We saw a shadow costume online and we talked about what would be a good costume for us as a couple – costumes that people would recognize, that wouldn’t frighten little children, and just be fun. We decided on Peter Pan and his shadow. My wife, Donna, adapted a store-bought, pirate shirt pattern. Since I … Read more
This was our first Halloween together as a couple, and I thought hard about what would resonate with both of us. We watch old Simpsons reruns together practically every night, which is where the idea was born. Since the Homer/Marge duo has already been done many times over, we decided to go with bit characters … Read more
My husband and I came up with the costume idea months before Halloween and had a party just so we could wear them. Most of the main pieces we owned or bought from Goodwill. What made the costumes was my makeup, for which there are all kinds of YouTube tutorials, and all the accessories: neck … Read more
My wife is the most creative woman ever when it comes to saving money, and when it comes to her visibility on making something huge from something small. We’ve been married for 12 years, and we wanted to incorporate our marriage into the costume as well as do our costumes together. She started to think … Read more
My boyfriend and I had been contemplating since last month after being invited to a costume party what we could be that wouldn’t cost a whole lot AND include our dog as he’s a part of us, you know! And so I was looking for ideas everywhere, and it just so happened that I was … Read more
We were looking to make something fun and creative for our newborn twins…TWINkies was just the answer! The supplies were quite simple and inexpensive. We used cellophane, markers, foam board and yellow swaddle blankets. We pulled up the Twinkies logo on-line and free-handed it on to the cellophane. We then cut it down and wrapped … Read more
For 20 some odd years, both Kyle and I dreaded Halloween. As kids, we grew up with the standard drugstore costumes: a plastic face mask with a thin elastic strap that was sure to break 10 minutes after putting it on, eye-holes that restricted 70% of your vision, and a plastic suit with your favorite character … Read more
Once upon a time, there was this seemingly innocent website called Pinterest. Now, if you were to casually peruse aforementioned website, you would find some of the most amazing ideas you have ever seen. These amazing ideas will be followed my seemingly overly simple instructions to make the amazing creation that has piqued your interest. … Read more
My daughter and I love Halloween! This year we decided to dress as characters from the movie Tangled. The biggest challenge was the hair! All the wigs are so thin that they would never work for Rapunzel. We bought a wig to use as a base then added a lot of extra hair extensions. Of … Read more
The idea for these costumes is from my son Andrew Fernandez. He wanted this year to include his sister Camila Fernandez. Knowing that Andrew loves warrior characters, we started to search on the internet for ideas. He wanted some kind of Egyptian warrior but not a mummy! So he came up with the idea of … Read more
I was inspired to do Greta the Gremlin from Gremlins 2 after seeing several costumes online. Once I got the inspiration, my boyfriend and I decided to do it together and make it a couples costume. This is the first time we had done anything like this but we had so much fun doing this … Read more
This is my husband Matt and I. This was the most fun costume to make and to wear, ever! I have been wanting to do this for a couple years now but always waited until the last minute and didn’t have time. I saw a regular Barbie in a box costume but I thought “this … Read more