Super Cool Groot Costume for an 11yr Old Boy

Super Cool Groot Costume for an 11yr Old Boy

My son asked me to make him a Groot costume after seeing Guardians of the Galaxy. I started searching through Google of Groot cosplay for ideas on how to make this costume. I found a few good ideas and started from there. The supplies I bought: under armor shirt an pants from Goodwill, foam pipe … Read more

Barnstormer Nick and His Biplane Ace Costume

Barnstormer Nick and His Biplane Ace Costume

My 6 year old son, Nick, took an open cockpit biplane ride this summer in a 1929 plane named Ace, flown by a modern day barnstormer named Mr. Goodfolk (Dewey Davenport). Nick wasn’t overly excited to fly in a “small” airplane as he called it, being a commercial airliner is all he has ever flown … Read more

Homemade Maleficent Costume for a Girl

Homemade Maleficent Costume for a Girl

We ended up moving this year around Halloween. So, needless to say it was kind of hectic. When packing to move, you use what you have on hand. So, my costume came to life with duct tape, packing paper and bubble wrap. I ended up making a set of horns by putting a plastic bag … Read more

Homemade Slimer From Ghostbusters Costume

Homemade Slimer From Ghostbusters Costume

I have wanted to make this costume for a while and kept putting it off. So this year I decided to go for it, with only four days until Halloween and a budget of just £30. To make my costume I needed the following: Hard hat Chicken wire Garden wire Cable ties Old Newspapers Lots … Read more

Most Horrific Yet Sexy Medusa Costume

Most Horrific Yet Sexy Medusa Costume

I am super proud of two parts to this Medusa costume – the headpiece and the boots. Both took me days to create. For the headpiece, I took at long wig and braided two strands of hair with a pipe cleaner (So I could bend them afterwards). Once this was done, I sewed pieces of … Read more

Homemade and Original Prom King and Queen Costume

Homemade and Original Prom King and Queen Costume

A dear friend gave me his Mom’s 1950 era prom dress because he knew I loved such things. It was so darling and pink and I could just imagine her wearing this dream come true dress to her 1st Prom. I also noticed that it was the same size as my 10 year old! Darling … Read more

Fabulous and Original Homemade Praying Mantis Costume

Fabulous and Original Homemade Praying Mantis Costume

This incredible praying mantis was created with a lot of love and care by a grandmother for her grandson. The 5-year-old boy declared in August that he wanted to be his favorite bug, a praying mantis, for Halloween. His wonderful grandma then set to work to make it happen. She researched praying mantis and looked … Read more

Super Creepy Handmade Twisty Costume from American Horror Story

Super Creepy Handmade Twisty Costume from American Horror Story

I originally planned on dressing up as a zombie clown for Halloween when American Horror Story started. I saw the Twisty character and thought it was the scariest clown I had seen and thought it would be a great costume. The problem was I only had a little over two weeks to accomplish it and … Read more

Coolest Homemade Simpsons Family Costume

Coolest Homemade Simpsons Family Costume

We love Halloween and dress up as a group every year. We knew from the moment we had two girls and a boy that Simpsons was on our short list for Halloween ideas. We couldn’t pass up this perfect opportunity! After much brainstorming on how to go about “becoming the Simpsons”, I decided several things: … Read more

Awesome and Original Maori Pirates Couple Costume

Awesome and Original Maori Pirates Couple Costume

So it’s a struggle to get my Samoan to dress up in costume. I’ll usually come up with something and then guilt him into participating. I’m not proud of myself but it works. Well, we got invited to an incredible Halloween Party, I mean the kind that would make Walt Disney want to be there. … Read more

Creative Play on Words Bud Lightyear Costume

Creative Play on Words Bud Lightyear Costume

This Bud Lightyear costume was such an easy costume to make. I already had a Bud Light shirt that I cut, but you can just tape a Bud Light symbol onto your chest too. I bought Buzz Lightyear inflatable wings at a costume store for $10. I used purple and green duct tape, and at … Read more

Greatest Optimus Prime Auto Bot Costume

Greatest Optimus Prime Auto Bot Costume

My son is in 8th grade and wanted to end middle school with the best Halloween Costume. I was little worried on how I could pull this off. I first printed out pictures of the cartoon, original and new versions of Optimus Prime. We then began to search for certain box shapes. One wide enough for … Read more