For his love of Arizona Iced Tea, my 12-year old son decides he’d like to be just that for Halloween! So, my creative wheels started turning and I dived into this project of make an Arizona iced tea costume: using a hula hoop and a shower curtain as my main parts! I wasn’t sure how … Read more
While watching “South Park”, there was an episode called “Halloween 2008”, during the show Satan was featured to host a sweet 16 Halloween party. I figured if I could pull off a funny South Park Satan Halloween costume, it would be like a double costume. First, I had to put together the Satan costume. For … Read more
The makeup on this Spooky Haunted Mansion butler costume is just white, black and grey pancake makeup, mix it up apply and then use a ton of baby powder to help it set and give some cracks. Use some black around the eyes and then hairspray it to keep it all in place. Jacket is an … Read more
I originally wanted to make a Spiderman suit for comicon, but alas, I did not finish it in time. So pressed on to have it done by Halloween, it cost $65 in materials, and 5 and a half months to complete. I used about 4 yards of spandex that I sewed together, then spray painted … Read more
This Honey Boo Boo homemade costume idea came about 3 months ago right when the Honey Boo Boo craze first started. We worked on this costume for 3 months just 1 or 2 days a week. We just recently finished it. Every detail was sewn on by myself, my best friend, and her mother. I took … Read more
I started this great homemade costume idea by taking an old white dress shirt that I had and took a box cutter to it. I also cut out bullet size holes to make it look like I had been shot. To make it more authentic I burned the “bullet holes”. I added tones of fake … Read more
My son wanted something different for Halloween so since I’m always up for a challenge I asked for suggestions. “What about Animal from the Muppets? But it has to be cool, not lame” Gulp. So starting with a batting helmet as a base I layered foam to shape the head and went from there. Lots … Read more
This Mad Hatter Halloween costume was a blast and a challenge to put together on a low low budget. The whole costume is made from items found in a thrift store. An old checkered coat, spray painted in brown and green (camo look) with gold paint designs on cuffs for an embroidered look. Gold painted … Read more
The engineer in me decided to make a transforming costume for my office costume contest a few years ago. I got the idea for this awesome Transforming Ferrari costume that really transforms from the series of Transformer movies that were in theaters. I made the costume out of leftover boxes after moving into my new … Read more
I home make my son’s costumes every year. So when my 6 year old said he wanted to be a Lego man for Halloween, I was up for the challenge of making a Lego Boy costume. I made the head out of Styrofoam and used yellow duct tape for the color. I sanded the Styrofoam to make … Read more
Luke Skywalker Collector Action Figure in Original Box I purchased this Luke Skywalker costume last year and then decided to update it for another years use. That’s when I came up with the idea for a collectible toy box. It was a big hit and lots of fun. My son was definately the hit at the … Read more
I always thought it’d be a cool idea to do a Disney villain, and when I thought of doing an original Captain Hook, I wanted to stand out from all the other Hooks. So I thought it was a really good idea to go as Captain Hook, Post-Crocodile Battle. You know the one. The crocodile … Read more