I made this creepy homemade Freddy Krueger costume for Halloween. I found my jumper in a charity shop and sliced the neck and the sleeves. I also found a child’s mask and sew’d it inside the jumper so I had a face poking through to resemble the children on his skin. I bought a cheap Freddy Glove online and replaced … Read more
Take an old pair of over sized pants and cut them off mid calf and make a jagged, uneven hem for this clown costume. Use an old shirt and cut holes in it, wash to give it a frayed look, then splatter with fake blood. I picked up a pair of suspenders from the thrift store for $1 and used … Read more
This year my 2 year old went as Hulk Hogan. How I did it: Bandanna: Just a red bandanna from the dollar store. I tied it to Oliver’s head to measure it, and then I took a Lady Gaga wig and I cut it along the webbing. I glued the webbing to the inside of the … Read more
Hey There! My name is Crystal, mom of 2 super cool hip boys, Dustin and Jax Dustin was a Sons of Anarchy Member and I just came across your site! Super cool! Love it… anyhow, I wanted to submit it to you to share. So- we are huge fans of the show of course… our son is … Read more
The BEAST stands 12 feet tall, his head moves up and down and side to side. His eye’s light up from a switch controlled at my head level. Arms are fully functioning. It is pretty light, I walked around the whole neighborhood (with my daughter on low-hanging tree patrol). I saw a giant costume guy … Read more
This Carbon Knight costume was a fun costume to work on. It took a total of five months to complete. I used EVA foam (which can be found at your local LOWS for $20). I started with some templates I made and other simple shapes. Then cut them out on the foam. Then I hot … Read more
This scary homemade costume is a few years in the making getting better every year. First we went shopping and went to flee markets, garage sales and thrift stores to find the old school hockey mask , shoulder pads, knee pads and old clothes. Next we hit the Halloween stores and didn’t know what I … Read more
I’ve always been a huge fan of technology! I’ve always been good with wires (I have thousands of random wires I’ve collected throughout the years). My other talents consists of soldering, modifying components, computers, and game systems, operating systems etc. Star Trek The Next Generation movie series had a race of cybernetic organisms call Borg. … Read more
I made this Minecraft costume because my 8 year old said he was too old to trick or treat, that is until mom came up with the PERFECT costume idea. Minecraft Steve. I created the body out of the box of a 30# CO2 Fire extinguisher box, the arms were toner cartridge boxes, we had hands … Read more
We have been going to the same Halloween party for years and over time, a competition has started among a few of us to see who can come up with the best costume. Although my 2010 Peter Pan costume was OK, I was told it didn’t live up to my previous costumes so I decided to put … Read more
I was going to an 80’s themed Halloween party and had to come up with a last minute costume idea. I played my share of video games at the arcades back then and one of my favorites was Pac Man. But making a Pac Man costume would be awkward (to move around in) and, frankly, it’s been done. So, … Read more
I got the idea of this Edward Scissorhands costume about 3 years ago from watching the movie. I’m a big fan of Tim Burton and found the costume to be very unique. Bought a whole bunch of belts which I glued to leather pants and the jacket from the thrift store. I just looked online at the pictures … Read more