For this “The Birds” costume, I used a blue suite was bought from the thrift store, assorted birds were bought from the dollar store. The birds were sewn individually onto the suit, they were rearranged carefully as I had to sit at work. I removed the birds eyes and replaced with red pins for an … Read more
Went to a resale shop with absolutely no costume idea. Came across this early 60’s “Tippy Hedren” looking dress & there it was! THE BIRDS!! I headed to the dollar store and picked up a bunch of crows. Then I found a big crow on a headband’ glued a plastic eyeball in its beak and … Read more
Materials I used for this Billy the Puppet Costume: different colored EVA a mask of skull white paint a black wig a leather jacket black pants a ping pong ball red paint cyanoacrylate glue white gloves old shoes a white shirt an old second hand tricycle Cut the ping pong ball in half and make … Read more
After much convincing and much begging, I finally got the husband to become involved in the whole Cosplay process. I personally have been dressing up in anything and everything since I could walk, so this was no exception. We both love the Resident Evil franchises, so who better to go as than Jill Valentine and … Read more
Last Halloween, my girlfriend Emily and I decided to pay homage to the wonderful and talented director Stanley Kubrick, by dressing up as Danny and Wendy Torrance from the Shining. I’ve always considered that film to be Kubrick’s magnum opus (and *gasp* possibly even better than the book), and a quintessential representation of the horror … Read more
My kids LOVE Halloween, and the scarier the better! We were visiting a Halloween store and my 9 year old daughter sees a costume for Pinhead from Hellraiser the movie, she says “mom, can I be this?” My thought was “Whoo Hoo, finally a great costume to make!” I say, “yes, I will make you it, … Read more
I was invited to a Halloween party with a Cheesy Horror Movies theme. I couldn’t come up with an original idea, so I turned to Google to search old horror movies. When I saw Alfred Hiitchcock’s movie The Birds, I knew I had found my costume. Especially since my nickname is Bird! The trick was … Read more
I got the idea from different costumes like gladiators, knights, and warriors. Its was inspiration from the Underworld. I really like the metalic armor on knights, so i went with the concept. Finally I came across basket vegetable steamers and figured i could layer them together to achieve the look I wanted. I was trying … Read more
This costume was a hit! The white contacts made it really scary! I won first prize at the Halloween Party with this — everyone couldn’t believe it was me. The white contacts were purchased at Coastal Contacts. To make the costume, I went to a thrift store and bought the nightgown, the priest’s hat, pants … Read more
This Halloween I wanted to stray from the typical sexy/cutsie costumes that are generally advertised for women. I wanted something a little more edgy and outgoing. I opted for the jigsaw character from The Saw movies. The idea to transform myself into this character was a pretty easy task. I needed something that would be … Read more
In my head I had an image of how I wanted it to look. I thought the most important part was the make-up. I did a lot of research on making it look gorey and found a lot of how-tos on scar making. Basically I used small pieces of rolled up toilet paper and liquid … Read more
Well the costume in question is kind of an obscure character in an otherwise obscure film. Rob Zombie’s latest movie The Lords of Salem introduces us his antiheroine named Heidi Hawthorne who goes through a wicked transformation. It’s a cool and creepy costume for a girl or a guy because it requieres a bit of … Read more