Here’s how our homemade Alien Xenomorph costume came to life. My son Joshua has always had a fascination with natural and fictitious creatures like Dinosaurs and Dragons. His love of scary monsters evolved to the creepiest monster ever featured in movies: The Alien Xenomorph in the Alien films. He has had an intense fascination with … Read more
Moms will do anything to see the smile on their kids face that I saw when I showed my kids their Halloween costumes. This year I asked my son what he wanted to be and he said Garbage truck. So I immediately opened my computer and searching for something to buy. With no luck I … Read more
My son has always been creative in his choice for Halloween costumes…thinking if he can think it mommy can buy it/make it for him. As well from the age of 1.5 years his most favourite movie ever was The Grinch that Stole Christmas (the Jim Carrey version) so not surprisingly he wanted to be the Grinch when … Read more
This costume was fairly easy to make, and didn’t take a lot of time or money. The response to this costume was fantastic! Both young kids and parents recognized the character, and were happy to shout “PacMan!” even from across the street when we went trick-or-treating on Halloween. At school, one girl in his class … Read more
While trick-or-treating, watch out for this 7’5” One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater! With a pair of purple scrubs this monster came to life one night in Grandma’s sewing room using recycled materials. The black “eyebrow” is made using privacy screen from a screened door or porch, so he can see out, but you can’t see … Read more
I made this costume for a 1st annual Comic Con in Grand Rapids Mich. I already had a Bender costume from last year’s Halloween party. So I just needed to make him into Super Bender. He was a huge hit with the fellow Cosplayer’s. Everyone seemed to relate to Bender, even more so as the … Read more
I asked my kids what I should be for Halloween this year. One of them said “too bad you couldn’t be something that plays music”. My Wife said, “Like a Juke Box”? … all 4 kid responded, “a WHAT?” That’s when I realized that they HAD to see a juke box. and what better way to … Read more
This Skeleton Man costume was inspired by a trip my family and I made to San Francisco this summer. Walking along fisherman’s wharf watching all the street performers, a large skeleton man caught my eye and at that moment I knew what my Halloween costume was going to be. As soon as I returned home from … Read more
Here’s the story behind this Star Wars Boba Fett costume I created for my son. I have made my son’s costumes every year since he was 2 years old. My son is now 9 years old. We are both big Star Wars fans! He was Han Solo a couple of years ago and we wanted … Read more
My Caddyshack costume was inspired by a combination of Caddyshack mixed with mini golf. This took me a few weeks to complete. I worked on it when I could usually late nights in the garage. This Caddyshack costume isn’t that difficult of a costume to build and you can create any shape and size your … Read more
I took on the challenge of making the best DIY Mummy costume for my seven-year-old Tyler who decided he wanted to be something creepy for Halloween. I made this mummy costume by cutting old white t-shirts into strips and then dying them with tea. They sat in the tea for 4 hours. Then, I rinsed them, dried … Read more
I got the idea for my son’s costume contest by looking at his expression one day I thought that looked just like Chucky from Child’s Play and then it was on. My mission to turn my son Brody into a living Chucky Doll and inflict nightmares into those that Chucky just creeped them out. So … Read more