I undertook making this Pennywise the Clown Costume with the aim of getting it nearest the original as possible. With no experience on a sewing machine I perhaps ambitiously purchased my clown costume pattern and sourced the best matching material I could find and cut the sections to size. In the end the sewing side … Read more
I am a big Halloween freak, I just love it. Every year we make our own costumes from scratch. This year me and my husband decided to dress up as the exorcist. I have always been so terrified of this girl, but had to do it. I don’t look exactly like her, but I think … Read more
My daughter and I were at McDonald’s in the drive thru waiting for our food a few years back (yes it took them that long, its all cold now!) and she told out of nowhere that she was scared to death of frickin’ clowns. (Ronald McDonald was hanging out inside, ya see.) So I thought … Read more
This Homemade Sam from Trick ‘r Treat Costume was handmade by making a paper mache head, once dried cutting the balloon to look like a space helmet and covering it with burlap and rope. The eyes are large buttons that I painted with black spray paint, string for the mouth, sewing a sleeper with orange … Read more
OK, first you have to go to your local thrift store or Goodwill, if that fails go to a store called ‘Jomar’- that’s were I got my dress. You need a blonde wig unless you have blonde hair, do your hair in an old fashion beehive. Then you purchase a few dozen black crows (can … Read more
My son adores the Evil Dead series, and for a friend’s Costume/Birthday party, he decided to go as Ash from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness. He took an old shotgun stock and made ‘sawed off’ barrels out of spray painted PVC pipe. He then created a chainsaw hand out of wood, a juice jug, paper mache, … Read more
My boys love horror movies and asked if I would let them be scary for Halloween. Being an avid horror movie lover myself, I agreed. My eldest twin loves Jason and couldn’t wait to be him. I thought that having his twin play Freddy would be a great play on Freddy vs Jason since the … Read more
Some of my friends are event organizers. At these events they sell balloons (with laughing gas or helium). As I replied to a thread about this event I posted a picture of a Pennywise Costume (holding balloons). After this I was challenged by one of the guys, to attend the event as Pennywise, to sell … Read more
This year we decided to do the Psycho costume from the classic movie with Anthony Perkins! I wanted Kevin to design me a shower to wear with my head still visible, and he would be son dressed as the mother-psycho-killer. We also like the idea to be black and white, so we took a lot … Read more
For my homemade Samara costume (from The Ring), I used a night gown purchased at value Village, a wig from Wal-Mart. I also applied liquid latex on my face with make up. The well is handmade from a box.
My co-bartender and myself wanted to do something different this year. He has this fascination with Dr. Hannibal Lector from Silence of the Lambs, so he went with it. He went to the local Party Wizard store and bought the mask for $8, then to Walmart, where he purchased a $6 pair of white sweatpants. … Read more
I purchased these crows for Halloween decoration at my home and after observing them I got the idea of dressing up like a farmer and making the crows look like they attacked me. The crows were wired and hot glued to the suspenders, shirt and hat as well as wounds were created by tearing parts … Read more