Great Red Queen and Mad Hatter Couple Costume

Great Red Queen and Mad Hatter Couple Costume

Halloween is our favorite holiday. For us it’s about having fun, and being creative. What’s not to love? This year we decided to go as the Red Queen and Mad Hatter. We started early – late summer, searching out all the pieces we would need for our costumes at local thrift stores. We found everything … Read more

Coolest Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

Coolest Alice in Wonderland Group Costume

My nine year old daughter and I decided it would be fun to do group costumes this year, and we decided on Alice In Wonderland. I made tutus from tulle for all the girls’ costumes. My nine year old was Alice. I bought a white apron and added lace and some black trim around the … Read more

Special Little Miss Mad Hatter Costume

Special Little Miss Mad Hatter Costume

The concept Miss Mad Hatter, portrayed by my daughter Nadia, all started with with a hat. Nadia saw the hat she is wearing at a party store. Our next stop was the craft store. She picked out colors and fabrics she wanted. I got a pattern, which really just ended out being inspiration, because I … Read more

Coolest Homemade Olaf Costume

Coolest Homemade Olaf Costume

We have daughters that are obsessed with the movie Frozen, they had to be Anna and Elsa! They asked us to be the King and Queen from the movie. But as everyone knows the King and Queen die at sea!  So we looked to buy an Olaf costume and could not find any that we … Read more

Cool DIY Olaf Costume for Teens

Cool DIY Olaf Costume for Teens

After dressing scary for the last consecutive 8 years, I decided to become something that was the complete opposite of terror and bring one of my favorite animation characters to life. This costume was actually pretty easy to make! It took me two school nights and some help from my aunt. Since I live in … Read more

Mother and Son Costume: Mickey and Minnie

Mother and Son Costume: Mickey and Minnie

All year I would comb my son’s hair into two puff ball side ponytails, due to which my cousin stuck to calling him Mickey. So for Halloween, I knew for sure he would be Mickey and because of our strong love connection, I just had to compliment him by being Minnie. I started off by … Read more

Last Minute Button Buck Costume

Last Minute Button Buck Costume

I love going hunting with my dad and being our family is very involved with hunting I decided to make a costume out of it. Instead of going as the hunter I thought I would put my makeup skills to use and some of the branches you can buy at Walmart. I bought some flower … Read more

Coolest Wreck-It-Ralph Family Costume

Coolest Wreck-It-Ralph Family Costume

We co-parent my husband’s daughter with his ex girlfriend, so we swap Halloween every other year. The years we get her, she decides what she wants to be and we choose our costumes based on her decision. This year she chose Vanellope Von Shweetz from Wreck it Ralph. Her daddy was Wreck it Ralph, her little … Read more

Death Can’t Part Us Skellington Costumes

Death Can't Part Us Skellington Costumes

How did we come up with this Mr. & Mrs. Skellington costume idea? A couple of years ago I was shopping for pumpkins at a local store. Carving pumpkin has always been one of my favorite activities for Halloween! As usual I was taking my time trying to find the perfect pumpkin for the design … Read more

Coolest Adult Mike Wazowski Costume

Coolest Adult Mike Wazowski Costume

To start this journey, I got a 65 cm exercise ball to construct the body and a punch balloon to make the head/hat section. After the balloons were blown up, I started to paper mache. I made the mixture by using one part flour and five parts water (For one layer, I found that 1/2 … Read more