I decided to stick with a scary theme and do Jack Nicholson’s character from The Shining, in particular the “Here’s Johnny!” scene. Since I am a woman I challenged myself to paint his face onto mine. I went with a comic black and white approach and used black and white paint only with gray eye shadows. … Read more
My homemade Mystique costume inspiration began when I decided to dye my hair bright red at the end of September. I’m a natural brunette and had not dyed my hair for years, so I wanted to do something different for a while. I absolutely LOVE Halloween and making my own costumes, so at the beginning … Read more
Welcome to the story of how my family got introduced to an era, that they had no clue about, ,until the beginning of September. As the kids helped me paper mache their props, and watched as the packages came in the mail, with different fun items, and as they watched me buy different shades of … Read more
This costume is my favorite costume that I’ve ever worn. I created it using items I already owned in my closet (yeah, I already owned a creepy doll dress) and just purchased a wig from Amazon. The make-up is what really made the costume. I had to practice several times with a lot of different … Read more
My wife and I made this Edward Scissorhands costume from scratch, except for the wig. Procedure for Making the Edward Scissorhands Costume: We made the individual scissors out of clay, poured a silicone resin over to make a mold and then poured a plastic resin in the mold to make the Scissorhands. The outfit was … Read more
This Harvey Dent Two Face costume was obviously inspired by The Dark Knight. I kept the outfit pretty simple, just black pants, black blazer, white shirt and a tie. The makeup was time consuming. There’s two ways of doing this. You can apply the makeup straight to your face, straight to your bare skin, but I … Read more
I enjoy being people who I admire for Halloween. Last year I was Freddie Mercury and the year before, I was Michael Jackson. When it came this year, I wanted to be a little more flashy. That’s when David Bowie’s alter ego came to mind. So, I decided to go with a Ziggy Stardust costume. … Read more
This Breaking Bad costume is the result of a Halloween fancy dress party that was sprung on me with ONLY a week to spare. I’ve got a reputation for showing up in decent costumes, so I didn’t want to get an “over the counter” one that wouldn’t live up to past efforts. I started by … Read more
We are always inspired to make our own costumes, and love doing it. This year Silent Hill inspired us. It took us five to six days out of our busy life to make these Silent Hill Pyramid Head and Faceless Nurse costumes. It was fun and not too terribly hard! We won our local contest … Read more
We were aiming for Arkham Asylum / Arkham City style Joker and Harley Quinn costumes and so we needed the following: For the Joker: Purple trousers Purple tailcoat Shirt Green bow tie Green hair dye For Harley Quinn: Red/black trousers Red/black gypsy top Red under bust corset Red and black hair dye Plus white face … Read more
After many searches for Halloween costumes on Google, I came across photos of Medusa. I didn’t realize there were so many options for Medusa! I decided to create my own costume instead of buying a commercialized costume that costs way too much for what you get. My hat was made out of shaped copper wiring … Read more
First off I go big on my costume every year because Halloween is my birthday and also my favorite time of the year. For my Poison Ivy costume, I went to hobby lobby to get fake leaves and glitter ect to put on the costume. I then went to Joann fabrics to get fabric so … Read more