I got the idea of this Mac ‘N Cheese costume from this website. It was all-in-all a pretty easy costume to make. The most time consuming parts were spray painting the toilet paper rolls the orangey color and blowing up/gluing the Mac n Cheese logo onto my ‘cup.’ I also felt this costume was quite inexpensive; … Read more
I had a Mexican themed party for my 30th birthday this year. I figured there would be lots of ponchos and sombreros so I wanted to wear something really unique. I spent a while going through my options – corn chip, chilli, jar of salsa and then finally decided to go in a Mexican Pinata … Read more
I decided to dress up as a cave woman this year for Halloween. I wanted a way to be original and didn’t want to dress in a sexy, pretty-girl costume like all the others. The cave woman costume is fairly difficult because you had to sew all the different REAL fur skins on. I started … Read more
The first thing I did for this Marge Simpson costume was make my wig. I took a knee high pair of pantyhose, with the sticky part that is supposed to attach to leg, and shoved as much cotton as I could fit into one of the legs. Then I ran a wire through it for … Read more
First thing I did was hit the store for some raw materials to make this Ms. Pacman costume: two hula hoops, doll rods, yellow fabric, and black paint. I cut the doll rods to fit the width of my shoulders and hips. Then, I hot glued the doll rods to to the hula hoops in … Read more
After visiting a pop culture convention where some people dressed up as their favourite character, I decided to make a PAC man costume for the following year. I made him out of foam (the same material pilates/yoga mats use), paint and cable ties to attach the foam parts together (I only had black at the … Read more
On October 4, I headed to party store to get my 5 month old a skunk costume that I thought was to die for. The sticker said 42.00 and at that time money was no problem. I asked the clerk if I could try it on her. As I am putting this Little skunk costume … Read more
I had been anticipating this peacock costume for a whole year. I love peacock feathers and figured this would be a great idea to have some cool make-up and hair. The costume itself was very easy to make. I ordered a bright blue gymnastics jumpsuit off of ebay and wore black leggings underneath. To make … Read more
I decided to go wild this year and take on a major project. I made a shower for the costume but went beyond the usual Karate Kid outfit and went with the shower scene from Psycho. Yes, I made a Psycho Shower Costume out of a whole scene. I made the shower itself out of PVC … Read more
This was my creation a Winifred Sanderson Costume from Hocus Pocus for a child’s trick or treat at we did at work. I used a Gothic wig and pulled all the hair into two sections and pinned and glued to keep it up. I made the over coat from penne fabric and glued gold trim … Read more
My homemade Burlesque Peacock costume! This is my pride and joy! I even won a costume contest at a casino for it! and I LOVED making it. I made the following pieces to complete my peacock look: – A hand sewn layered tulle, black saddle feather, peacock feather and peacock sword bustle. (I HAND SEWED … Read more
I wanted to make a medusa costume that would stand out and wouldn’t make me look awkwardly bald like so many of the fake snake hair wigs do. I started out with a bag of 150 plastic snakes and set about attaching them to 5 black headbands that would be connected to create a sort … Read more