My daughter is 13 and didn’t want to be a witch or princess or any other girly monster, so I suggested a zombie because we both love the Walking Dead. She jumped at it. I volunteer at an op shop and grabbed a pair of old jeans and t shirt, and started cutting away. We … Read more
I created a Victorian feel with an all black dress, tights, and boots along with black smokey eyes and a black vintage netted hat. The zipper was the hit of the evening and was easy to create! With a store bought zipper and using liquid latex to attach, I used toilet paper and more liquid … Read more
This Ash Ketchum and Pikachu costume creation was an awesome experience! My boyfriend and I were Pikachu and Ash for the infamous Halloween at Ohio University. This was the perfect choice for a college party. Pokemon was a 90’s fab and everyone in college made a connection with us. My boyfriend actually came up with … Read more
Ursula has always been my favorite villain from Disney. This year I had a struggle to come up with a costume, but knew I had to transform myself in to infamous sea witch when I got an invitation to a haunted Disney ball. So I had the idea of becoming Ursula, but how? I began … Read more
I duct taped an old shirt and turned it into a jacket. I used any thing silver around the house and sewed, then taped them to my jacket. Borrowed friends belts and attached them to my legs and waist. I found an old wig and cut, teased, and used Auqa Net hairspray to style the … Read more
I am a huge horror movie fan, they scare the Bejesus out of me, but I have seen them all and cannot stop watching them. The movie that I have the hardest time with by far is the Exorcist. I thought that if I went as Regan for Halloween, it may be a form or … Read more
To go against the “Sexy” Halloween, this year I decided to be super funny. I saw somewhere the idea of cutting out magazine eyes to make weird looking faces so that is where I started. I bought a pair of big sunglasses then covered them with two different eyes cut out from a magazine (to … Read more
In 2012, my boyfriend and I wanted to go as Harley Quinn and the Joker but with a unique twist. We both ride motorcycles, so we thought it would be cool to imagine the traditional characters as if they rode motorcycles. I made my costume completely from scratch with a combination of red vinyl (that … Read more
Sally’s dress is made up of stitched patchwork felt pieces and embellished with puffy paint patterns. Jack’s suit is accessorized with his signature bat tie made of felt, white puffy paint and wiring to hold the ‘wings’ out. The real homemade magic of these costumes was our makeup details!
In 2011, I went as Katy Perry from her “Alien” video. I made the costume from scratch and through lots of trial and error it took me about a month and a half to complete. The breast plate was the hardest part to figure out. It is made from plastic that was melted and formed … Read more
I wanted to be something creepy, but also have a costume that nobody would know who I was unless I wanted them to. I’ve always wanted to do a more complex face paint than the norm, but I like the effect of the paint itself with added appliances/prosthetics. The face paint took about 2 hours to … Read more
Navigating the web I found a similar costume, i thougt I’d just step it up a notch and make it really SCARY! This is how I made it: It took me a few days to think how to make the intestines and umbilical cord, that was the time consuming part: Panty hose (folded in half and … Read more