If Elton John and Khalessi, Mother of Dragons, had a love child, it would look like this. My costume was a sparkly, intricate detailed, red, winged dragon. When trying to come up with an over the top costume in NYC, you have to go all the way. This process started in 2012 as I was … Read more
I never liked “happily ever afters” from a very young age. I remember growing up thinking to myself after every Disney movie,” This could’ve went wrong very easily” So one Halloween I decided to show people what that “wrong” alternative could have been. My first successful costume showing this was Little Miss Muffet wrapped in … Read more
My sister, mom, and I decided to be the Sanderson sisters this year. We didn’t want to spend a lot of money so we gathered up things that we had around the house. We went and got a few things from a thrift store, but that was about it. We didn’t have a lot of … Read more
One fine day at the end of September, my 10 year old daughter Lauren finally decided what she’d like to dress up as this Halloween – “Mom, I’d love to be one of the ‘Weeping Angels’ from Doctor Who – please, please, please – can I be that?” “Well”, I said (as I scanned my … Read more
After Googling several DIY Halloween costumes, my daughter chose the Head on a Platter. I was so excited! I picked up most of her table items from the Salvation Army. My husband fastened them to the (box) table. He even made her handles on the inside of the box in order to make it more … Read more
To begin with, as the title suggests, I am the least crafty guy there is. I checked many websites, including this one, and took ideas from all over the internet to make this costume. Clearly, I’m a researching type of guy. I actually learned a lot from making this costume and it really was a … Read more
I LOVE cats! And I love the Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos), the Mexican holiday. So why not combine them both? I’ve been practicing with my face-paints and looked for ideas online for Day of the Dead makeup, and even found Day of the Dead cat statues for sale online, so I got … Read more
If you asked most people what they consider to be the most hectic and stressful time of year, the majority of them would undoubtedly say the Christmas holiday season. It is the only holiday that requires the full fifty-five days of unrelenting planning and shopping if the store displays erected the day after Halloween are … Read more
FAIRY TAIL STORY: It’s been a few years since I’ve dressed up for Halloween, but my motto is GO BIG OR GO HOME! This year I wanted to make something awesome to be put in the running for my office costume contest. I saw an image of a peacock outfit and knew I had to … Read more
What you need for this costume is: hot glue, hot glue gun, fabric glue, sea shells, fish net, black leggings, tulle & sequin fabric (colors of your choice) a bracelet, ripped green fabric or fake seaweed, some thread & body paint (optional) 1st, I cut out some fish net, roughly in the shape of a … Read more
Every year our school where I work at picks a theme for the year. This year we choose Superheroes. The teachers and staff wore different costumes based on superheroes, comics, and even villains. I choose the Joker. He is one of my favorite villains. I went searching the thrift stores and found every single piece … Read more
Hello everyone, this is my first homemade costume. And it came out great! I won some great prizes the two nights I wore it! And everyone wanted to take their picture with me. I wanted to be mystique, but the online costume I saw online were expensive and didn’t really showcased the nude look of … Read more