We went to a Ren Fair last year so that was like 3 days of being about to dress up in home made outfits and not even be Halloween. We went as a Pirates on Friday. Knight and his Lady on Saturday, and Roman soldier on Sunday. Well first the Pirate, I bought the vest … Read more
This was last year when I tried out some zombie Ideas. This one I made from old Army clothes I had and a Thanks Giving turkey bone. And makeup I made with Shoe Goo. It’s a Rubber stuff. And then I broke open an old Swiffer mop and removed the baby pump inside. I went … Read more
I had a few variations of the baby disco ball costume, but in the end this was was the easiest to make and the most comfortable, so my son would actually keep it on. I purchased a pumpkin costume because it was the shape I wanted. I then used it as a pattern and cut out pieces of sparkly … Read more
I’m a big fan of the mortalkombat franchise and my favorite is subzero. I’m in Sri Lanka where Halloween is not very well celebrated but we have small Halloween parties. I wanted to go to the party and I picked subzero as my costume. I went through eBay to find a costume but it was soo expensive. I … Read more
This handmade Reindeer Fursuit costume is made from faux fake fur fabric (about 3.5 yards white and 3.5 yards tan brown), thread, upholstery foam, plasti dip, slippers, paints, prisma color markers, elastic, bacalava, fleece, clay, stuffing, wire, hot glue sticks, a zipper and fake leather fabric. The head was made from upholstery foam and hot glued … Read more
At JAFAX’s anime convention, I had a large audience and lots of applause, usually people circled around me with their cameras to take some more photos. I made this Lugia Pokemon Kigurumi costume from fleece, thread, printable fabric for the eye, foam, interfacing, a zipper, gloves, campfire sticks, duct tape and plastic curtain parts. I … Read more
I made this last-minute Dark Knight Joker costume for my brother a couple years back. Slacks and dress shoes, with a niceish long sleeve button up with the sleeves rolled up. We found a purple tie in dad’s closet. The vest was a bit tricky. We ended up grabbing a bright green tshirt no one ever … Read more
I used this Buzz Lightyear Costume 2 years ago in Brazil. This costume was made with several rubber parts. We had the job of separating the armor parts, cut and paste the pieces. The concept was pretty simple, but to execute parts so stay equal to the Buzz was more laborious, almost dramatic. When we finished this first … Read more
My son told me that he wanted to be a “Knight of Olde” for his book character day at school, so I took up the challenge. After perusing many sites, I decided to go with a tunic and cape costume. Off to the the fabric store I went and purchased a yard of black felt, … Read more
As an unemployed engineer, I had some free time to spend working on making a great Halloween costume. My wife came up with the idea shortly after Halloween 2010, when we dressed as Pacman and Ms. PacMan. We tried to come up with another character that is hardly ever seen as a costume, and is … Read more
Dr. Doofensmurf carrying Perry the Platapus in a cage with Phineas & Ferb on each shoulder. Made from foam pipe insulation cardboard fabric and glue gun.
My son is obsessed with the Nightmare before Christmas movie. Obsessed!! It has been his favorite movie since he was 3. So when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, I should not have been surprised when he announced Jack Skellington. Little did I know this costume would become my obsession over the course … Read more