My son is obsessed with Star Wars right now. So when I asked him what he waned to be for Halloween, there was no hesitation to pick Boba Fett. He says Boba Fett is way cooler than any Jedi because he has a blaster gun and a jett pack. When I was thinking about how … Read more
I have been a fan of Marvel and the X-men ever since I was a child. I was always into the big characters (you know, the tough guys that always smash things.) My character is “the Juggernaut”. He possesses incredible amount of strength, invulnerability, and stamina. Once the Juggernaut starts moving he cant be stopped. Nobody … Read more
I put my costume on and headed out to the parties. After getting a few confused and dirty smirks, I realized I needed to have people start guessing what my costume was. “Clearly you’re choking the chicken” many people would say and I would laugh and just call them dirty minded individuals. The best of … Read more
We decided to go to our friends Halloween party like a week before because we could not think of any costumes. My husband said he wanted to be The Most Interesting Man in the world so I stared to look on line for some beards and all of the ones from the stores seemed so … Read more
I made my 9 year old son a claw machine costume for Halloween last year. The costume was called “The Claw”, a crane machine with stuffed animals in it. I started off with a big rectangle box, I painted it black, but you could choose any color. I glued in some stretchable straps inside to … Read more
Lots of fabric, feathers and glitter ! I made the tail using peacocks feather, I used real acrylic paint for my head and face and hot glued a cut up rubber chicken beak onto my face. I went all out and enjoyed every second of it., until it was night time and got cold. I … Read more
Baron Samedi is one of the folkloric spirits (Loa) from Hatiain Voodoo. While Baron Samedi is associated with cemeteries, death, magic, and resurrection. According to Voodoo folklore, Baron Samedi serves as the Grim Reaper – the spirit responsible for accepting a spirit into the dead. He is also known as being extremely charming and witty, … Read more
I had previously done a “church lady” costume for a party, many of my friends joked about me wearing it to bed since it would take forever to get off. So expanding on that idea this year I created the “granny bed-time” look. most of the items including the housecoat, bedroom slippers, wig, and glasses … Read more
My son loves football, so, this idea costume idea was perfect for him. I started off with a cardboard box, painted it green and hot-glued astro turf to it. I used PVC for the goal posts and hotglued more astro turf to his greeen sweat pants. I then threw in a football mask and he … Read more
I was trying to think of a simple, cute costume for my one year old. when I was searching online, I saw an advertisement for Chip N Dale dancers. The thought just popped into my head….make a baby Chip N Dale costume, just for fun, of course. I entered him in a local Halloween Contest … Read more
Last year I really wanted to be creative and different with my son’s costume! I didn’t want him to be like the other kids in the neighborhood simply because I wanted him to stand out. Also with the price of costumes these days , its much cheaper to do it yourself so we decided to … Read more
After racking my brain for months, I finally came down to a decision on my Halloween costume. I decided on the classic supermarket store bought toy soldier. The green army man. The 50 pack of dudes in green and later in tan, from the 50’s that swerve sold next to the cowboy and Indians. First … Read more