I made this Ninja Turtle’s Shredder costume as sort of last minute thing it cost me around 25 Euros. I used paper mâché to make the helmet and just stuck on cardboard spikes onto old football shin guards, the cloak is just a cheap blanket and I used fabric glue to make it more cape like, … Read more
When my son decided he wanted to be Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians for Halloween, my immediate reaction was, “Hey, that will be an cool and easy costume to find since the movie was so popular. Needless to say, my assumptions were incorrect. It is amazing how many people have not seen this … Read more
I have been making my own costumes for about six years now and this Muppet costume is by far my favorite one. Sweetums isn’t the most popular of the Muppets but he was always one of my favorites. The costume was fairly easy to makes, because all I really had to do was construct the … Read more
This year my 7 year old son wanted to be something scary. I’m not very crafty so I wanted to find something that looked unique, but would still be doable for someone with very little crafting ability! I looked through pinterest and found a “head-in-a-jar” costume. My son went nuts! He had to have it! … Read more
One of my favorite childhood film characters was the goblin king Jareth. Which came from the great mind of Jim Henson and played by David Bowie. The costumes construction was relatively easy. The jacket was a light faux leather jacket which I had cut, rearranged bits and pieces and then sewed everything back by hand. … Read more
I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween. His response was Tow Mater from Cars the Movie. I had went out and looked at costumes for him. Everything in the stores looked nothing like Tow Mater or even a vehicle. I had my mind set on making his costume for him. I grabbed his … Read more
Walking Dead should be everyone’s favorite TV series ! And of course as well as everyone’s favorite character should be Daryl Dixon! Once my son said he wanted to be Daryl I immediately got to work. I decided to combine his look through all the seasons so he could be recognized. I first went to … Read more
My son wanted to be a swamp monster because we saw one with a mask at target- he is four so I am not a fan of masks. I told him we would make his costume- he wasn’t real happy about it though. I went and found army green clothes at the Thrift store. Then … Read more
This old school Joker costume, aside from the suit, was real easy to make and came out looking great! I started with searching online for the perfect picture of the original cartoon joker to use as a guide. After I found one I liked, I began looking for a way to make the out fit. … Read more
My son wanted to be a ghost for Halloween. My husband was excited since he thought, hey, super easy-just take a sheet and cut two eye holes. But I did not want to go old-school and risk our son not being able to see clearly while trick or treating, and I knew that he would … Read more
We live in the south, so of course this Hillbilly Daddy costume was not hard to get together. We bought mullet wig at Walmart and everything else at the thrift store. Once he put on the costume, his whole personality changed. It was too funny! We sent out pictures to family and they were so shocked because … Read more
We decided to dress him up like Chucky because we thought it would be something simple we could do at home. We went to Wild Adventures Theme Park, they had a special event called Kidoween, thought it would be perfect to dress him up for that. I used a pair of overalls he already had … Read more