To make this Oogie Boogie costume you will need: • lots of burlap • Velcro • Scissors • A Stapler • A Hot-Glue Gun • A Sharpie • Plaster gauze, (or paper maché) • Aluminum foil • Pins • Garbage Bag How to make the mask: • We covered my face in plaster gauze. We … Read more
My son has been a huge Thomas the Train fan for over 2 years now. I knew last year that the only costume I would get him to agree to would be Thomas. After spending hours searching for Halloween costumes online and in stores, I realized, like many others, that the only one available to … Read more
I’ve always wanted to be Freddy for Halloween, but I never wanted to wear a mask. This year I took on the challenge of creating a Freddy Kruger from scratch! I did the makeup by first using liquid latex to draw and form many different shapes out onto plastic sheets, and let them dry. Once … Read more
One of my favorite comedies stars George Hamilton as Zorro and Zorro the Gay Blade. The costumes are great in the movie. So I wanted to make one. I started by going to the Thrift Stores and seeing what I could find for the Gay Blade costume. There I found what I needed. I found … Read more
I made this almost from scratch. A size M blue v-neck T (cheap!) with the arms cut off and an XXL T of the same color used to make the pants (turned inside out, and slipped on sideways, then pinned at the back and between the legs, pinned, single stitched and cut then turned back … Read more
Here is a costume for Halloween that found inspiration in the Joker character form Batman. We did dark eyes and lips as Heath Ledger, and dark shades over eyes and on the cheeks. I have to point out that we did it at home, and I didn’t have professional make up. Because of the phone camera … Read more
To make Anton Chigurh: 1) Guy with uncanny resemblance to Javier Bardem 2) Duct taped pill container to make the cow bolt 3) Clear packing tape over red piece of rolled cloth for the tank tubing 4) Brown shirt from Wal-Mart clearance rack 5) Brown wig 6) Black Wrangler pants from Wal-Mart 7) Old door … Read more
After being told we were going on a mates stag do, we were then informed one night we would go dressed up as old school wrestlers. This was the perfect opportunity to realize a dream of mine, and with a few days off I decided to design and make from scratch a Macho Man costume … Read more
Myself and my son Richard from Venice Italy tried to build the Jango Fett costume from Star Wars and this is the result. The materials were cardboard, spray paint, polystyrene, and a visor gardening. We also used parts of a old printer.
Jim Carrey was my hero in the Mask. I wanted to pay homage to that film this year, which is why I started out with a white Ghoul ‘s mask from a Halloween store. I cut the mouth part out so my lips could be exposed, which I would later coat in black lipstick. The … Read more
This is my animal from the Muppets costume…”let go”. I made it out of a lot of yarn, a baseball hat, and a visor. Lots of hotglue and lots of spray adhesive. I made the hair long to cover the neck area up. My sticks are in my waist band, and my belt is a … Read more
Me and my friend were playing around with some chicken wire for masks for Halloween 2006 when I realized the shape I had made looked like Homer’s head. From then on, he was my target. I used papier-mâché to cover the chicken wire frame, painted it, and put on some black string for the hair. … Read more