I wanted to come up with something original and had never seen a tin woman so I went for it. I found the boots at a yard sale and spray painted them. Found the dress and silver leggings at a hoochie shop in the mall and the wig at a Halloween store. I hot glued … Read more
My daughter always has outrageous costume ideas, and starts planning usually a year in advance. Well, this year she had decided to be one of those arcade claw machines and of course, her wish is my command! She has chosen some interesting characters, but I had a feeling we were in for some hard work … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the Mad Hatter but we never get store bought costumes. We may buy accessories but we put together our own costumes. She found most everything she needed at the Goodwill but we had to go to the Halloween store for the hat. We looked on the internet for ideas on her makeup … Read more
I love owls, and I wanted an Owl costume Halloween. I found the felt from Hobby Lobby. I wanted to be a colorful one, so I chose the bright colors. I cut out each layer of feather from felt and started sewing each layer from the bottom of the dress till I reached the top. I used an … Read more
Angel of Death. I wore a black bathing suit underneath a black lace body suit. Found my black wings at a Halloween store and made my cape with black lace. I wore my black knee boots. I painted my face with black, purple, and blue liquid paint and added glitter while it was wet. The … Read more
I made this costume out of saran wrap, duct tape, copy paper, and a marker. It was very easy. First, I cut out the paper for the screen and round button and wrote what song I wanted. Then, I saran wrapped my body and just put a layer of duct tape making the dress (make sure you stand with … Read more
My costume is a a super “hero” sandwich. I wanted to go with a pun costume to make it stand out and be more unique. though I didn’t get to actually wear this costume on Halloween (lack of time). I had a blast making it! Materials needed 2 yards of brown fleece 2 yards of white fleece 2 red … Read more
I love everything about Avatar, and think they are so strong and beautiful. When I told my friends that I was gonna be one, they didn’t think I could pull it off. So I decided to show them! I took inspiration from those in the movie, and created my own Avatar character, with her own … Read more
I wanted to be a bright, orange fox but needed a twist – so I came up with the Car Fox (from the Car Fax commercials)! It was so fun to be the Car Fox and have a unique costume that made people snap their fingers and say “haaaah!” There are 6 parts to the … Read more
I already have naturally reddish hair, so I decided to do a costume that would play that up a little bit. Obviously, the little mermaid has red hair so I just latched onto that idea. Preparation 1. I got onto ebay and bought a $3 green cotton maxi dress from some place in Europe. Took … Read more
I have loved dinosaurs ever since I was a little girl, and this Halloween, I knew right away what I wanted to dress up as- a Velociraptor! This was probably my most ambitious costume to date, and my lovely boyfriend was a tremendous help to me while making it. I thoroughly enjoyed wearing it out, … Read more
Last spring my boyfriend decided he wanted to go as Colonel Sanders (you know, from KFC) for Halloween this year. He hasn’t dressed up in over a decade! At first I refused to be his chicken, because I didn’t think it’d be possible to find a really cute, form-flattering chicken costume for a twenty-something woman. … Read more