This is my own costume representing … FACEBOOK! In order to give you a clear picture of my approach on how I made my Homemade Facebook Costume, I will explain the steps of making. Step 1: The costume is made of a white, able-to-stretch cloth, covering all body parts except the neck and head. Step … Read more
Halloween used to be a time to be scary, but now-a-days humor seems to be more and more prevalent around the last day of October. With me and my friends we are always trying to be unique and creative when it comes to costumes, and none of us settle for buying a pre-made costume. Trying … Read more
This year’s costume had to be comparable to last year’s Oscar the Grouch costume. I wanted something that was both mechanical, and unique. I decided to create a half-man / half-spider designed similar to a Centaur (upper half is man, while the lower half is animal). The materials were relatively inexpensive, but the time investment … Read more
This is my Jurrasic Park Dinosaur costume from Jurassic Park movie I made for my Son Joshua. I started with some black foam pad used for upholstery. I shaped the head first sculpting the contours and used yellow foam for the teeth and half a yellow plastic Easter egg for the eyes. You can put … Read more
My 9 year old grandson Connor tries to bear with me each year when I make him a costume, he gives me a strange look, then he gets into that character after he puts the costume on. He was a real trooper this year, though. Back to back he won two contests Saturday and Sunday … Read more
My son wanted to a great white shark costume for Halloween. I want to encourage his love of marine life and DIY crafting, so he helped in construction whenever possible. I wasn’t about to let my kindergartener work the hot glue gun though. Our great white shark costume goals were: 1) working mouth; 2) he … Read more
I want to share with everyone the product I use that has truly changed my Halloween costume making and has made anything possible. After years of experimenting with paper mache (too heavy), wire and fabric (not stable enough) and many other methods, I finally found plumbing pipe insulation. This is extremely light weight, bendable, sturdy … Read more
I’ve always been a fan of the show Dinosaurs, so I decided to give it a shot. Robbie’s dinosaur beak is originally a dragon mouth piece which was purchased online and cut to fit around my mouth. His red varsity jacket was found at a thrift store along with the green shower cap. I couldn’t … Read more
I am very afraid of black widow spiders, so I decided to face my fears head on and make a huge Giant Spider Costume. The challenge of this costume was the sheer size of the thing, as well as my shivering hands. I first started out with a scary drawing of a spider that looked … Read more
My Grandsons love Nintendo video games and this year they asked me to make them Bowser and Mario. I have been using plumbing pipe insulation (will refer to it as foam) for several years to form a variety of costumes. I originally found it when wandering around the hardware store looking for something that I … Read more
This VB Spartan Warrior is a suit I made from VB cartons (Aussie beer). It took me a while to make but I was happy with it. I just asked the guy at the Bottlo to keep all the empty cartons for me and I ended up with about 30 cartons to play around with. … Read more
Materials needed: For Costume: White long-sleeved t-shirt ($3 from WalMart) White baseball pants ($2 from thrift store) Fabric paint: red, blue and silver glitter ($1 each) White felt ($0.50 from fabric store) Red fabric for cape ($4 from fabric store) Red bike helmet ($8 at WalMart) For Cannon: Concrete tube ($10 at Home Depot) Spraypaint: … Read more