I came up with the idea for this Homemade Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein Costume after looking around your website. I used just a regular School Backpack and a lot of duct tape. My boyfriend who is an engineer helped with the design. There are a few things I will do different for next year … Read more
Our seven year old son loves Lego and wanted to be the Lego Joker this year for Halloween. At first my wife and I thought this would be an impossible costume to pull off, but after some internet research we soon discovered it would not be as hard as what we originally thought. For this … Read more
I made this costume for my youngest son (14 years) to wear to my eldest sons 18th birthday fancy dress party. In order to get the tight fitting suit I brought a bright green catsuit from my local dance wear supplier (£16), I then needed to get the trademark Riddler question mark on it. To … Read more
Every year my boyfriend and I host a themed Halloween costume party… this year’s theme was Superheroes and Villains! At first, I wasn’t familiar with the vast world of comic book characters, but I knew I wanted to find an iconic villain. When I found Harley Quinn it was love at first sight! I’ve never … Read more
Okay, I would have to say this was a very challenging costume for me to put together. Katelynn wanted to be Harleyquin from the Batman cartoon. So I set to work on getting the materials needed to make the costume. I had to purchase two long sleeved body suits and two pairs of tights, each … Read more
For this homemade Poison Ivy costume I used an old swim suit and glued on fake ivy leaves with a glue gun. I took nylons, put them on, then drew a line, to make the illusion of a vine going up my legs. I also glued leaves on to those. I took a white sheet … Read more
This Poison Ivy costume was actually a last minute idea. I thought of characters I could dress up as that also had intense red hair , so I thought Poison Ivy from Batman would be perfect. I had to purchase a few things to begin with, such as: – Green metallic leggings – Green body … Read more
Spent long hours, shopping at Goodwill and Marshalls for an outfit for this Joker Halloween costume. Bought a white peacoat and dyed that and the pants purple. Cut a woman’s suit jacket into a vest and sewed on buttons. Scuffed up the shoes, cut long blond curly hair wig to make it joker like, greasy, … Read more
My son’s school only allows “career-themed dress-up” for Halloween at school. So, instead of having to do 2 costumes, we went with one idea and spruced it up for Trick-or-Treating! For Career Day, he was an attorney. We had a nice suit on hand with a white button-down shirt, tie, & dress shoes. I also … Read more
I made this entire Wonder Woman Costume by hand except for my bra, my skirt, and my boots. I used my bra, which was purchased at Torrid, to attach the silk for the top which I hand painted. The skirt was purchased at a second hand store. It is actually a bathing suit bottom, which … Read more
Well, this year I wanted to dress up as Wonder Woman but it was a lil expensive for the costume, so I started brainstorming and decided to make my own Wonder Woman Costume. I went to a fabric shop and bought pretty blue and gold fabric, foamy white, and a glittery red and yellow. I … Read more
This was part of a Hollywood project for college, I decided to try costume designing. I based the Killer Clown costume on “The Red Triangle Circus Gang” from my favorite movie Batman Returns. The costume had to be made in, or less than 24 hours. I began by buying all the materials, I then made … Read more