Every family seems to have that one member who can never come up with a costume idea until the last minute. Then when they finally come up with their idea (it is usually unique since they have been spending so much time thinking about it) they have no time to actually make it happen successfully. … Read more
My son wanted to be a robot, a robot with lights. I think we did a good job recreating an old standby into something fun and special. We used led candles and led Christmas lights that ran on batteries for the lights. The costume was made of two amazon boxes, duct tape and love:) We … Read more
My Girlfriend wanted to dress up as Mortal Kombat characters, and I wanted to be a Lego figure. I compromised, and made a 7′ tall Lego Raiden character. I wore it to a part where I met about 25 of her friends for the first time. I was so nervous, but I walked in, the … Read more
I started out thinking about what I wanted my son to be for Halloween early in the summer this year. I decided I wanted something unique that we don’t see much of. I was looking on pintrest and I came across a baby skunk costume. I thought it was adorable and decided that I wanted … Read more
My 9 year old told me he wanted to give me a challenge this year for Halloween: he wanted to be Charizard (from Pokemon) this year. And of course I haven’t sewn anything since Middle School, which is far too long ago to remember. Overall the costume was a HUGE success and at each step … Read more
My son wanted a ship and since he is obsessed with all types of vehicles including ships we decided to make him a ship for Halloween. I looked at the red flier wagons we had sitting in the garage and began drawing up plans. A week later we came up with the coolest ship anyone … Read more
I made this homemade Wreck it Ralph costume for my Son this year. We loved the movie and were inspired to do the costume. I make his costume every year so I knew this would be fun. For the costume, I bought overalls, then dyed them a darker brown. I found the orange plaid shirt at a … Read more
“What do we want to be for halloween?” My wife asked as she was browsing pintrest. A click here and a click there and a image of a “R2-tu-tut” costume lead us to the family starwars costumes. It was decided that we would go as, Anakin and Padame Skywalker with our children Luke and Leia. … Read more
This is a great costume for a young boy or girl who enjoys dragons! My son is in Pre-K and they had a book report due in a week. They had to choose their favorite book, create a poster board about it and dress up like a character from the story. Well leave it up … Read more
My son absolutely loves Skylanders, particularly EyeBrawl. When he asked to be Eyebrawl for Halloween I knew that ordering a costume online or going to a store wasn’t an option. I had already done my research and found only 3 Skylanders costumes were available. And of course none that my son liked. My first thought … Read more
Has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember… try to create a spot-on Witch’s guard (Winkie) costume with all the details of the movie character. I’ve seen many pretty cheezie outfits offered online recently (some near $200) and negated the urge to purchase. Thought I could do way better. Everything … Read more
Well first off my 12 year announced that he wanted just a horsehead to wear for Halloween? I thought to myselff, where on earth am I going to find that. I have always been a creative kind of person, so I began looking around second hand clothing stores for ideas. It didn’t take me to … Read more