My boys absolutely loved Thomas the Train. For Halloween, 2 years ago, we decided to have them be Thomas and James trains. l figured l could make the costumes, and they wouldn’t cost a whole lot, plus they’d look better than the store bought ones. For the trains themselves, l got cake boards~cardboard circles for … Read more
For Halloween 2010, my husband and I constructed what can only be described as a “contraption”, so it appeared that I was giving birth and he was the baby! We started with a rolling cart used to hold folding chairs and an old funeral home gurney. We put a base across the bottom of the … Read more
I came up with the idea for a Day of the Dead costume last year when my friend who lives in México and is a photographer did a photo shoot with the Day of the Dead theme. This last-minute Dia de los Muertos couples costume is one of the cheapest costumes I have ever made, … Read more
We love to craft our Halloween costumes and did these girls R2D2 and C3PO homemade Halloween costumes a couple years ago but didn’t get many great photos. We decided to revamp our costumes and do it again. We walked along the streets and made friends with many Star Wars fans. It was pretty funny walking … Read more
This is the first Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together. A few days before the Halloween event, I was freaking out that we didn’t have a definite costume idea and I thought we would not end up with one. We went to Michael’s the night before of the event and my boyfriend was … Read more
We had a great time making this Price Is Right Costume. We got corrugated board and spray painted them green. Then we vinyled all the letter designs. Tied a string through it to hang. We also made the shirts. The fronts says “I $ Plinko” and the backs say “Spay and Neuter your Pets”. We … Read more
We raided the Goodwill and Buffalo exchange. We needed up buying a black suit, a white blouse and black tight leggings for the Mia character. The tie was hand-made in Santa Fe, NM by Santa Fe Stoneworks. We bought our wigs from Spirit Halloween shop. We love the movie and thought that Mia Wallace and Vince … Read more
I am normally planning my Halloween costume as soon as this year’s party is over. Now being the mother of a toddler, it got to be mid October and I realized I didn’t have a CLUE yet as to what to be! Then, I came across a website that had couples costumes ideas and I … Read more
My boyfriend and I LOVE Mortal Kombat so it was easy to decide what to be for Halloween, Sub Zero and Kitana Costumes. Sub Zero was easy despite the fact that I had to sew it by hand (my sewing machine was broken). I bought 4 yards of blue stretchy fabric and 3 yards of … Read more
I will start off by saying that we are from the Province of Manitoba, in Canada. And we Manitobans have a very unique tradition called a “Social”. A social is a particularly Manitoba-grown concept. It’s a fundraising party, often for a wedding, charitable or community organization. Usually held at a community center, it can be … Read more
Every year our friends throw an over-the-top Halloween party and we wanted to step up our game in the costume department. So my boyfriend, Sam, and I decided to go as Adam and Barbara Maitland couple Halloween costume. The masks took about a month to make as we worked on them a little after work … Read more
My buddy and I did these Lego Minfigure costumes. We picked our favorite Lego characters. I was a Lego magician and he was a Lego Sir. The three main materials are poster board, cardboard and Styrofoam. We first cut out the body out of card board, we copied off of what a real Lego Mini figure was. After … Read more