As an 80’s baby, which little boy did not love watching wrestling on TV? And who doesn’t remember the epic match between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior? Boy, was that a classic. About a week before Halloween 2012 my cousin asks me what my thoughts were about creating him the Ultimate Warrior costume for our annual … Read more
Scary Pennywise the Clown Costume- I just bought a clown costume. Then went to hobby lobby and bought 2 yards yellow cotton and sewed it on the front so it looks like Pennywise outfit. Bald wig- bought it at a costume store. Clown bald cap, use steamer to flatten out hair(works perfect!!) Teeth- bought teeth at same … Read more
Drink Up Me Hearties YO-HO! This Captain Jack Sparrow costume was one of my best costumes I have ever made, and the best part was everything (except for three items) was acquired from Goodwill. That’s right, all the pieces you see here I got from Goodwill, and that means that it all comes down to how you … Read more
This is a Wheelchair Batmobile Costume I put together for my 10 year old Autistic son. He loves Batman and the villains. He’s in the wheel chair as a result of contracting Transverse Myelitis when he was 6 months old. It’s an incredibly rare disease and at the time he was believed the youngest in North … Read more
These LEGO Minifigures homemade Halloween costumes were our boys costumes last year. They love the Lego Minifigures so they both wanted to be their favorite one for Halloween We started searching for a perfect Lego head and finally found a large cheese puff container that was the perfect size we then covered it with a stretchy fabric and cut … Read more
Making of Godzilla King of the Monsters Costume: I started with a tiny 7 inch tall plastic model of the king of monsters. I covered the model with aluminum foil and a thin layer of masking tape. I added parting lines on the mummified model and then cut off patterns that could be flattened out … Read more
Halloween is my son’s favorite “Holiday”. At some point I should probably worry about his obsession with skeletons and graveyards, but for now we look forward with much anticipation, to the time of year in which these eerie things are a little more common place. It was no surprise that when my son first saw … Read more
This was a joint project between my four year old and me. He crawls around all day transforming between a tank and a boy, so I decided to design him a costume. We reviewed Google images of tanks so that I could get a feel for the shape, as well as decide what parts needed … Read more
10 year olds are fickle. Mine couldn’t decide what he wanted to be this year for Halloween. It was his (smarty pants) little sister who said to him, “Well you should be an iPod Touch ’cause that’s all you want to play with anyway!”. Genius I say! But how? It ended up being fairly easy. … Read more
This 7.5 ft Tall Buzz Lightyear Halloween costume took many hours to make but with determination it is quite feasible. Materials you will need include: papier-mache, EVA foam (home depot), pleather white fabric and vinyl green (both at JoAnns fabric), platform shoes, a chest protector such as motocross or lacrosse, and lots of duct tape (purple, … Read more
As this film has a curious plot and an extravagant cast of characters, a droog costume seemed fitting for this Halloween. I’ve had this costume since last year but hadn’t tried it with this make-up before and worked a treat! (or trick) I bought the bowler hat, groin-guard & bracers online for a total of … Read more
Our 4 year old boy is obsessed with the solar system. So when we asked what he wanted to be for Halloween he said ‘Saturn’. Where do you find a 3′ round ball / sponge / foam / anything to fit over a 4 year old and be rugged and light weight? My wife had … Read more