Last years costumes were a blast! I first had seen this trophy idea done with some high school students and fell in love with it! I knew this was what us girls had to do for Halloween. Our local small town has some pretty competitive Halloween costume contests and we had won the group costume … Read more
There are a lot of Beetlejuice costumes around, but I have never seen Taxi Driver Beeteljuice from the graveyard, so when my husband said this is what he wanted to do I was pumped! I love a challenge. Finding the right materials with out all the spending is my favorite part. So I went to … Read more
To make this seductive Poison Ivy costume I went to Spencer’s and bought a sexy lingerie outfit. Then, I went to a craft store and bought some fake leaves and sewed them onto the outfit. For my back drape I went to the fabric store and bought a velvet sheet and sewed vine around … Read more
For this Ursula the Sea Witch costume I started off with a plain black dress that had a sweatheart top. Since I am rather petite (and Ursula is huge), I went with a poofy tool skirt. This could easily have been handmade, but I ran out of time. I bought this one at Walmart for … Read more
So as you can probably see, we got dressed up as characters from the coolest program ever!! I’ll write here steps and explanations for all of you, hope you enjoy and that will help! The Costume idea started when my boyfriend and I just met. He had a red and white hat and I laughed … Read more
I actually got the idea from this website but I decided to go my own way with creating it. I used to be obsessed with Lil Wayne and when I saw someone had been him for Halloween I knew I had to do it. I was so excited and I wanted it to be a … Read more
So here it is… The Joker. For starters, I look nothing like him, other then having a narrow face. I am in the Canadian military, so no long hair for this guy. Also, did this all by myself, no woman or someone else knowledgeable with makeup helped me out. I got an amazing reception for … Read more
Behold! This is my fantasy shaman costume that I wore to the 2014 Bay Area Renaissance Festival. This is the second costume that I’ve put together. What is it made from? This costume was made almost entirely of scraps and scrounged items. The leather armor is somewhat hardened (through boiling) and backed with fake fur, … Read more
This was one of the easiest costumes that I’ve gotten to do. You need black and white clothing, (suits, shirts, ties, gloves, hats, shoes, dresses, hosiery, etc.). The most difficult part was applying the paint on the skin, with most of the body covered by clothes, however, there was little skin that needed to be … Read more
I decided I loved Elphaba’s dress in the Broadway production of “Wicked.” I started collecting pictures and thought, “Meh – I can totally do that.” We made a duct-tape dress form of myself, which was thoroughly entertaining, and went from there. Each color of fabric had to be cut into strips, sewn together, rooled hem … Read more
I am an amateur movie fx makeup artist. Very amateur, this was my first make up effects in years. I told my girlfriend I would take her daughter trick or treating on one condition. I get to dress up. Her counter offer was NO ZOMBIES!! So I decided to be a character from my favorite … Read more
I thoroughly enjoyed coming up with the design to complete this Mystique costume. I decided to scrap the body paint idea (it’s cold outside) and just use a unitard instead. I chose to use sequinned material to add the scales effect. I cut and attached this while wearing the unitard which probably sounds just as hard … Read more