My daughter is a huge fan of Lord of the Rings. She designed this costume and asked me to make it for her. She wanted to look like she belonged in Middle Earth without exactly copying a costume from the movies. She wanted to be a strong female character and she wanted to carry a … Read more
I made this hand made Wilson from Cast Away Costume by paper maching a 4 foot beach ball. I did 5 layers of paper mache, 4 layers with newspaper and the last layer with ripped computer paper to save on paint. During the paper mache process it is important to make sure you let air … Read more
HEY THERE!! My name is Heather and this is my Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice Costume. I was watching Beetlejuice one night in the summer and the light bulb turned on over my head when I saw Miss. Argentina. I knew I wanted to be her for Halloween. I knew that if I wanted to do … Read more
Like most people, I wanted to do something extra special for Halloween and I have always been a fan of making my own costumes for fancy dress events. It was actually through the brilliance of this site that I saw the processes some people went through to create a ‘Mystique’ costume, one of my all … Read more
My daughter was dying to be Ursula the Sea Witch for Halloween this year. After searching the web for a costume to buy, I realized that there wasn’t one out there. So I decided to make it. It was a bit overwhelming to come up with every aspect of the costume from scratch, but the … Read more
I was really into playing American McGee’s Alice and feel in love with the main character. I wanted so badly to be this character for Halloween and one of my coworkers mentioned his wife was just getting in to sewing and making my costume would be good practice for her. I went along with the … Read more
I decided to go as a Can of Worms for Halloween. To get started you will need 3 to 4 pairs of panty hose, two hula hoops, silver material, white and black paint, googly eyes, stuffing and rope. First cut the legs off of the panty hose and then stuff them with pillow stuffing and tie … Read more
This all started when I was invited to a villain party, and all of the “typical/original” ideas were taken,. I was in a jam and even considered not going! I was then given the idea from the host of the party to be the Wicked Witch of the East, but no instructions on how I … Read more
I started off this Medusa costume rounding up some rubber snakes, a wig, material for the skirt, some air brush paint, wire, and wire mesh. First we made a skull cap out of the wire mesh that would fit my head underneath the wig, then we placed it inside the actual wig. Second we cut the snakes in … Read more
I decided to be Hot Breakfast because women always feel the need to be something “sexy” for Halloween. I wanted young girls to see that not-so-sexy things can be “Hot”. I was just tired of seeing “sexy cats” and “sexy officers”. I figured no one would be a frying pan for Halloween. I started by making … Read more
I am currently 7 1/2 months pregnant and I am a Preschool teacher. I wanted a fun child-like costume that was age appropriate for my class that would also fit my baby bump. I decided to go with Snoopy costume from Charlie Brown. Supplies Needed: 1 white maternity shirt – I got mine at the … Read more
I had to work for Halloween, and it is my favorite holiday. One of my favorite shows is the walking dead, so I thought hey, why not, I’ll be a zombie! I went to work that day in just some ripped up clothes but I did not have my make up done yet. I went to … Read more