Grotesque Shot Gun Sally Makeup for Halloween

Grotesque Shot Gun Sally Makeup for Halloween

For this Shotgun Sally costume and Makeup you’ll need: Black Nylon spirit gum Eyelash Glue Liquid Latex Ben Nye Nose and scar wax Ben Nye Stage Blood Ben Nye Thick Blood Charchoal powder (or loose black eyeshadow) Castor sealer Hair dryer Setting powder Sponge Barrier spray Steps for Making the Costume First things first, protect … Read more

Beautiful Homemade Pheonix Costume

Beautiful Homemade Pheonix Costume

This is how I made my Phoenix costume. Skirt: To create this costume I started by cutting fabric feathers in two sizes, medium and large. Once they were all finished, I layered them and sewed them to an elastic band for the skirt. Next for the top I ordered several hundred red craft feathers that … Read more

Coolest Sushi Family Costume

Coolest Sushi Family Costume

Since I was pregnant with my first son, I have made family costumes every year. This will be the 5th year! I’m not a sewer but I always end up with creative costumes! The sushi family costumes were fun to make. For the kids, I got some foam from the craft store and rolled it, … Read more

Adorable Stay Puft Marshmallow Baby Costume

Adorable Stay Puft Marshmallow Baby Costume

When I was pregnant for my son I turned into a Pinterest Queen. I Pinterested everything from new mom tips to cute baby clothing and everything in between.  One day while Pinteresting my life away I came across ideas for baby Halloween costumes.  They were all so cute, but none as cute as the Stay … Read more

Cool Bumblebee Autobot Homemade Costume for Toddlers

Cool Bumblebee Autobot Homemade Costume for Toddlers

When our 2 1/2 year old son said he wanted to be Bumblebee for Halloween, we knew he didn’t mean of the pollinating insect type.  We had recently been to the Indianapolis children’s museum and he was taken with the large autobot that graces the main entry of the building.  I have so far refused … Read more

Cool Ice Age Scrat and Acorn Costume for a Child

Cool Ice Age Scrat and Acorn Costume for a Child

SCRAT! Don’t touch my acorn!! This costume has been on my costume-to-do list fo a couple of years. I finally have a couple of small children to make costumes for. I  figured I better make this costume while I still had little people around to wear it. I started this costume in February this year … Read more

Best Homemade Cupcake Costume for a Girl

Best Homemade Cupcake Costume for a Girl

There are not a ton of cupcake costume ideas on the internet, so I combined some and thought some ideas up on my own for my daughter’s cupcake.  Everywhere we went, she had people commenting on what an awesome costume it was.  She was beaming the whole time.  A few people answering the doors we … Read more

Cool Homemade Costumes for Kids: Characters from Disney’s “Up”

Cool Homemade Costumes for Kids: Characters from Disney's "Up"

Halloween is this mom’s opportunity to use my creativity. My boys and I always brainstorm early, and this time we came up with these cool homemade costumes for kids: The characters from UP. Starting with my oldest son, he was Mr. Fredrickson. We shopped at the thrift store for a blazer and dress pants. Bought … Read more

Enchanting Magical Mystical Genie Costume

Enchanting Magical Mystical Genie Costume

I created and designed this Mystical Genie costume all by myself. My idea came from a Mardi Gras theme!! It took me 3 hours to apply my gold, bronze, black and glitter make up! I designed the gown by adding gold material purchased from an arts n craft store. People loved my costume as I … Read more

Crazy Autobot Silverbolt Costume

Crazy Autobot Silverbolt Costume

This Autobot costume took 2 years to build. It was with a lot of sleepless nights that I was able to build crazy full-fledged Transformers costume.. I wanted a complete realistic Transformers costume that could be mistaken for the real thing with crazy detailing and advance animatronics that would be on level with anything that … Read more