I made a great Edward Scissorhands costume.The wig was made from a Gothic/EMO style black wig. I added some longer hair with hair extensions black bond. (Edward’s hair is not very even). The inner leather jacket, was made with a black leather purse. It was cut in pieces that I sewed on a long sleeves … Read more
BRAINZZZZZZZ!!!!! Zombie Make-up! My boyfriend and I decided to be zombies this year. Sorry there are only two pictures and not full body but we were out and we forgot to take pics until the last minute. Since I have short hair, we decided to be military zombies. I was from Germany and he was … Read more
Our family visits coolest homemade costumes every year to see the amazing and creative ideas everyone comes up with. This year our 8 year old son decided he didn’t see the idea he wanted. He announced one night at dinner he wanted to be a boy on the potty. “An outhouse?” we asked. “No,” he … Read more
My husband and I created the Geico caveman using a prosthetic and applied it using spirit gum and liquid latex. That web site also has videos on how to apply the foam latex masks. It was hard finding flesh toned makeup color wheel for the mask once it was on, so I used foundation (water based) … Read more
I decided to go as Sonic The Hedgehog this year, but knew I’d run into problems. The only way to get the costume was to to make it, couldn’t find it anywhere. Every year I have made my costume, so I was up for the challenge. First thing I bought was a blue morphsuit (full … Read more
Each year there is a zombie walk done in Columbia, SC in October. This year I wanted to punch things up a bit with a spooky Zombie Bride Halloween costume. So I bought a plain white dress from a thrift store. The dress almost reached the ground and was very bridal. But to add a … Read more
I think selecting the right costume should have some guidelines to follow. First it has to be something I enjoy and it should have some similarities to your HWP stats to make it more believable. For this year I choose to do Captain Jack Sparrow from the scene where he was on the island and … Read more
I had been on a long streak of rock ‘n roll inspired costumes. ZZ Top has such an iconic look and they’re practically wearing costumes in real life. So it was a perfect match for me this year. Got a cheap suit with tails from the Goodwill store. I wore a simple white dress shirt … Read more
I moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
First I used a clothes basket I found at Goodwill and decorated it with yellow feathers by hand sewing the yellow boas that I found online to the basket for my Big Bird costume. This basket made the first part of the head piece by turning it upside down and making it into a hat. … Read more
Simple but unique, Joey was actually the one to convince me that he should be Alfalfa for Halloween 2012. Ordering the bow tie and suspenders were definitely the easy part. Not to mention already having a good button-up shirt and khakis hanging in his closet. The real challenge was getting his “Alfalfa Sprout” hair to … Read more
This three headed ZZ top homemade Halloween costume was quite easy to make. Just took some thin plywood and put a spike thru it and thru the shoulder on my jacket. From there just stuck the heads on each shoulder and that was it. If I had to do it again tough I would use … Read more