I got the idea to do Monsters Inc when my 2 year old daughter was screaming and I found myself wondering if the lights were going to start flickering. I realized she sounded just like “Boo” and was the perfect age to use that as a costume for Halloween. Then I decided to have my … Read more
Spent a couple months assembling our costumes. We used as our sources eBay, Walmart, hobby lobby, Walgreens, Halloween City and everyone’s closet. The shoulder pads came from a renaissance festival leather crafter. Silver duct tape added flair to plain black boots and leggings. Both wigs were adapted to work for kiss. Imitation leather pants and … Read more
I’ve always loved Marvin the Martian from Loony Toons and wanted to give it a try. For the base outfit I wore white shoes, red tight pants, red corset, red long gloves with cartoon white gloves on top. The skirt is a yellow tutu with green felt cutout sewn on top. The head is made … Read more
I’ll start by saying I’m not the most creative person I know but I instantly fell in love with the minions. After searching the internet I realize the only minion costumes for adults were pretty ugly..lol So I went right to work figuring out how to make a minion. I started with two camping pads … Read more
This is my border collie dog costume. I made him for Halloween, but he’s also helped out with adoption events on occasion. Again, much like my Big Bad Wolf costume, I thought it would be fun to be a giant cartoon character, so I created “Blackjack” the border collie Also like my wolf costume, he’s … Read more
This year I decided to make a Tron Legacy costume. I don’t think I’ve ever put more effort and time into making this costume! This costume started out with so many different ideas and turned into me watching the movie a million times to make sure everything was pretty darn close to the costumes in the … Read more
Being the cutest movie if the year my little want decide to be a minion this year, his brother as always was on board to dress up too….their father made this costumes from scratch. The only thing store bought was the mask. From fabric and foam to bottles of Clorox and colanders (minion eyes) these … Read more
Two years ago this club in Los Angeles was having a Star Wars themed night, so I asked some friends on Facebook what I should be and their reply was a tuskin raider! So I had about 7 days till the event and had to think and act fast to make this costume happen! I … Read more
I’ve always wanted to do an edward scissorhands costum and this year I broke down and did one. I tried to make the hands as close to the movie ones. Connecting the blades to the hands was the hardest challenge. I used plastic pipe that fit perfectly on my fingers. For the blade part I … Read more
These costumes gave my wife and I an epic 2013 Halloween. We placed first place at a Halloween costume contest winning $500 at Solona Beach, California. The first thing I do when making a costume is conceptulize an idea from pictures off the web or from a movie. Making Digitigrade Stilts I have aways wanted … Read more
I love Sour Cream and Onion Pringles, I will go through five cans every week and a half (I may have a problem), and I got sick of throwing them out when I finished them. So I figured I would start saving them and make something out of them (what, I did not know). I’d … Read more
This year we decided to make the kids Mario, Luigi, and Donkey Kong. We made the heads by making a cylinder shape out of cardboard and scuplting faces from paper and tape. Then we covered them with paper mache. I put a mix of joint compound and caulk and sanded it to make it as smooth … Read more