I made this cool homemade Halloween costume by getting a pair of white leggings and a white long sleeved top and sewing them together. My leggings didn’t go the whole way to my ankle so I got a pair of knew high socks to wear with the suit. I then started to look at graphs … Read more
This Rosie the Riveter costume was quite possibly, one of the most comfortable costumes I have ever worn, the easiest, cutest, and quite possibly my all time favorite. The 1940’s is my favorite decade. I have always loved the legend of Rosie. I had been wanting to do this costume so many times in the past … Read more
I always have fun trying to decide what original costume to help my daughters with. We come from a family of artists, therefore, I thought it was fitting to honor another female artist, Frida Kahlo this year. My ethnicity is a Greek/Italian mother and Native American father, with my youngest looking very much as I … Read more
I’ve always had a long tongue and for years people said I should dress up as Gene Simmons. In 2010, I finally did. I wanted to make the costume myself but only had a day to do so. With some luck, a “build wings” tutorial found online, one pair of (incredibly uncomfortable but totally worth … Read more
I used a garbage can to make my Red Solo Cup Halloween costume. I spray painted the inside white and the outside red. On each side I wrote “solo” and in the front on the rim I wrote my name in sharpie marker, just like the song says. I drilled suspenders into the sides so … Read more
Now this is a SNITCH-UATION! Made for the Harry Potter Premier, definitely created a stir! We were stuck in the city for an hour with tourists and fans coming up and taking photos! This Harry Potter Golden Snitch Costume is super fun to make, very straight forward, and 100% worth it! All you need: – Large … Read more
After focusing on crafting my kids Halloween costumes, I was pressed for time for my own. I started Googling for ideas and decided to go with a less detailed costume with more detailed hair + makeup. And so, I chose to be a Voodoo doll. Oh my goodness EASIEST costume ever!!! I used one of … Read more
For years I have wanted to be an Egyptian queen. I searched online but nothing caught my eye. I couldn’t find anything unique enough. Only thing that kept popping up was the picture of Anaksunamun from the movie The Mummy. I finally decided to make it on my own. Obviously, in the movie her whole outfit … Read more
Originally this year I wanted to be Jessica Rabbit from who framed Roger rabbit. But in April I went to a cancer fundraiser and spontaneously decided to shave my head (I raised 1051 dollars in less than 5 min). But this caused me to have to change my idea of what I wanted to be … Read more
I was Towelie from South Park for Halloween 2012 this year. I went with a group of 9 to make a pretty good South Park Family. I made this costume myself, and it was pretty easy actually, and around $40. My sister and I made it in one afternoon. We first got two blue towels … Read more
This costume wasn’t for Halloween, but for a show. Last month I was asked to be in an event called Garden of the Goddesses. The event organizer informed me I would perform (fire dance- a hobby of mine) as “Inanna-Sumerian deity of love, war, and chaos” and that the show was in 2 weeks! I … Read more
This year for my friend’s annual Halloween party I really wanted to be a bird. There was a two hundred dollar peacock costume I liked, but spending that much was out of the question. I usually make my own costumes so I decided to create my own bird costume this year. I decided to base … Read more