This is my son Ricky in his unusual Leaf Monster Halloween costume, he’s 9. This year he wanted to be able to REALLY scare the heck out of people. We thought long and hard. We came up with a leaf pile. He can squat down and when the people are coming pop up! Who would … Read more
We love dressing up for Halloween. My 15 month old son has a ton of hair so I wanted a costume that would show it off. My husband and I decided on a greaser, you know, like Danny Zuko from Grease or my fav, Wade Walker from Cry-Baby. Sounds easy, or so I thought, all … Read more
Horn Stumps – Permatex red RTV silicone from the local auto parts store. I emptied the whole tube into a plastic cups and let sit for 2 months to harden up. When cured I used a electric hand grinder to carefully grind some grooves across the tops to give it the right look and the … Read more
I didn’t know what to be for Halloween and I was watching Kingpin and I was cracking up during the bowling scene and it hit me. Big Ern is one of the best, most underrated movie characters ever. So a few friends and I went as the cast from Kingpin. Munson and Ismael were with … Read more
Every year, I love doing scary costumes, costumes that are so scary, people don’t even realize it’s me. Last year, I went with the scariest “Pinhead” from the Hellraiser movie. The biggest investment was TIME. I first purchased the shirt for the costume and wore a black turtleneck underneath. I wore black leather leggings and … Read more
My son loved Transformers, especially Optimus Prime! So, we decided to attempt making an Optimus Prime Transformer homemade Halloween costume. My wife used numerous boxes, paper towel rolls, spray paint, an old hard hat, LED touch lights, duct tape, patience and tons of hot glue to hold it all together. This costume took about … Read more
My son was 5 and obsessed with “big trucks”. The only thing he wanted to be for Halloween was a Peterbilt. So, I used 3 boxes, painted them. I used tin foil for the chrome, LED push lights for the headlights, dryer vent stacker the exhaust stacks. He loved his Peterbilt Truck Halloween costume! It … Read more
I wanted to make a traditional monster costume for my 16 month old son, but I didn’t want to do anything scary, so I decided on a cute littlest Wolfman homemade Halloween costume. This costume ended up being a little more difficult to make than I had originally anticipated, but I was happy with how it … Read more
I was heading to “create” a costume for one of the biggest events in Germany: Carnival in Cologne. As a none-fan of bought costumes everyone else could buy/wear, this funny Halloween costume idea was just perfect to create. I started gathering the required parts: Fake teeth: Lucky find, cause they looks exactly like the teeth … Read more
I’d been thinking about doing this shocking Serena Williams costume for a man for a couple years and finally decided break it out in 2011. It was a 4 part construction: 1. I had my mom sew a tennis skirt. 2. I bought a cheap pink sports tank top and pink strip of fabric to … Read more
My name is Sean and I used to work for a company called Mueller. They sell underground water flow control products, i.e Fire Hydrants. Two years ago they had a Halloween costume contest at work so I decided to be a smarty pants and go as a fire hydrant to make it a big joke. In order to … Read more
My son just loves The Scrambled States of America. It is a children’s books by author and illustrator Laurie Keller. When I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween he told me Pennsylvania or Oklahoma. So I said Okay. Not sure how we are going to do this, I did know it had … Read more