So awesome! Those are the words my son said to me once I finished his costume. Although it was exhausting and stressful at times, those two words with his smile made it 100% worth it. My son decided he wanted to be Jay from Nijago and as a 40 hour a week working mother of … Read more
This is my son Landon. He plays the claw machines a lot! We make videos playing the claw machine and we put them on Youtube! We have over 1.6 million views on our channel! He got the idea for this costume because he has his own candy claw machine in his room and wanted to … Read more
I love food. I love my Mexican-American heritage. But above all, I love humor. In keeping with my theme of modeling my yearly Halloween costume after an inanimate object, Ipod and a piece a sushi to name a few, I had been searching for a good idea. Then, late last month while in the lunch … Read more
We were three, and did this homemade bag of weed costume with dried weeds for cows, plastics for painters and tape. We first took the dimensions needed for each of us, and began cutting the plastics. It was not easy to do this in a little old caravan, while other friends were partying right in … Read more
First off as the title says is Thorin a male or female, of course he’s a male but when worn by me it makes people take a double look every time. I made Thorin Oakenshield from the movie The Hobbit. A group of friends and I all got together to come up with our group … Read more
This here is Leon, the albino rabbit. Tons of work went into this costume, and I overcame many difficulties with my first full head-covering mask. Making the jaw move as I talk was tricky, but the mouth moves well. Even with all the hardships, I love this costume even still. It’s just so fun to … Read more
My son, Lukas, likes to play video game Halo. So it was easy for me to pick Halo for his costume. The helmet started with paper craft, pepakura. The helmet is then hardened with resin and bondo. The helmet is then finished with motorcycle visor. The rest of the costume is done using EVA foam, … Read more
My son, Ethan, who is 12 likes to play Halo video game. So it was easy to use Halo as the costume. The entire costume is scratch build using paper and foam. The helmet started with paper craft, pepakura. The helmet is then hardened with resin and bondo. The helmet is then finished with motorcycle … Read more
This is Michael in 2nd grade, he was 7 yrs. old at the time. We gathered cardboard and I cut and shaped it to his size using the ideal of an old fashioned coffin. Once all the pieces of the coffin were cut, they were painted black. 1 can of black spray paint and clear 2′ cellophane tape to … Read more
This Alien Baby Abductor costume is super easy to make and really has an awesome optical illusion effect. We used an alien mask (full head type), a black grim reaper gown, baby onsie pj’s, baby bonnet, backpack, foam ball, gloves and PVC pipe — that’s it. The costume actually took a few hours to put together. … Read more
Every year, I ‘m challenged with what my kids will be for Halloween. Being a stay at home mom to 4 kids is very expensive when you ‘re faced with store bought costumes. So I figured why not make them like we used to in the 80’s? I try to find project costumes that won … Read more
Materials Needed tall large cylinder laundry basket/hamper camping foam mat purple felt material black materials old bowl to cut for eye goggle white craft foam 2 purple wigs hot glue gun/lots of glue sticks scissors, cutting tools silver paint material measuring tape Directions Measure where the arm holes should be on the laundry basket and … Read more