As always, about two months before Halloween I start talking about costumes, and out of the blue Meg said she wanted to be a glue stick! And not just any glue stick, she was very specific, she wanted to be “the one with the cow on it, the one I use at school”. With no … Read more
I love that mad looking cat and the captions that folks give it! She is a real cat named Tarder Sauce and is an internet sensation. I crack up every time I see a photo of her. It took about 20 hours to make this grumpy cat costume, mostly from the hand stitching. Here is how … Read more
My daughter looks identical to Boo from Monsters Inc. I’m always hearing from everyone she look just like her especially with her pig tales. This year I had 3 choices and wasn’t planning on making them. It was between Little Mermaid, Alice In Wonderland or Boo, all of which me and her dad would have … Read more
An easy fun way to use balloons for a costume! Jelly Belly jelly beans! Clear plastic garbage bag, cut a hole in bottom for the legs and also arms slots. I went with the smaller balloons from Iparty. They look more like the real deal. Fill up the bag and tie carefully around neck with ribbon … Read more
I love dressing up as strong gothic characters and I love both underworld and terminator films. The Selene outfit was first created by buying a full body dance leotard and a cheap gothic corset along with black wig and blue contacts. I created fangs by filing down some fake plastic nails and sticking them on … Read more
I have never seen anyone make a female spring roll costume before so I thought this would be the perfect unique Halloween costume. Materials: foam orange spray paint/fabric dye velcro strips frosted shower curtain fabric green tube dress Drawing/cutting the shrimp: On the flat foam, draw out 2-3 shrimp. Cut the shrimp out using a … Read more
The ultimate Leprechaun costume idea came to me because Halloween is such a big party night. Why not combine it with one of the other biggest party nights of the year……..St. Patricks Day! A simple white dress shirt and a pair of black dress pants rolled up like gauchos gets you started for your festive … Read more
Materials used for this Tom Sawyer costume: dress shirt old shorts with white paint metal tin paint bucket and paint brush straw hat wood slats to make a small fence string Directions wear your hat, shirt, shorts make a mini fence and paint it white to look like a mini fence. add string to it … Read more
Navigating the web I found a similar costume, i thougt I’d just step it up a notch and make it really SCARY! This is how I made it: It took me a few days to think how to make the intestines and umbilical cord, that was the time consuming part: Panty hose (folded in half and … Read more
My family had a Party for my Nephew. Since his birthday is close to Halloween we all dress up. It was very funny to see the people face driving on freeway. I had to drive about an hour to get to the party. When I got there everyone was laughing so hard. What a Good Halloween. I love to … Read more
My 8 year old daughter wanted to be an old lady for halloween; so i went to goodwill and bought a dress that an old lady would wear; hunted down an older looking cane; bought some fake glasses; silver hair spray; put pink hair rollers in her hair; knee high socks (one pulled up & … Read more
I decided I wanted to be a can of bud light for Halloween. This is the main beer I drink and all my friends find it funny because I always say “don’t drink my bud light”. I started to to make the costume out of duct tape and gave up. I used a big t … Read more