I actually decided last year that I would be Mystique for 2012 Halloween. I start preparing in April of 2012. I started with a blue full bodysuit. I then purchased the red wig, contacts, and Fila Skele-toes. I searched as many Mystique costumes and videos that I could to determine what would work best for … Read more
This is my Iron Man Halloween Costume for Halloween 2011. The Iron man movies being such a big hit, influenced my decision to make this costume. I wanted to make it fairly realistic but still have a cartoony feel to it. Using my two favorite things, cardboard and colored duct tape, I constructed this costume over … Read more
Like most people, I wanted to do something extra special for Halloween and I have always been a fan of making my own costumes for fancy dress events. It was actually through the brilliance of this site that I saw the processes some people went through to create a ‘Mystique’ costume, one of my all … Read more
Wonder Woman: Started off with a red spangly tube top, with the ‘W’ cut out of gold fabric and hand stitched on. I tried it with duct tape at first, but it had no give and made my body look funny shaped. With the same gold fabric, a thick belt sized for my waist got … Read more
My 5 year old son Brayden was dying to be the coolest Iron Man this year. My husband and I brainstormed over it while looking at pictures online to get an idea of what materials we could use (inexpensively) to pull off a very cool costume for our son. Looking at some photos I thought … Read more
We put this easy, super cool Ghost Rider costume for kids together for our 7 yr old son. He wanted to be Ghost Rider for Halloween. So I decided that I would figure out a way for him to be the coolest Ghost Rider ever!! He wore just simple black jeans, some boots, a black … Read more
I was Mystique and my boyfriend was Professor X. We took an old wheelchair and spray painted it silver and put the X wheels on it. For Mystique, I didn’t plan on painting my whole body blue so I went off of the old school jumpsuit she wears in XMEN first class. I got a … Read more
I went online and found a youtube site called “TheHeroTutorials”. The guy there explains all the steps needed to make your own costumes from certain materials step by step and they have a few to choose from. These Iron Men are made from card stock paper and fiberglass resin. I sanded them down, painted and … Read more
Originally this year I wanted to be Jessica Rabbit from who framed Roger rabbit. But in April I went to a cancer fundraiser and spontaneously decided to shave my head (I raised 1051 dollars in less than 5 min). But this caused me to have to change my idea of what I wanted to be … Read more
For Halloween 2012, I was the Headless Bride of Frankenstein and my husband was Frankenstein. My costume was made from a thrift store wedding dress, a rolling back pack, LOTS of zip ties and hot glue and stuffing. First, I extended the handle of the backpack, attached a hanger to the top with zip ties … Read more
This is how I made the coolest homemade Mystique Halloween costume: 1. I cut out “scales” from blue craft foam. I used scrap booking punches and did some freehand cutting with scissors. 2. I then used Fabri-Flex glue to glue the “scales” onto blue tulle fabric which were pre-cut to fit the areas I wanted … Read more
I originally wanted to make a Spiderman suit for comicon, but alas, I did not finish it in time. So pressed on to have it done by Halloween, it cost $65 in materials, and 5 and a half months to complete. I used about 4 yards of spandex that I sewed together, then spray painted … Read more