Last year, my family went to watch “Gnomeo & Juliet” and I immediately knew what I wanted to be for Halloween. For weeks, I worked on getting my straight laced, super uptight husband to agree to be “Joe-meo & Julia-et,” a play on our names. Somehow, I managed to convince him to go along for … Read more
My friend and I love Misty May and Kerri Walsh and we just happened to be the perfect height and hair color to pull off the costume ! We made gold medals out of gold foam sheets and purple ribbon, and then used silver letter stickers to write out London 2012. Then we bought blue … Read more
A friend and I wanted to do something creative this year for Halloween and we also refuse to pay sixty bucks for costumes that barely cover us! So, we searched around a bit and decided to create the Wonka Nerds candy boxes and wear them as our costume. It took a few trips to Hobby … Read more
My buddy and I went as separate luchadors last year, so we wanted to team up to make the best Legion of Doom wrestling partners costume. We got used football pads from a sporting store, spray painted them red. Bought the leggings, and “spikes” from Michaels, spray painted those sterling silver for the metallic look. Bought dark color … Read more
Halloween is a tradition with our group of friends, there is nothing like going out and being ridiculous with the people you enjoy the most. Every year we all get together, have a party then go out on the town. Last year a few of us went out as a theme and had an absolute … Read more
This was the fourth Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together, and I wanted to be something cute together since we’ve never dressed up as a couple before. Popeye and Olive Oyl seemed to be the cutest and easiest costumes to make. Being the broke college students we are, I wanted to spend the … Read more
My girlfriend and I had one heck of a time figuring out what to be for Halloween this year. We both love Halloween. I wanted to do my own thing, she wanted to do a couples costume. We couldn’t agree on anything… until we thought about the most loveable best friends from our childhood- Bert … Read more
My boyfriend is a huge Jurassic Park fan so we went as Dennis Nedry and the Dilophosaurus that spit on him from the movie. I used a Jack Sparrow pirate hat for the head piece and cut out the center and a little of the sides. I sewed a printed scarf on the head piece … Read more
My boyfriend and I take one annual trip a year, and it’s to the Florida Keys. It’s our favorite place to get away, so I used it as inspiration when coming up with our Halloween costumes this year. Since we can’t take part in Halloween festivities in Key West, we brought Key West to us! … Read more
Inspired by the classic movies and recent Broadway production of Shrek, we decided to make some green magic of our own. Shrek and Fiona costumes are easy to create. For Fiona, we found a green bridesmaid dress at our local Value Village and added a white peasant shirt from the closet. We added a red … Read more
This cool homemade couple costume: Stanley Cup and Alec Martinez started off with my love for the LA Kings and there recent win of the Stanley Cup! I like to dress up as things that are current, so my girlfriend and I both agreed that me dressing as a Kings player and her into a … Read more
These are our very last-minute Bert and Ernie Halloween costumes. Bert’s shirt was made from a Blue v neck thermal shirt, green and orange duct tape for the stripes. Super easy and took less than 10 min! Ernie’s shirt was just a long sleeve polo shirt my husband had in the closet that happen to … Read more