The Best Ultimate Warrior Costume Ever

The Best Ultimate Warrior Costume Ever

This Ultimate Warrior costume was made for a WWE Wrestling Theme Bachelor Party! Not only did we all dress up as wrestlers but we went to a WWE event! I picked the Ultimate Warrior because 1. He’s awesome and 2. With my face painted hopefully nobody would recognize me lol. First I decided my theme … Read more

Coolest Muppet Family Costumes

Coolest Muppet Family Costumes

Though Halloween is one of our most favorite times of the year, it can truly be difficult to enjoy in the Midwest. It is cold and usually rainy here in October! You will often find that unless you have an indoor party to celebrate at, your costume is typically buried under several layers of cold … Read more

Weeping Angel Costume from Doctor Who

Weeping Angel Costume from Doctor Who

I don’t know if any of ya’ll have seen or even heard of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’, but for me it is one of the greatest shows of all time! This British sci-fi show has been running for over 50 years now and is currently one of the most popular TV shows in the US and … Read more

Kratos The God of War Costume

Kratos The God of War Costume

Before I get into how I made the pieces of the Kratos costume, I will start with saying it took about 4 hours to get the body paint done. Most of which I spent with my arms in the air so the paint did not stick together. Everyone thought it was funny and I had … Read more

Original Last Minute Costume: A Guy in a TV with a SPAM Advertisement

Original Last Minute Costume:  A Guy in a TV with a SPAM Advertisement

My son is the product of a quick-witted father and a fairly creative mom, and unlike his Halloween costume, he typically lives in the realm outside the box. His Halloween costumes evolve from spontaneous spurts of ingenuity, blasting out, it seems, with the Halloween haul of one year until the nick-of-time-October of the next. From … Read more

Crazy Maxine Thrift Store Costume

Crazy Maxine Thrift Store Costume

Let me just preface this by saying I’m an avid thrift store shopper. I also love, love, love the wicked, dry humor of the Maxine comics. So who wants to be a cute fairy or a sexy witch?  Apparently not me… Yep I am comfortable in my skin and I went all out to try … Read more

Original Costume Idea: Lost Andy Warhol Painting

Original Costume Idea: Lost Andy Warhol Painting

My friends and I love group costumes and decided to do works of art. I knew right away I wanted to do an Andy Warhol painting, specifically a play on his famous colored Marilyn Diptych of Marilyn Monroe. I bought a bright pink 1950s styled wig and snapped a photo of myself wearing it. Then I … Read more

Sexy Sugar Skulls Cross Bone Blondes Costumes

Sexy Sugar Skulls Cross Bone Blondes Costumes

For this Sugar Skulls (Cross Bone Blondes) costumes I started with the top (bra). I went to michaels and got fake flowers in assorted colors (red, white, pink, deep purple), variety of lace, studs, and felt to cut out small skulls to add detail. I also looked in the scrapbooking eisle and got some paper … Read more

Plus Size Geisha Costume

Plus Size Geisha Costume

For my Plus-Size Geisha costume, I found this “wig” at Goodwill. It was like $2.99 and I was dying because it was So cool. Originally it had just a little red bow and like 1 broken chopstick thing coming out but I could see the potential. I searched my closet and found a dress that … Read more

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

Macabre Chef and Her Best Dish Yet Costume

I have a twisted sense of humor and love all things horror. So, that brought me to my idea for the perfect mommy-daughter costume…a killer chef with her head on a platter dish! As the weeks to Halloween started dwindling down, and I was in the process of making our costumes, my 2 year old daughter, … Read more

New in the Box G.I. Joe and Barbie Costumes

New in the Box G.I. Joe and Barbie Costumes

I am always looking for new and clever ideas for Halloween. I mean, anyone can buy a costume! But, I like the challenge making a costume brings, and the reactions from friends, families, and neighbors makes it all worth it. Now every Fall everyone starts asking, “What are the kids going to be this year?” … Read more

Last Minute Katy Perry Costume for a Girl

Last Minute Katy Perry Costume for a Girl

For this last-minute Katy Perry costume, we got the wig, gloves and skirt from Party City and the rest was all me! I used an old t shirt and fabric pens to decorate it with candy type pieces and used an old headband that I wrapped with tissue paper. I cut the tissue paper into … Read more