlet. I decided to buy a sewing machine and … Read more
The Idea What started as a joke would become one of my most ambitious projects. I remember sitting in my car with my best friend and girl friend. it was about 9:00 and somehow we had gotten on the subject of what costume to make for Anime expo which was coming up in about 6 … Read more
I was eight years-old when the Little Mermaid was first released in 1998, and ever since, I have always wanted to be Ariel. This year, as a 31 year-old woman, I decided was time! In the beginning of October, I spent about 5 hours looking up costumes, but all of the pre-made Ariel costumes looked … Read more
The idea and inspiration for this costume came from my daughter who enjoys trick or treating and one of my favorite rock ‘n’ roll bands, KISS. So the first year was just to get involved, makeup and a wig. My daughter and I had such a good time, it was then I decided to actually … Read more
When my girlfriend and I decided to dress up for Halloween this year, we definitely wanted to make our costumes ourselves. We figured we wanted to do something cute and simple but we wanted to make sure we looked good. Adam and Eve was one of our first choices and we stuck with it. Little … Read more