my husband and i started near two months before halloween. fisrt off, i have always wanted to do a mario kart theme for halloween, the game is a favorite. we started with four characters and grew to nine mario karters. the building process was long, the spray foam we found easiest to shape then applied … Read more
We put a spell on you! Left to right we have Mary Sanderson (Caitlin), Winifred Sanderson (Danielle) and Sarah Sanderson (Katie). Lifelong fans of Hocus Pocus, we finally pulled the trigger and got a head start on our bewitching transformations two months before Halloween. After countless trips to Goodwill, Savers and Michaels, we began assembling … Read more
Our family/ group costume!! =) This is my hubby, our 3 boys,& myself dressed up as Beetlejuice characters! I used homemade air dry clay to sculpt and create Harry the hunters shrunken head (which came out awesome). I attached it to a old bicycle helmet for my son to wear it easily. I found a … Read more
Halloween has always been an exciting time for me, but once starting a family and having kids of our own, that just upped the anty of fun to be had. Every year we like to figure out a family costume theme and I love to spend the time creating it. Once we figured out that … Read more
Here are our Clash of Clans raiding party (Barbarian King, Archer Queen, Witch (with skeletons) and P.E.K.K.A. costumes. It all started innocently enough. My son liked playing Clash of Clans and wanted to dress up as the Barbarian King for Halloween. No problem! There must be one for sale on the internet! Right? Right?!? WRONG! … Read more
I have very fond memories of my mom coming up with fun and creative last minute ideas for Halloween costumes for me when I was a kid. Like a lot of moms, she did it by using everyday stuff from around the house and out of our drawers and closets. My mom wasn’t necessarily the … Read more
This was an inexpensive costume idea. I really wanted to have my kids do a book theme and was having a hard time getting them to agreed on something. My son brought home a goosebumps book from school and I knew they would love this. It’s creepy but at the same time harmless. I bought … Read more
We decided to be Groot, Drax and Rocket for halloween this year. I found numerous tutorials on how to create a Groot costume, but in the end we mixed and mashed a bunch of them to do what worked best for us. Everyone loved our costumes and since we couldn’t take our son (Rocket) to … Read more
The blood, sweat, and tears of recreating “tangled”… As an avid Disney fan, it was a no brainier LAST Halloween when we found out we were having a little boy, (after a long journey of trying to have a child, which is another blood, sweat and tears story in its own regard) that we would … Read more
This family Monster’s Inc. group costume was planned as soon as I knew that I was going to be pregnant during Halloween. I knew I wanted to dress as Mike Wazowski and have my pregnant belly serve a purpose! Also, my daughter was at the perfect age for Boo since she was just beginning to … Read more
A Disney movie is not complete without a villain but yet they’re highly underrated (still waiting for the day they get a movie of their own) so instead of going the princess route this year we decided to join forces with the dark side and be Disney Villains. Plus sometimes it’s fun to be the … Read more
4 Elementary School Teachers by day, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by night! My colleagues and I go to work every morning, thoroughly enjoying what we do. We try our very best to inspire each and every single one of our students, each and every single day. We might not get it perfect each and … Read more