For our Oompa Loompa Couple costume we went to Goodwill to get pants and shirts, gloves, colored hairspray and face paint from Walmart, suspenders I had to get online (couldn’t find them anywhere in town). The socks, we just bought brown socks and brown shirts and painted on the stripes. My husband even downloaded the … Read more
Rollergirl 1.) Roller skates (some roller rinks will let you rent) 2.) knee high socks- most sporting good stores carry them. However I wanted striped colors so I went to a Journey’s Shoe store. 3.) any classic 70/80 shirt will do- I went to my local Goodwill Store. 4.)I had purchased a 80’s shiny jacket from … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head so badly but all the costumes out there were just “slip on over the head” costumes with their faces on them. We wanted something better! That’s when we came up with the idea of making outfits out of actual potato sacks. We measured ourselves … Read more
I coundn’t figure out what I wanted my kids to be for Halloween 2011 because I had a 3 year old and a 1 month old. I was laying in bed one night and racking my brain about what they were going to be and it just hit me (my daughter had asked earlier in … Read more
This was our costume last year. I had been working on my costume for a couple of days, but the day of the party my husband decided he wanted his costume to go with mine so his was last minute. We were the hit of the party! We even included our dog and painted her … Read more
When you think classics, you think Back to the Future. We decided to Fly from Chicago to Las Vegas for Halloween, and wanted to walk the strip with a good costume. We made the right choice! Marty McFly and Doc Brown couple costume! Everyone stopped walking to take a picture with us, like we were … Read more
My fiance and I wanted to come up with a unique and wonderful idea for our Halloween costume. I started off by looking online for ideas, and I saw a costume for the “Fragile” box from a Christmas Story. I knew instantly that my fiance could be the box, and I wanted to go as … Read more
When thinking of a costume for my boyfriend and I, we went back a forth between a couple different ideas. But boy were we happy we went with this choice! We decided to be a McDonald’s Monopoly Fries and Milkshake! It was so fun making the costumes! I went to the fabric store and bought … Read more
My fiance and I were in college (thus on a tight budget) but this Tron Legacy couple costume was awesome, and anyone who has seen the movie was really impressed! It was also comfortable for us both, which is always a plus. Supplies: Men’s costume-Long sleeve t-shirt, black sweatpants, black boots, blue painter’s tape, black paper … Read more
Who doesn’t like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?! Choosing Raphael & Donatello was our first step. Next, using scrap fabric to make our spiffy belts, we drew on the letters with metallic sharpies. To make our headbands, we cut scrap ribbon and tied them in a simple knot at the back of our heads. The … Read more
This was the first year for Halloween that I decided to go a route other than looking for a cute or sexy costume and dress in skimpy clothes. Not only was the costume much WARMER, but I spent next to nothing on it and got more compliments on it for the fact that it was … Read more
So, last Halloween my daughter wanted to be Pippy Longstockings. Yay! I loved the show when I was a kid so I was quite thrilled to get started helping her get the costume together. We bought the blue jumper at a thrift store and I went to our local dollar store to buy … Read more