This is Brayden driving his big rig truck that was made out of several cardboard boxes, paint, Styrofoam cones and circle for the steering wheel. He loves trucks and his Papa has drove one for many years so I decided to make him one for Halloween. I used lots of hot glue to keep it … Read more
A neighbor sent me a photo of a costume and asked “can you make this for my baby?” (It’s a character from a movie) Sure, I can do that :) (Probably?! although, I still haven’t seen the movie) Make a plan For a fitted and detailed costume, Choose a basic pattern as a guide I … Read more
Latex, a zipper, some makeup and a lot of patience got me this face. I needed some help with putting the zipper to place, but the rest I did myself. The makeup was very cool to do, with some face blood and “normal” makeup. It was very funny walking around watching peoples reactions on the … Read more
I went to Goodwill and bought a white hoodie sweatshirt. I bought an adult size so I could place his winter coat underneath the sweatshirt. It served two purposes. It kept him snuggly warm and it also made it look like he was a fat chicken….lol. I sprayed stick on glue to the outside of … Read more
We cut out a box for his head and hands to stick through. Painted “kissing booth” on it and kissed it with lipstick on so the lips would be all over. We also kissed our boy wearing it…..lol. He had all the girls complimenting him on it and trying to give him .25 cents to … Read more
We have three sons. Each year I try to make at least one homemade costume. We’ve had a scuba diver and a vending machine, but this year we made our best yet – our very own Dunkin’ Donuts Drive Thru. We had so much fun making it – it truly became a group effort. My … Read more
My 10 year old son is one of those dancing signs you often see along the highway. It is mostly sewn together from men’s bright yellow t-shirts. The letters and streamers are a blue plastic tableclothe. This won in a local contest in a neigboring town. In motion this got a great reaction. My son … Read more
Ok, so this year i wanted to be something completley different from the things i have done in the past. after looking online at different costumes and ideas, i brought it upon myself to tackle making a full Jack Skellington costume. First of all i started off with a regular beach ball, covered it in … Read more
I got the idea of an Android costume because I work with a cell phone company. My favorite devices are those with Googles Android. My goal was to have the most recognized and entertaining costume. “IT WAS! “The moment I walked in sight people were excited and rushing to get there pictures taken with me. … Read more
this costume took hours to make its consists of 8 beer boxes cut in various ways to make gladiator skirt, chest plate, and helmat. the chain mail on the forearm is made purely of beer tabs hooked togethor and the shin guards hald in place with string along with chest plate held snuggly to body … Read more
My son wanted to be Atom from the movie Real Steel. I had made robot style costumes before, so my initial idea was to use football shoulder pads like we had used when making him Bumblebee from Transformers. I started browsing craigslist and eBay for any cheap used ones. I came across a used hockey … Read more
My son was, and is still, obsessed with garbage trucks. So, naturally, he wanted to be a garbage truck for Halloween! I had my work cut out for me, but was up for the challenge. We still had a couple of moving boxes, so I used one large and one small size box – the … Read more