I made this costume to go to a cos-play meeting, and used it again at an 80’s-themed costume party. An idea for a costume based on a character like Ursula may sound complicated, and some parts of it were definitely hard for me to do myself, but the costume itself isn’t too complicated. A good … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume 100% from scratch! This is How the Edwards Scissorhands Costume was Built: I sculpted the gloves out of plexiglass, Apoxsee Clay, leather, and hardware. For the costume I bought three leather jackets, cut them up and Hand-stitched every piece together with leather lace. I brought about 15 belts and … Read more
I spent a long time in spotlight looking for the right material for this Batgirl costume. I wanted a leather feel for my cape, which I cut into the bat shape. I already had a leather dress which I sewed the bat symbol onto, and I even had made a yellow belt with the bat … Read more
I’m the type of person that gets more excited about Halloween costumes than Christmas. I’m the type of person that wishes it could be Halloween everyday. I’m definitely the girl who plans next year’s costume a week after Halloween ended. This year was totally different. October 1st came around and I still had no clue. … Read more
Ok, so a friend once told me that the day you decide to stop dressing up for Halloween is the day you officially accept that you are old lol. I almost through in the towel until I was watching an old episode of MASH and immediately got the idea of becoming Mr T.! I Googled … Read more
Here’s how I made my Harleyy Quinn Costume. I’ll start from the top! I got the wig from a store on ebay called pengshuai2012. It came down but I put it into pigtails since that’s how Harley wears her hair. The makeup is Mehron brand, it’s theatrical quality makeup I got from a store called … Read more
My son is in 8th grade and wanted to end middle school with the best Halloween Costume. I was little worried on how I could pull this off. I first printed out pictures of the cartoon, original and new versions of Optimus Prime. We then began to search for certain box shapes. One wide enough for … Read more
This Halloween my boyfriend and I dressed in Doctor Who couple costumes depicting the 10th and 11th doctors. Watching Doctor Who has always been a tradition in our relationship and both my boyfriend and I are complete Whovians. I was dressed as the 11th Doctor because bow ties are cool and my boyfriend chose the … Read more
I’m a super nerdy 28 year old Computer Scientist and until about a month ago, I’d never been to a comic convention. Dead set on attending one before I got “too old” to do so, I went and bought tickets for the whole family. (Because if momma’s going to go, we’re all going to.) And … Read more
We named our daughter Sally, after the character in the ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. My plan was to dress up in an Oogie Boogie costume and carry her around not only for Halloween, but a horror convention as well. My first problem was that there are very few homemade Oogie Boogie costumes to buy and the … Read more
My costume was inspired by my favorite cartoon, Transformer Prime. I had no idea how I was going to pull of the complex design such as Soundwave’s, so I searched online for ideas and resources. Eventually, I found that the cheapest way to make my costume was to create it out of cardboard. So Costco … Read more
Before the movie ‘Frozen’ even came out, we knew we wanted to be Anna and Elsa for Halloween the following year. We would like to note that this was before Frozen became popular. We spent many hours online comparing dress patterns, fabrics, and materials as there was no preplanned design available at this time. Neither … Read more