My husband and I are both huge Simpsons fans. We have over 500 episodes on our DVR to prove it! One day I was researching couple’s costumes and I saw “Homer and Marge Simpson.” There were lots of different options, but none that were really that spectacular. I decided then and there that we were … Read more
Here are our Grave Digger and Monster Truck costumes for twins. Shortly after our twin boys turned 1 we bought them their first monster trucks. Henry picked Grave Digger and George picked Monster Mutt. From then on they have carried them with them wherever they go. When this Halloween rolled around it was an easy … Read more
For my Homemade Woody from Toy Story Costume, I Used red sharpie to create lines and checked Er pattern on a polar fleece jacket. Sewed cow print bandanna into a vest. Used felt to create a sheriff badge. And used pleather for a belt buckle and side gun pouch. He wore jeans and just zipped … Read more
For my Fairy Godmother costume I created a cloak out of a few old shirts and wore a blue dress. Pulled a pink bow from an old prom dress To make neck bow. Wore white wig and made a fairy wand from a dowel and glued on some silver sequins. Very cheap and easy costume … Read more
My boyfriend Chad and I are huge Spartacus fans! We were both thinking about how cool those outfits are and what it would be like if we had them. Chad is a bodybuilder and I thought it would look really awesome on him. He is being the main gladiator Spartacus and I am being Spartacus’s … Read more
I love babywearing! My seven month-old daughter, Ellie, loves being close to mommy and feeling secure while exploring new things so it was only natural to create a Mommy and me babywearing costume: the Backer and her Cupcake. I also LOVE baking! I always bake for everyone in my family for birthdays and holidays and … Read more
My hunny and I decided on being trophies this year!! Oh boy! It was fun :). I am a 2015 World series champion and April was a 2015 US open champion. So we went thrift shopping picking out clothes that matched our theme. We also found old clothes laying around the house. I painted … Read more
We came up with this Mario Cart and Princess Peach couple costume idea a week before we needed it. We only had 6 days to draw it out and start working. We spent every night after work spray painting, gluing, running to the store, pinning, running back to the store and panicking. We created spinning … Read more
This is a custom cardboard Optimus Prime Transformer costume. I started my search for this years costume last year by googling through costume ideas and took pieces of ones that I liked and made my own version. I started off with the helmet because I knew it would be the hardest and most important piece … Read more
The helmet was the most difficult part in making this costume come to life. I was set on having it glow blue inside, and making it ourselves. It took almost two weeks to paper mache these each night in order to create a thick enough layer that would hold its shape. (Blow a balloon up … Read more
This couple costume was made by piecing together ideas while living in different cities. I wanted to wear the red spandex body suit, and my friend ordered custom pins that said thing one thing too. That is our actual hair, teased and dyed with about 4 bottles each of blue hair spray and added lashes … Read more
Here’s how I made these American Horror Story costumes. I have a strange addiction to American Horror Story. After re-watching season 3 (coven) about 1000 times I realized my theme would be centered from this. I didn’t want to do drag (as the majority of the cast is female) and I didn’t wanna walk around … Read more