Nicole as Winifred Sanderson. I have loved the movie “Hocus Pocus” since I was a little kid and the first year I was able to host my own Halloween Party I knew this had to be my costume! There aren’t any premade costumes out there so I had to get creative and piece it together! … Read more
We had a carnival at church this year and I was assigned the Noah’s Ark Station. Of course, a Noah costume was way to boring and common so I thought I would do the Ark itself. I found the perfect skirt for the water at Goodwill and sewed foam fish on it. I made my … Read more
My daughter loves Minnie Mouse and we were originally going to both go as Minnie Mouse. She decided to be Little Red Riding Hood so I changed up my Minnie Mouse for the adult party I attended. I found the dress at a Goodwill and it was perfect for Minnie Mouse. I already had the … Read more
When a very good friend of mine was a little girl, she always wanted the gold Belle ball gown, but she never got one. Now that we’re older, well, they don’t make Belle gowns for adults. So I decided to go about creating one for her in secret. But being the perfectionist researcher I am, … Read more
My 12 year old cousin wanted to be Alice in Wonderland for Halloween and I decided to do it right. I’m a person who researches everything and it has to be perfect. So I discovered that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland in 1865 meaning that Alice would have had a laced up girls gown … Read more
Hello lovers of horror!! The exorcist has got to be one of my all time favourite films so this year I thought before I get any older and can’t pull off looking like a child anymore (I’m 22!) I thought I’d go as Regan. I don’t have much money so I came up with a … Read more
This year my girls wanted to be something fun and original for Halloween… again. Every year my girls come up with bigger, better and more original (i.e. complicated) ideas. I don’t know if I am going to be able to keep up with their ingenuity in the years to come. My youngest wanted to be … Read more
When I suggested to my fiance, Jaimi, that she should be Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for Halloween, her eyes lit up and she immediately was pumped about it. We started making it in August (when I say we, I mean I started making and she cheered me on from the couch). The body was the … Read more
My daughter made all of the pieces to her Popcorn costume this year – and I helped her glue it together with hot glue. She used the spray insulation foam and sprayed blobs of it on a table covered in saran wrap (she did this outside of course!). She waited a few days and then … Read more
I carry my 8 month old son in a carrier called a BOBA. He is usually always strapped to my back and never in a stroller. For Halloween I knew that I wanted to decorate the carrier itself as part of my costume. I thought of several options. The most easy to make at home … Read more
For my 21st birthday (which was conveniently Halloween 2012) my mom and I got together to make by far the coolest hand made Princess Peach costume I have ever had the chance to wear! Unfortunately, neither my mother or I had any experience in costume making or sewing so we bit off a lot to chew. At … Read more
Great minds think alike. In the 10 years since I made this Magic Carpet Ride Costume, I have seen about one or two others who make this costume every year. I created this costume for a Broadway producer who was working on an off -Broadway production. He was in the area visiting his mother and he … Read more