I know Star Wars and Star Trek get all the praise when it comes to futuristic scifi movies (as they should), but we figured it was time The Fifth Element got a shot at the limelight. Who doesn’t love The Fifth Element, right? Even though my boyfriend and I have seen it a million times … Read more
This costume is a Homemade Mary and Ted Costume from Something About Mary. We just took 2 of the funniest moments from the movie and went from there. It didn’t require a lot of work and it was a hit at the party!
Lucy’s outfit is an old black strapless 50’s style dress and I put a black cap sleeve t-shirt underneath. I had a polka-dot and eyelet apron in my closet and it worked great. I also bought a pair of polka dot heels for $10 off a small mall store clearance rack. I looked at pictures … Read more
This Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Pacman Costume idea was one of my favorites and didn’t actually take too long to make. It was an assembly of a lot of cardboard and duct tape really. Although, really not busy nightclub friendly! On a good note, we never paid cover anywhere because who is really going to … Read more
So, after being frustrated by not being able to find a green or red hat anywhere in our college town, I decided to make my own. The structure of the hat is made with yellow poster board, and then covered in construction paper. Lastly I added the letter emblem to the hats (this hat making … Read more
This was my second attempt at a completely homemade costume! The main pieces of the homemade pair of fuzzy dice couple costume are made out of felt (white dots), blue fuzzy material and boxes. All we had to do was cut three holes in the box, hot glue the fabric to the box and then … Read more
Write-up: Since moving 550 miles away from our home last year, we’ve decided to start to learn more about new cultures. Recently, I learned about the Mexican culture and especially the holiday celebrated, Dia De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead. I found pictures of the “sugar skull” online and was intrigued by how elaborate … Read more
My sister and I went to the Thrift shops in the neighborhood not knowing what we were gonna do for Halloween costumes. So I started by picking up a pair of blue plaited polyester man’s pants and a cool blue dress shirt. Then we went over to the woman’s section and picked up a really … Read more
My husband and I LOVE Halloween and we like to be really unique with our costumes! This year we decided to be a magician and his assistant – with a twist!! The costume is called “Magic Trick Gone Wrong” and is based off of the famous magic trick of cutting the assistant in half. In … Read more
Ryan (my boyfriend) and I dressed in a Homemade Drew Carey and Mimi Couple Costume. Ryan is an easy Drew. Just a shirt, glasses and tie. Me on the other hand…well I took forever. Lots of makeup as you can tell, some ugly clothes, a bad wig and some tacky jewelry and hair clips and … Read more
This Homemade Jager Bomb Couple Costume is the best couple costume ever. The Jager costume was made by PVC pipe and then wrapped with green fabric all the way around. It stayed in place because it was hot glued on all the posts. The Jager sign was a poster that we just cut out the … Read more
This is our Homemade G.I. Joe and Baroness Couple Costume. G.I. Joe’s costume was made using a long sleeve black shirt, an Oakley ski vest, black pants, Oakley combat boots and Oakley ski gloves. We made a print out of the G.I. Joe logo on glossy paper and taped it to his vest. Baroness’ costume … Read more