My son wanted to be a cyborg for Halloween. I thought to myself “how can we kick this up a notch?” So I did a little research and found the illusion costumes and away we went. The cage is made of PVC pipe. We found a grim reaper costume in a yard sale and used … Read more
The conception overall was pretty easy. I wanted people to recognize the costume as well as wonder where I bought it. With that in mind I didn’t relize just what I was in for. Between numerous revisions, resulting in countless trips to the craft store and looking at all the pictures the web could offer. … Read more
Each year my husband and I help our youngest get dressed up for his VHS Band Halloween Party. We try to go as elaborate as we can without buying too much and using as much stuff as we have gathered or can pull together from home. This year he wanted to use stilts and thought … Read more
I was inspired to make this costume ever since Halo the video game came out that had a great twist of Sci-fi action. As soon as I saw the big green man, Masterchief, I fell in love of his armor and decided to make one myself. In the process, I reference the pictures of the … Read more
This Ironman costume has come a long way and was made before the first movie came out. As each movie was released, the costume went into stages of armor evolution and transforming it into this unique design of Warmachine. This costume is purely made from cardboard and we were just really inspired by the movie … Read more
So I’m a 45 yr old KISS fanatic.I eat, sleep, live, KISS. I saw them when I was 13 and that was it. I must of said more than a 1000 time that I wanna be Gene Simmons, “The Demon” and my wife finally said ,” Just do it already!”So a couple of weeks before Halloween my wife and … Read more
My husband and I attend an adults-only outdoor costume party each year, and we usually like to do some sort of a couples costume. I came up with the idea of doing Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan, with the thought that I would be Dan and my husband would be Forrest. This reasoning was based … Read more
It was going to be a VERY cold Halloween, and my husband and I were headed to an outdoor adult costume party. Therefore, I figured I had to come up with some very warm, last-minute, EXTREMELY creative costumes. Easy task, right? The inspiration for this costume kinda hit me out of nowhere. I decided my … Read more
My son wanted to be pacman. I am quite a perfectist and searched for the best way to make him look like a video game icon. I decided I wanted his head to be pacman and the body would be the game board. Wanted it to be a simplified version but cute. Several items flowed … Read more
I love home made costumes. I love to make costumes. But I hate sewing. I am more of a hot glue type. Of all my brilliant ideas..I decided to make an ooma Loompa costume for my son and it involved LOTS of sewing. The easy part was the wig and brown slippers. I added wite … Read more
Our 9 year old son chose to be a vending machine this year for Halloween. It turned out awesome! We used a cardboard box with the 4 flaps extended out on the bottom. The outside box was painted with a black spray paint and we used leftover corner pieces from another box to create supports … Read more
It was less than 2 months away to my son’s first birthday and I still had no idea what the theme party would be. One evening while switching channels, Disney Pixar’s Up was on TV. I’ve seen the movie several times and am a huge fan; and then it clicked! The Russell character would be … Read more