Last Minute Russell From UP Costume

Last Minute Russell From UP Costume

For our high school’s annual spirit day dress up, one of my best friends and I decided to put together a couple costume but had a hard time thinking of something that could be prepared within three days. We then decided to dress up as characters in UP, since most parts of the costume can … Read more

Homemade Magnificent Young Maleficent Costume

Homemade Magnificent Young Maleficent Costume

If you asked most people what they consider to be the most hectic and stressful time of year, the majority of them would undoubtedly say the Christmas holiday season. It is the only holiday that requires the full fifty-five days of unrelenting planning and shopping if the store displays erected the day after Halloween are … Read more

Great Nightmare Before Christmas Group Costume

Great Nightmare Before Christmas Group Costume

We always enjoy Halloween. This year we decided that we would do Nightmare Before Christmas and our son would be Sam from Trick r Treat I did Oogie Boogie (my Husband, Troy) first, he is really just a large stuffed pillow from burlap. I sewed the arms on and put foot holes in the bottom. … Read more

Homemade Maleficent The Magnificent Costume

Homemade Maleficent The Magnificent Costume

Well Well Well, bwahahahaha. Hello children! I see that I was invited to attend a costume contest and I’ve decided to share my design for the maleficent look you see. Most of my costume was made with a few bought pieces torn apart and redone to fit my look I was going for. I’ll do … Read more

My Magnificent Maleficent Homemade Costume

My Magnificent Maleficent Homemade Costume

So on a long flight home after enjoying ten days of fun in the sun on my honeymoon I had the opportunity to watch Disney’s Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie. It was all the inspiration I needed for this years Halloween costume. I have always enjoyed Halloween and enjoy even more challenging myself to make the best, most realistic costume … Read more

Homemade Up Characters – Russell and Carl Couple Costume

Homemade Up Characters - Russell and Carl Couple Costume

Halloween is a big deal for us :)  Each year we have a few parties to attend and we like to have a different costume for each one and no repeats!  This year we were the Exorcist, Pixar/Disney’s UP and the Day of the Dead.  This is our version of the movie UP characters.  Russell … Read more

Amazing Homemade Beauty and the Beast Group Costume

Amazing Homemade Beauty and the Beast Group Costume

For those people who know me, I am known as the king of Halloween. I suppose the reason for that is because of my Halloween costumes. For the past nine years, I have been into making homemade costumes, getting bigger and better every year. Over the past nine years I have honed my skills as … Read more

Creative Snow White and His 7 Dwarfs Group Costume

Creative Snow White and His 7 Dwarfs Group Costume

Living in a house with seven girls and one guy we knew we had to be creative this Halloween. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the perfect idea for my roommates and I, and we loved the idea of turning our roommate Jonah into a male Snow White. Check out our costume in action … Read more

Cool Finding Nemo Costumes

Cool Finding Nemo Costumes

To make these Finding Nemo costumes, we bought simple tank tops and decorated them with paint, glitter glue and lots of sparkles. The headbands were a last minute addition, to create the fish eyes. Super easy just gluing foam balls and painting on the eye balls. The fins were the hardest part but we ended … Read more