My wife (real wife, not only mummified wife) and I dressed up as Mummies from this year Carnival parade as part of our neighborhood theme Egypt (we participated in Ispra, Gavirate and Laveno Italy) plus image of the kids and friend costume that I made for the same events. Artistic wise both masks were made … Read more
In Holland we celebrate the feast ‘Carnaval’ every year. It’s a five day during event and our goal is to have the most original costumes. Last year we were inspired by the movie Alice in Wonderland. We mostly put our costumes together ourselves, except for the Alice dress and Queen of Hearts wig and dress. … Read more
We made these costumes for a Christmas parade in Mt. Pleasant Tennessee. We also made Snoopy’s Dog house, Lucy’s Psych booth and Schroeder’s Piano. We won first place overall and first place for a church. The heads are papier mache, Luc’s dress is a XX-large T-shirt with a ruffle sewn to the bottom and buttons … Read more
Here is my Baby Girl and I for Halloween this year. I found a few vintage dress patterns from the 50’s to help lay out her dress. And on my jacket, I got a white tux and taped out some stripes and just painted away. Lots of fun , and everyone around us kept stopping … Read more
“Coolest Power Ranger Costume” Go Go Power Rangers! This was our second Halloween at Ohio State and wanted a great costume for our friends costume party. We had the idea of Power Rangers but we could only find the pink and red ranger so we decided to make them, helmets and all. We had a … Read more
My friends and I decided to dress up as our own version of the Smurfs this year! We had 80’s Smurf, Tipsy Smurf, Snooki Smurf and Schwarzenegger Smurf. I made our hats using white fleece fabric and added a leather studded bow to my Snooki Smurf Hat (because that’s what Snooki would do…duh). We used … Read more
From left to right we had Christina Aguilera from “Moulin Rouge”, Katy Perry from “California Girls” and Lady Gaga from “Poker Face” then Britney Spears from “I’m a Slave for You” VMA performance . Figured I’d do Britney, she’s sexy and this costume took 5 hours to make. I took a fake rubber snake and … Read more
For uniforms: Red long-sleeved t-shirt Tan/khaki pants Blue fabric Yellow ribbon Yellow felt Brown belt White feather boa White fabric (for gloves) Brown hat Brown or black boots Fabric glue For swords: Wooden dowel rod Silver foil duct tape Red plastic “party cup” Black duct tape Our boys wanted to be The Three Musketeers (like … Read more
For Halloween 2011, we did a Peter Pan theme. We were Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Lost Boy Skunk, Chief Eagle Feather and Wendy. We also made a row boat to cart around the boys, our stuffed Tick Tock Croc, and our “treasure.” I made the costumes and my husband created the boat. He … Read more
Our group decided to go as the Globetrotters & refs last year. To make the complete funny Globetrotter costume we purchased the guys short shorts (to help complete the 70’s look), we made jerseys, found as many red white and blue accessories as we could find and completed the look with oversized clown style basketball … Read more
The easiest group costume EVER! We all came to work in black clothes. We all donned skull caps and painted ourselves blue with really shiny blue cream makeup. We cut up a few PVC pipes we had leftover from a job site and Voila! Homemade Blue Man Group Costume! We always make an entrance at … Read more
I saw the Corona 6 pack and decided to do it with Budlight. This DIY BudLight 6-pack group Halloween costume idea was easy and fun to make. I got 6-6xs long black t-shirts, 6 foil pans, 6 poster boards, a black twin size bed sheet and gallon of true blue and a quart of white … Read more