My son wanted to be an astronaut but that seemed a bit moring, so I wanted to give it a twist. We decided to make it look like he was floating while attached to a rocket booster. His legs were the flames & we made him fake legs from PVC pipes and some sweatpants. The … Read more
Fighting for my right to have candy! Ty has loved all things civil war since we took him to Gettysburg at age 4. Not many kids choose a battlefield over Disney World. His costume took flight on a trip to a Gettysburg thrift shop. I found a ladies wool jacket and knew the Union were … Read more
I made this costume using 100 percent recycled parts. We are talking foam pillows. Sport shields knee pads shower hose, game console parts took 3 months to glue paint air brush and tape all made by hand. Many sleepless nights started with a base of black fabric then cut and shaped forty pieces of foam … Read more
This was done a few years back when Ceelo Green was a host on The Voice Tv show. Ceelo made it so easy to come up with a costume because of the way he always came onto the show dressed. After ordering latex paint and my husband coming up with the Chair design it was … Read more
My son did not want to dress up per se. No makeup, no mask so we came up with this – Jake from State Farm. I can’t tell you how many people loved his costume and also yelled at him ‘What are you wearing?” To which he replied, “Khakis!” It was fun. He carried a … Read more
After spending hours looking for the perfect costume on this site and youtube, I ran across levitating street performers on Youtube, pretty much by accident. Once I showed it to my husband and he looked closely on how it was constructed he was on a mission to figure it out. First came buying a welder (it … Read more
My son asked for a Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder version) costume this year and I wasn’t happy with anything I found, so I started brainstorming. I scoured Goodwill for pieces and searched the fabric store for suitable materials. Here’s how I put it all together. Coat – I found this at Goodwill, in women’s size … Read more
Ran into the trench coat at a second hand store and got the idea instantly. The hat was made out of 1″ PVC tubing, bolt, nuts and washers, cardboard painted red for the propellors, and duct tape and electrical tape for strength and design. The propellors were glued onto a washer so they could spin on … Read more
So this halloween my kids decided I should go as the joker and nothing else. So thinking about it made it seem like a too simple easy costume,few splashes of face paint and your done…personally im not that type of guy to take the easy way about it. So I decided I needed to be … Read more
He actually wore regular clothes he had in his closet, black sneakers, the suspenders I bought and the hand accessories was the only thing else I had to buy. The wig is a older wig that was cut up and the makeup was done by his aunt. Really simple and fun costume.
This might be our last year as parents getting to choose our son’s costume, so once again we had a blast! Our 18 month old was dressed as Ace Ventura Pet Detective. My mom hand sewn striped pants, which we paired with black boots, an undershirt (long sleeve for colder weather), a belt, a name … Read more
This is my Iron Man Mark 4 costume from the Iron Man 2 movie. I have always like Iron Man, even before it was a movie. I attempted a costume once, when I was young, and everyone thought that I was a power ranger because no one knew who iron man was (since if it’s … Read more