Tiny Tusken Raider Costume

Tiny Tusken Raider Costume

A few months ago, my seven year old son decided that he wanted a Tusken Raider costume for Halloween this year. As a huge Star Wars fan, I naturally obliged. My love for the movies have inspired him over the years and his desire to dress in character inspire my work. In the end, its … Read more

Dramatic Dragon Group Costume

Dramatic Dragon Group Costume

There have been many movies lately with dragons spotlighted and it’s been on my mind. When we saw the Disney movie Maleficent, my son said, “Dad, let’s build a dragon for our Halloween costumes!” So I started to think about how I could do that, I knew I wanted to build something big and imposing.  … Read more

Coolest Tim Burton’s Sally Costume

Coolest Tim Burton's Sally Costume

We always have a themed Halloween party at work and we REALLY get into it! This year’s theme was undead/living dead. And since I’m not very good a scary, I thought I’d do something cute. I immediately thought of Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas because she is such a recognizable (undead) character and wouldn’t require much … Read more

Dr. Who Weeping Angel Costume for a True 10 Year Old Whovian!

Dr. Who Weeping Angel Costume for a True 10 Year Old Whovian!

Almost nine months ago my daughter told me she wanted to be a weeping angel for Halloween. For those of you that don’t know, a Weeping Angel is basically a stone angel statue when you are looking at it, but when you look away, WATCH OUT! I originally just humored her with a “sure, honey, … Read more

Beautiful Spider Queen’s Coronation Day Costume

Beautiful Spider Queen's Coronation Day Costume

Grandma had her hands full with three costumes to make this year. She’s been making costumes since I (her daughter) was little. It’s her obsession. She started asking my kids what they wanted to be this year in June. For the Spider Queen’s Coronation Day (as named by the Queen herself), she started with a … Read more

Original Homemade Lego Couple Costume

Original Homemade Lego Couple Costume

Let me start by telling that my girlfriend is amazing. Before I met Sarah, every year she made awe inspiring costumes. I loved seeing her masterpieces. You could see how much energy she puts in to the costumes. For our first Halloween together, we knew we wanted to do couple costumes but we had trouble … Read more

Original TF Prime Soundwave Costume

Original TF Prime Soundwave Costume

My costume was inspired by my favorite cartoon, Transformer Prime. I had no idea how I was going to pull of the complex design such as Soundwave’s, so I searched online for ideas and resources. Eventually, I found that the cheapest way to make my costume was to create it out of cardboard. So Costco … Read more

Authentic Frozen Family Costume – Elsa, Olaf, and Kristoff

Authentic Frozen Family Costume - Elsa, Olaf, and Kristoff

Elsa This year I decided the costume theme our family was going to be as Disney’s Frozen. I was completely mesmerized by frozen (like the rest of the world) and knew I had to make that dress! More than that, I felt like Elsa’s ‘let it go’- helped me on a personal level as well. I … Read more

The Original Cotton Candy Costume

The Original Cotton Candy Costume

This costume has been recreated because of it going viral and also by request. So here we go again! This was just as fun to make the second time around, and I may be partial, but I think Journey looks even cuter this four years later. ;) Originally, I was with my daughters at the … Read more

Amazing Lego Movie Couple Costume

Amazing Lego Movie Couple Costume

Emmet and Wyldstyle Lego Costumes! Usually my wife and I go to a local annual Halloween party dressed up as some couple we decide a few weeks before the party, but this year it was cancelled, so we didn’t need to think up a costume this year, so we thought… At the beginning of October, … Read more

Beautiful Peacock Costume for a 3 Year-Old Girl

Beautiful Peacock Costume for a 3 Year-Old Girl

For weeks my three year old (going on 15) daughter, Adalyn, told me she wasn’t going to be anything else but Princess Elsa for Halloween, that was until we spent a morning at the zoo. I took her and Emmett, her 1½yr old little brother, to the zoo, an outing we do at least once … Read more