I made this female Rufio costume my first year of law school. I was in desperate need of a creative outlet, and I have always loved Halloween. I’m not a fantastic seamstress, so I started scouring local thrift shops and fabric stores for the pieces that I would need. My list of materials is as follows: Target: … Read more
This Glow Worm costume came about due to one simple fact: I needed to own a Green Man Suit (aka morphsuit) but I needed a reason. A friend suggested being a Glow Worm- I instantly thought of the doll I had as a kid, and ran with the idea. I made the long hat from … Read more
This Kate Middleton engagement photo costume was SO much fun for me. My hair was getting longer and my obsession with Kate Middleton was growing so it only made sense to be her for Halloween. I ordered a similar dress, bought the foe diamond, and added a tiara so people would ‘get’ the costume. All I … Read more
I had a hard time picking a costume this year, but once I settled on Cap’n Crunch, I knew I had my work cut out for me. It took about a week to finish, but it was definitely worth it. Here’s everything I used for this costume: 1 blue fleece blazer, women’s size 12 1 … Read more
My boyfriend and I worked really hard on my costume this year. We are huge Walking Dead fans, so I just knew I had to be Michonne and come up with a cool way to make her Zombie Pets, and through some trial and error, we succeeded! We made the zombies out of Styrofoam shaping it to look like … Read more
Shopping in my local mall looking for ideas, I stumbled across the scarf of the perfect color (and sparkle!) for my favorite little girl’s Halloween costume. Ariel is her favorite character of all time and it just made her life to wear this Little Mermaid costume! All it takes is two large square scarves, fabric covered wire, accent fabric (I got shimmery purple/green at Fabric … Read more
I decided to be an Avatar this year. I just wore a brown swimsuit top and a blue swimsuit bottom. I made the loin cloth out of Fabric from Hobby Lobby ($1) and brown Yarn. I cut the trips of fabric to fit my size body and just glued it with fabric glue and tied … Read more
I am wearing the costume. My costume is loosely based on David Bowie’s early personas, Ziggy Stardust and Halloween Jack (Rebel Rebel/Diamond Dogs era). I bought a shiny red orange David Bowie looking wig and the authentic vintage 70’s button up shirt from eBay I bought the polka dot scarf for only $2 at Goodwill. I … Read more
My best friend actually convinced me of this Jessica from Roger Rabbit Costume or I would have never had the nerve to actually do this. He purchased partials of the Roger and Jessica Rabbit costume and when I learned that he had done it, I couldn’t back out. He had the red dress. I had to … Read more
Earlier this year, the Art Institute of Chicago (my amazing hometown!) exhibited the works of Roy Lichtenstein and I thought how amazing his use of DOTS was in all of his works. I had been familiar with his works but never spent so much time around them (and on a huge scale, mind you!), so … Read more
It was 8 pm the night before Halloween and I sat crying in a heap of pink tulle and no closer to getting my initial Glinda costume idea done. When, knowing I would never finish the costume in time for the next day, I decided I would use the tulle and make myself a bag … Read more
During this year I did a little experience with a costume maker, it was the best thing I ever did. So I decided this year it was about time to make a full on proper Halloween costume because Halloween has always been such a big passion of mine. My favorite musical ever was “Cats” so I did some research … Read more