Terrific (and Troublesome!) Terror Bird Costume

Terrific (and Troublesome!) Terror Bird Costume

My boys are unique.  They love animals.  And while they like some things other boys like (Doesn’t every boy go through a “dinosaur” phase?) they also like to investigate obscure animals that most of us have never considered before.  When other kids his age liked spiders and beetles, my son (at 3-years-old) decided that his … Read more

Voodoo Doll and Witch Doctor Couple Halloween Costume

Voodoo Doll and Witch Doctor Couple Halloween Costume

My husband and I host a Halloween party every year with a couple of our good friends.  We have been many characters/costumes over the years and the only rule we have is… we can’t be something we have already been.  Over the time we have been dressing up, we have made a contest with ourselves … Read more

Coolest Technicolor Bride of Frankenstein Costume

Coolest Technicolor Bride of Frankenstein Costume

I decided that I would go as the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween this year. I am getting married in a few weeks, so it seemed fitting. I started by buying 3 yards of muslin fabric and 3 yards of the mesh fabric. I folded these in half and sewed a seam along the edges, … Read more

The Happiest Ninjago Sensa Wu Costume

The Happiest Ninjago Sensa Wu Costume

My son absolutely loves anything LEGO so when I asked him what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween he said a LEGO. A LEGO I thought no problem but then he was specific he wanted to be the Ninjago Sensa Wu (White Ninja Master). I quickly started looking online to see what was … Read more

Grateful Dad 3D Album Cover Costume

Grateful Dad 3D Album Cover Costume

I was tired of the same old costumes, so i decided to make mine, I had a costume party coming up and it happend to fall on  Día de Muertos, The band that was going to be playing was a classic rock / grateful dead tribute band! I figured everyone would be a sugar skull or … Read more

Cool Sushi Boy Beau Costume

Cool Sushi Boy Beau Costume

My son Beau is indeed a sushi freak. He eats it every chance he can, and he especially loves the  salmon roe on the outside. The kids at school call him roe boy.  Well, when he told me he wanted to be his favorite food, (a sushi roll), for halloween I thought he’d lost his … Read more

Pee Wee’s Playhouse Solo (Group) Costume

Pee Wee's Playhouse Solo (Group) Costume

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. When I was a kid it was all about the candy, the trick or treating, the school parties and hardly about the costume. When I got older and became more of a class clown I found Halloween as a fun way to get laughs at school by wearing … Read more

Coolest Homemade Doctor Who Dalek Caan Costume

Coolest Homemade Doctor Who Dalek Caan Costume

Meet Dalek Caan.  Dalek Caan is an elite Dalek and the last of the cult of Skaro.  Instead of following the collective mind like the rest of the Daleks, he was made to imagine; think slightly different, creatively even.  This is highly unusual Dalek behavior.  He is especially important because, Dalek Caan ends up helping … Read more

Beautiful Handmade Maddest of Hatters Costume for a Woman

Beautiful Handmade Maddest of Hatters Costume for a Woman

After Seeing Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” in the theater, I knew I had to make a Mad Hatter costume. I didn’t want to do it right after it came out because I didn’t want to be one of twenty Mad Hatters everywhere I went. Also I knew it would take a lot of work … Read more

Awesome and Sexy Homemade ThunderCats Group Costume

Awesome and Sexy Homemade ThunderCats Group Costume

Every year my friends and I do a group costume. We’re all in-shape, have creative spirits, and all commit to a theme even when it leaves some of us looking a little silly or hidden (as with last year when I ended up the Orko in our Masters of the Universe group because I one … Read more