These are our twin boys. Rowdy, active, typical boys. They are always wrestling with each out and since my husband and I are children of the 80s and 90s, what better costume for our boys. We watched some old school WWF WrestleManias with them and they picked to be Hulk and Macho Man for Halloween … Read more
The inspiration for my scary Mickey and Minnie Mouse couple costume came when I was brainstorming what to be for halloween. I like to take a well-known, usually cute, character and make them scary. While I was trying to think of a character, I saw a snippet of Ratatouille, which made me think of mice, … Read more
This Emperor’s New Groove couples costume is one I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, but I was a bit intimidated by the project and wasn’t really sure where to start. It required quite a bit of creativity to craft a feathered collar and feather plume for Yzma, but I was able to … Read more
Although this creepy ghost dolls costume took all day it was definitely worth it! It was sad not being able to go out and show the world our costume but it was fun to creep our family out. Must take advantage of having a twin!
The Captain Phasma costume was my quarantine project and kept me sane during the summer at home. In the armor alone there are over 50 3D printed pieces glued together (constituting around a solid 3 weeks of continuous printing) to create the base, which was then primed and wrapped in chrome. After all the pieces … Read more
Ian Lightfoot (pictured) and his Barley (not pictured) are on a Journey Onward to bring the rest of their father Wilden Lightfoot back for a day. There is only one problem, they were only able to bring half of him back. They must travel the country to get the right stone to bring the rest … Read more
My boyfriend had mentioned that it would be super fun to dress with me him and my two eleven year-old twins. My kids refused but I thought about it and about a week before Halloween we contacted my best friend and her boyfriend because the four of us can fit the part. We’re rock stars … Read more
This dress was mostly finished a couple years before I thought to make it my Halloween costume, but the addition of my dog Loki’s costume is what definitely brought the heart to this project. Since both costumes are sewn from scratch, they had to start with patterns. I used a commercial corset pattern for my … Read more
Here’s our cool homemade Alien couple costume – we are aliens from Venus visiting from Venus. We couldn’t go on a cruise through the galaxy so we came to Florida instead. We used cardboard for the female aliens spaceship, lights that were controlled by hand, a wreath ring that was able to make the skirt … Read more
My husband and I watched the movie Onward (we may not have kids, but we are kids at heart!) and realized we looked EXACTLY like the parents in the movie – Laurel and Wildon Lightfoot! I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to design these Onward costumes since we already had the clothes in our closets. … Read more
Nascar girl costume: I found the black body suit and hoop earrings at Forever 21 ($15 + $3). Red bottoms was the hardest thing to find!! I went to multiple malls and thrift stores. I ultimately ended up buying a pair of red leather shorts off of Poshmark ($18). I bought checkered bandanas from Hobby … Read more
I hand make quality costumes for my family each year and I absolutely love it! Everything is handmade, and what isn’t made is thrifted. I work predominantly with paper mache, but I also work with found, recycled, and repurposed materials, so there is a lot of guessing, scrapping, and dumpster diving involved. I also hand-built … Read more