NY Giants Walking Dead Zombie Costume for work

NY Giants Walking Dead Zombie Costume for work

Every year, people I work with eagerly await my Halloween costume, or should I say creation.  I do not like buying my costume, and take a lot of pride in creating as much as I can from scratch.  My 2013 costume idea arose from an innocent comment made by one of my friends. I am … Read more

Cool Zoltar the Fortune Telling Machine Costume

Cool Zoltar the Fortune Telling Machine Costume

I saw a Zoltar machine on Cannery Row in Monterey, CA last year, and it gave me the idea of trying to build a wearable Zoltar costume that would also be usable at the house party I wanted to attend. Many of the costumes I saw were either stationary or needed a smooth surface to … Read more

Clever BP Oil Spill Costume

Clever BP Oil Spill Costume

I worked as a financial planner at a college out of town from 2006 through 2010. Every year we always dressed up in Halloween costumes to entertain our students who happened to be there on that day for classes. Well, SOMEHOW, in 2010 I forgot all about wearing a costume for work. I guess I … Read more

Sexy Absinthe Green Fairy from Moulin Rouge Costume

Sexy Absinthe Green Fairy from Moulin Rouge Costume

This costume is modeled after the Absinthe Green Fairy from Moulin Rouge.  I had so much fun designing this one for my daughter.  I have been creating costumes for my daughter since she was 2 years old.  Her very first costume was the green fairy, Fauna, from Sleeping Beauty.  So we decided it was time … Read more

Homemade Bumble Bee Cat Costume

Homemade Bumble Bee Cat Costume

This is Sophie, shes’s 3 years old. We rescued her at a Boston shelter back in January. You wouldn’t know it now but she started life out rough coming from a hoarding situation where animals were stacked in cages. Now she’s the queen of the house and the most outgoing affectionate girl anyone could ask … Read more

Raging Ronald McDonald Costume

Raging Ronald McDonald Costume

This costume all started from seeing a picture of the Joker (Heath Ledger version) in a Ronald McDonald outfit, someone was bored and Photoshopped it I’m assuming. So my quest went on to make the picture a reality. I shopped for a year for the right clothes before I finally put everything together for the … Read more

Little Bad Wolf Costume for a Dog

Little Bad Wolf Costume for a Dog

Every year I like to come up with costumes that tell a story for my daughter Emma and my dog Riley. This year I decided they would be Little red riding hood and the big bad wolf..(or what my daughter would say…little bad wolf cause big bad wolf is scary). I had Emma’s costume already … Read more

Bingo Momma’s Babies Illusion Costume

Bingo Momma's Babies Illusion Costume

I came up with the idea a few years ago. When I first created the costume, the baby on my back simply just hung there crying & whining for her Momma not to go to bingo, but stay at home with the kids. My cousin gave me the idea to attach string to the baby’s … Read more

Amazing Jack Skellington Costume for a Boy

Amazing Jack Skellington Costume for a Boy

My son absolutely loves the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” We watch the movie at least once a week, sometimes up to three times in just one day! So of course He decided he wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween. I looked everywhere and was unable to find a costume to purchase, so I … Read more

Coolest Mickey and Minnie BFF Couple Costume

Coolest Mickey and Minnie BFF Couple Costume

For our Mickey and Minne BFF costume, we used clothing items that we already had at home to pull this costume off. The only thing we had to buy were the ears and gloves. I used two round pieces of white felt for the button on the red shorts. Luckily, I had this cool tuxedo … Read more

Funny “Cat”fish Costume

Funny "Cat"fish Costume

I am so lucky I have a cat that is tolerant of my crazy ideas. My cat Chunk is 12 years old and is my pride and joy.  After seeing a lot of cute pet costumes online but not wanted to spend a crazy amount of money I decided I would create my own. This … Read more

The Ultimate Grim Reaper Costume

The Ultimate Grim Reaper Costume

In 1998 we started having Halloween parties for our kids and over the years I had constructed a customized Grim Reaper costume that lasted over 15 years.  Even took 2nd place at a major Halloween party in Salem Massachusetts.  I’ve always wanted to improve on my Reaper but it was never worth it until I … Read more