Our family loves to dress up in costumes and I am always up for a creative challenge. When my son asked to be Sauron, The Dark Lord, from The Lord of the Rings, I said “sure, no problem…what does he look like?” Then I saw the picture…oh, no. What had I agreed to?! I created … Read more
WARNING: I want to be very honest from the start… this costume is very hard to make, expensive, time consuming, and not very comfortable to wear! This is only for people like me who are INSANE about Halloween and having unique, contest winning costumes every year. We usually try to do several events each year … Read more
My then, 1 and a half year old son was just too young to appreciate Halloween and how much joy it brings to me to get him dressed up in an adorable get up. I bought a costume for his first Halloween, a skunk, which was adorable as well, but I am one of those … Read more
I decided to make a hot air balloon costume for my 1 year old son G, he hadn’t been walking long so I was afraid if I attached the costume to him he would topple over. I decided to use a cardboard box covered in brown paper weaving strips in and out to give a … Read more
I work at Adobe Systems and they have an annual Halloween party that is out of this world! I am always trying to come up with a costume that rivals those that win the grand prize. I decided a few years ago to give it a try and didn’t win the grand prize until this … Read more
It all started with a white, plastic trash can, with removable lid. My three year old wanted to be Buzz Light year, from Toy Story. He was very specific, however, and did not want the soft, store bought kind. He wanted to BE Buzz. So, I purchased a plain white, kitchen trash can, with the … Read more
For my child’s 5th birthday we decided that we wanted a mascot to visit to present the birthday cake, at that time their favorite Disney film was Toy Story. I spent many hours trawling the internet for a decent looking mascot to hire for the event but felt none of them were worth the money … Read more
Every year my son and I agree on a costume design. After agreeing, we begin to gather items from second hand stores. Last year (2012) we decided to build our version of a Bouncer – a character from the video game Bioshock. The boots are an old pair of children ski boots ($5). The breast … Read more
I LOVE making my own costumes and I have created a few that I still have to this day. This is by far my favorite and most elaborate: Bender from Futurama. More details on all the pieces. But the Q&D is: Head: main part part (cylindrical) cement post mold (for cement posts, Home Depot) and … Read more
I started off this Gumby Halloween costume with tracing my entire body on a large piece of paper I got from the newspaper printers. I got the outline and then drew the shape of Gumby over the pattern of my body outline. Cut the fabric pieces out from the new pattern and made the eyes out … Read more
Cut out the bottom of a round laundry basket, cut a piece of cardboard to use as a back board(connect the back board to the laundry basket with wire). Paint a line on the backboard. Then you cut a slice out of one of your brothers old basket balls and put it on your head!
My little boy absolutely loves Pixar’s movie Up! So, when Halloween rolled around I couldn’t think of a better costume for him. This was probably the easiest and cheapest costume I have ever made because we used mostly things that were lying around my house. When it came to his outfit we used a simple … Read more