Book Week dress up day is a big event at my school. The staff and children dress up as their favorite book character and have a chance to win prizes on the day. I always make a new costume each year and my inspiration was some material with the characters from Wizard of Oz printed … Read more
This Strawberry Shortcake costume was home sewn. I had a doll of the old version of Strawberry Shortcake and I basically copied it. I used a regular dress pattern and added the white apron. The green diamonds are felt that were appliqued on. The hat was a big circle that I gathered up, added a brim … Read more
I had an old red corset laying around from an old costume. I sprayed it black with aerosol fabric paint that I got at the craft store. Next bought a few different kinds of black feathers and sewed them to the top and hip of the corset. Then I looked up a pattern for a … Read more
Last year for Halloween a friend’s daughter wanted to be Gir from Invader Zim. After searching the internet high and low for one they asked me to make one for her. Having never seen the cartoon myself it was a bit of a challenge to figure this one out. A pile of bright green felt … Read more
I am a college student, so I am broke and didn’t have much money for a costume this year. This Ke$ha costume was so simple and cheap. All I had to buy was glitter. For the outfit, I just wore shorts and “stockings ripped all up the sides” with a black bandeau top that I borrowed … Read more
When the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie came out, my teenage daughter fell in love with the wedding gown that Elizabeth Swann is given. Simplicity came out with an “inspired by” pattern that fall and we had fun with it. The fabric is home dec brocade, fully lined, lace-up and went for the full … Read more
My two year old daughter decided she wanted to be an alien for Halloween, after watching E.T and other alien movies, so thought we’d try to make our own child alien costume rather than buy one. I bought blue and black water based body paint and white glow in the dark face paint for face … Read more
I was searching for an awesome costume idea. I came across a struck by lightning costume on a website (no picture included). I started thinking how to do it and my idea won my work Halloween costume contest. I took a pair of jeans and a button up shirt and burned holes all over with … Read more
Hi there, I was so made up with how this Marge Simpson Costume turned out and it went down a storm at the fancy dress party I went to. So here’s a little bit about how I put the costume together…. first I purchased a Zentai second skin suit in yellow. Not the most practical … Read more
I have always loved Nightmare Before Christmas, so I decided to make a Sally Rag doll costume out of scraps of material and a few of my old clothing laying around. The first time I did the makeup I used LOTS of blue liquid eyeshadow and powder eyeshadow. I finally found an awesome makeup at … Read more
This sexy candy costume was inspired by my sheer LOVE of candy. The entire costume aside from the stockings was made entirely of candy or from its wrappers. I wanted something sexy and eye catching and believe me it turned out to be both. First, I started by taking a cheap bra I found at … Read more
I wanted to do something different last year so I though of Smurfette costume. It was very easy to make I went and purchased a full body Spandex suit in the color Royal Blue, the dress was just a $3.00 white dress and the shoes $5.00. The hat I bought at a street vender for … Read more