After looking for days online for the costume I wanted to make I decided on a diving costume. I also wanted it to look more aged instead of the newer shiny looking ones I always saw. It took me almost two months to make this antique Deep Sea Diver Halloween costume and I had a bit … Read more
My ten year old daughter came up with this idea and built just about all of this costume by herself. She won the grand prize at her school’s trunk-a-treat costume contest and most creative at her school’s Halloween parade. It was hilarious seeing her walk around the neighborhood at night as a girl in a … Read more
Armor (what you need): Tracing Paper Poster board 2 packs of 4 1/2” thick Fitness floor mats or EVA foam 2yrds. of 1/2” thick sheet foam 2mm thick Black Foamies Sheet Foam 11” X 17” 1” Nylon 2” Elastic bands Elastic cord 3/4” Velcro Suspenders Plastic-coated Wire Leather hole punch Roughly 65 Steel or aluminum … Read more
This is my Little red ridinghood and big bad wolf illusion costume. Wolfs Upper Body and Head I made this out of a foam block I had for flower arrangements, a stuft shirt, a long nightgown, a regular backpack and a hiking pack frame. I used 2 cut PVC poles, inserted them into the bottom … Read more
My daughter is a fan of musicals and asked me if I could make this Eliza Doolittle Costume from My Fair Lady for her one year. The basic dress was made from satin with a lace overlay. It is a relatively simple dress design. I didn’t use a pattern. I pinned and tucked the fabric … Read more
Every Halloween I try to outdo myself in making a costume that is a huge pain in the butt to wear. Ha! I usually have an idea picked out months in advance and start construction by September at the latest, but this year nothing was speaking to me and I was starting to get panicked. … Read more
The inspiration: This life-sized homemade Icee Costume for a girl started with a blue wig that my daughter thought matched the color of the blue Icee drink. (She is a Katy Perry lover!) It then evolved from there, to her wanting to be an Icee drink cup. I saw some of the ideas from this … Read more
I am a killer hairstylist and own Celebrities-Salon in Saint Petersburg Fl. I can copy any picture, either hair color and cut to drawing a picture to making a costume. I LIVE FOR HALLOWEEN! I had a little help with construction of the wings of this Harry Potter Albino Dragon costume made of PVC and air conditioning covering. … Read more
First off my inspiration came the day after Christmas of last year when I came across a picture of Luly Yang’s Butterfly Dress and then while researching that I found her wedding gown Kimono. I am not a seamstress but I do know how to operate a sewing machine and I am fairly artistic. Where … Read more
I saw the topiary bush Mickey Mouse costume someone had made in child’s size and thought that I could do it myself, so I did it! I started by purchasing the leggings, shirt, and men’s basketball shorts off of Amazon, along with a 3 pound box of dried moss, (Three suggestions- 1: if you’re tall, … Read more
Here’s our homemade illusion costume. It’s the best time to let your creation shine! I LOVE Halloween so when my preteen asked to be an M&M wearing a tutu I was mortified! She is about to age out and the last to leave the nest. I took it as a personal challenge to make her … Read more
I tend to brainstorm ideas for Halloween costumes or possibly a potential costume I could wear to a convention (if one ever came to my neck of the woods) during the summertime (possibly in June or July, mostly after my birthday). I make a list on my computer, since due to my hand tremor, I … Read more