My first stilted costume, a giant bat, walks on all fours with pointy shoulders at around 7 feet tall, upon attack it doubles in size to approx. 14 feet tall. It is a true crowd pleaser with a GIANT wow factor when it stands up. It has won many contests since it’s inception in 2004. … Read more
This fire breathing dragon costume may very well be the tallest costume in America if not the world, standing an astonishing 18 feet tall, with a wingspan of about 18 feet as well, a ten foot long tail which functions like a real tail for counter balance. I’m on stilts and have indoor pyrotechnics in … Read more
This Mass Dead Space Effect costume all started one day when I was playing Dead Space 3 and I was getting bored. My gamer score was off the charts but I realized that I could be doing something more productive than playing games all day. My girlfriend the previous day had been talking about Cosplay and … Read more
Our 4 year old son is a huge Star Wars fan. We finally got a hold of all the Star Wars movies. After he saw his first Ewok, he was hooked on wanting to be one for Halloween. I work full time and go to school, so Mommy was to busy to make his costume. … Read more
Let me start off my soliloquy by saying I love Princess Zelda in Twilight Princess, not to mention all the legend of Zelda Games. This honestly began as just a brother and sister bonding activity but now I have to say I am in love. Princess Zelda outfit from Twilight princess is on the advanced … Read more
My Poison Ivy costume cost me £0 to make! It’s made up of a nude vest top and a part of tights! I wasn’t keen on many Poison Ivy costumes I had seen, also most of them were leotards and I felt they looked to revealing! So, I had an idea to make something similar to … Read more
I just bought a body suit from Walmart and then I sewed a strapless bra into the suit. I cut the straps off the body suit also. I originally thought this was going to be pretty simple to create by just hot gluing the poison ivy leaves that I bought from AC Moore onto the body … Read more
My husband and I attended a Superheroes vs. Villians Halloween Party. We dressed as Catwoman and the Riddler. We had a great time making our own costumes as opposed to buying the run of the mill regular costumes. Couldn’t talk my husband into wearing his mask, but everyone still knew who he was. Description of … Read more
This was my first year of doing a group costume theme. I always handmade my previous costumes, so this near would be no different ! Our group of four picked Alice in Wonderland (or maybe my best friend and I picked, and the husbands had to follow) heehee. Anyway, Alice in Wonderland is one of … Read more
My daughter loves My Little Pony and she wanted to be the dark Queen Chrysalis. This costume is based upon cartoon renditions of Queen Chrysalis. The corset is fully lined and boned with steel coil. The steel coil allowed for me to make channels in the back to slide in the PVC pipe wings. The corset laces … Read more
For this costume it defiantly took an imagination and several trips to Walmart! To start it off we purchased fuzzy blankets because Walmart didn’t have any fuzzy material. We then purchased some huge t-shirts and some leggings and tons of super glue. Once we got home we had our work cut out for us. For … Read more
I put this sexy homemade Wonder Woman costume together with the help of Ebay, Etsy and some local stores in the mall. The red corset is from Charlotte Russe, about $25. The gold trim I got from JoAnn Fabric store, the whole roll was around $5.00 and I used fabric glue to adhere it to the … Read more