I love Halloween. I love making my own costumes, because it allows me to be something out of the ordinary. And I love going to New York City for the Village Halloween parade to not only show off my creation, but also to admire other people’s efforts. I had the idea of going as the … Read more
I decided to do a fresh mommy zombie with baby still attached to the umbilical cord, for the baby is it a hand puppet that Ive attached a cord to and freshened her up (her name is Mary) the cord is then attached to my waist and wrapped up through my shorts. For my face … Read more
I went to the movies with my friends to see “Mad Max: Fury Road” without really knowing what the movie was about, but within 5 minutes of seeing Furiousa’s character I knew that she would be my costume that coming Halloween. I love costume’s that you don’t just buy pieces of the rack for; I … Read more
Most people downright stared at us when we waddled into a Halloween bash in downtown Detroit with floppy bird hats, feathered eyelashes, a multi- colored wrap around tail, a full red jumpsuit with feathers pouring out of our arms, legs, and tails. We met some other animal friends in the club (monkeys, penguins, etc) and … Read more
I take Halloween very seriously. Probably too seriously but I can thank my mom for that for always throwing me Halloween parties for my birthday growing up. For the past few years I’ve always wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween but procrastinated each year because I knew it would be a lot of time, … Read more
I had a really hard time coming up with a costume idea this year, which, I’m sure is common for most. But this year, I really wanted to go above and beyond the average norm. I wanted to scare people out of their shoes, I wanted to make this year a memira le one for … Read more
We love Beetlejuice! Harry the Hunter is sculpted by Edward, my boyfriend wearing the costume. He even made the clay used! He sculpted it over a plastic cup! The eyes were plastic ping pong balls from the dollar store. He cut them in half and placed them in the clay before it set. Once dry … Read more
I’m not sure where this trait came from, but I am a bit obsessed with costumes. I will spend time that I don’t have to hand craft extravagant costumes that will be worn for an hour or so. Why? I’m not sure. I just can’t seem to help myself. Being that this is Archie’s first … Read more
Happy Halloween from our family to yours! Hello! My name is Roxy, and although you are unable to tell here, I am a Doberman Pinscher. My Mom and Dad are in the picture with me and their names are Kristin and Tim. Although I am the biggest baby in all of the world, afraid of … Read more
We each individually planned our Alice in Wonderland costume ideas, and didn’t tell each other what we were doing except which character. The only rule was that there needed to be a dark flare on the concept. Alice and I live about 8 hours from Cheshire Cat and the March Hare. The day before Halloween … Read more
I decided I wanted to be something creative this year, as well as scary, and the first thing that came to mind was the scary tooth fairy! I made my wings with poster board, cellophane, and glue. First I drew the veins of the wings on poster board (6 sets in total), then I cut … Read more
It all started with how we chose to use this movie as our family theme this year. My neighbor had taken her children to see Inside Out at the theatre and texted me while there. “Has anyone been following you around for the past year to learn your persona? Because you are in this movie!” I laughed, … Read more