I always made my kids halloween costumes! Halloween is my FAVORITE Holiday!!!! So my first granddaughter is born and my son says: Mom… What are you going to make for my baby??? Skylar was six months old in 2012. I wanted an easy costume that was comfortable to wear AND it would be wonderful if … Read more
The Steampunk Bird Woman, Miss Ava Fortune, was crafted from re-purposed cast-off materials. Miss Ava Fortune was a former high wire artist who sought the help of a disreputable doctor to employ the use of genetics to imbue her with bird-like traits that would enhance her performances. Alas, the experimental treatments only left her disfigured … Read more
To really appreciate this Homemade Fortune Teller in Booth Costume and the Adventure it was outside of it being an AWESOME costume, you first have to know that my wonderful loving husband repeatedly assured me there was no way I could make “all that crap ” into a costume. Okay, so I admit at first … Read more
I was inspired after seeing Cirque du Soleil’s OVO to make this costume. I loved everything about those costumes, but I wanted to be fancier! Therefore: GOLD. The legs are made of layered cardboard, paper mache, and PVC running down the center, like a hollow bone. They attach at the hips and ankles and through … Read more
The first and hardest part of this skunk costume is making the tail. It took weeks to perfect so I started early. I molded coat hangers and duck tape into the tail shape. Then I reinforced it with more coat hangers and duct tape. The picture I have posted is before it is reinforced, so … Read more
I created this 7 Eleven store attendant costume for a “Creatures of the Night” Christmas party. Best part was the idea of putting battery led lights on the costume to replicate the lighting of a 7 Eleven store that stands out at night time. This took the costume to another level of interactivity. Hardest part … Read more
So I have always been huge into cosplay costumes and a huge Halloween fan! I’ve never actually made my own costume from head to toe before like real cosplayers out there but it has always been a dream of mine to use my creative side to make Halloween costumes exactly or as close to as … Read more
I ended up making this sexy Angry Birds Halloween costume the day of the Halloween party I was attending while watching football and drinking beers which means it was pretty simple and painless to make. The tutu was simply tulle tied around some elastic. For the eyes I took an old bra some felt and … Read more
To make this sheep costume you will need a pillowcase, any type of white fabric,black long sleeve, black leggings, a pair of black socks, black shoes, black gloves, and of course A LOT of cotton balls. Take the pillowcase and cut a whole at the top for your head and two more holes on the … Read more
For Halloween last year I was “A Piece of Meat”. The inspiration came from the fact that college age/20 something women (which I am) always dress provocatively on Halloween. I wasn’t in the best shape last year and was really self conscious about a skimpy costume, but I still wanted something that would suggest sexy, … Read more
The Mad Hatter Girl: Jasmine wanted to be the Mad Hatter but all the costumes at the store didn’t look anything like the real Mad Hatter, so I decided to do my own research on the internet and made her a one of a kind Mad Hatter Girl. Hat made using a Dollar store hat … Read more
So my 3 year old daughter is obsessed with the Lalaloopsy dolls and she didn’t want to be just any ordinary Lalaloopsy doll, she wanted to be the doll that was dressed up as a bumble bee, like the one she saw in her Lalaloopsy Halloween book. So, I actually was really confident that I … Read more