We made this Kick-Ass and Hit Girl couples costume! I found the green sweatpants at a thrift store, bought a green ski mask and used yellow electrical tape to make the stripes for the Kickass costume. For Hit Girl I had the purple thermal. Bought purple leggings and the cape. I made the belt buckle … Read more
By far the easiest part of this simple and easy dark Phoenix Costume was buying the red catsuit as the base of it all. Afterwards, I went to my local fabric store and purchase gold Lycra fabric. Using the computer, I found a photo of the phoenix and hand drew the emblem onto the fabric … Read more
After doing some brainstorming for my costume I decided that I wanted to go with a classic Halloween monster and be Frankenstein. Unbeknownst to me my boyfriend had wanted to do a costume as a couple. When I told him what I wanted to be, he simply said “I guess that means I am going … Read more
My family and I had just finished the X Men series and were OBSESSED with it to say the least! It was a given what we were going to be for Halloween! The Cast: Magnito – Dad Storm – Mom (me) Wolverine – my son Mystique – my daughter For Magnito, I recycled my husband’s … Read more
These X- Men Costumes: Wolverine and Mystique took months to plan. My husband and I used these costumes for two Halloweens, because of the time we had put into them. We started by making the full spandex body suit for Mystique costume, I then used fabric paints to add all of the scales to the … Read more
Last year I decided to be Mystique from X-Men. I didn’t just want to paint myself blue and wear a bikini though. I wanted to be HARD CORE and make prosthetic pieces and look like Rebecca Romijn in the movies. After all, I was going to Heidi Klum’s Halloween Party in Las Vegas and only … Read more
I was never a big Halloween guy until I had kids. Now as a dad, I get to enjoy Halloween thru the eyes of my children. After the first couple years of random costumes, we decided to start applying a theme to our costumes. Last year, we were all Super Heroes: Spiderman, Hulk, Batgirl, etc. … Read more
This is a Homemade Doctor Octopus Costume. Trench coat is from an old Halloween cowboy costume. Mechanical arms are made from smaller dryer vent tubing. An “H” was made from PVC pipe and then small sections of pool noodle were put on each of the four ends. The dryer vent hose fits perfect over the … Read more
Several years ago I became very lazy and decided not to shave for a couple of months. In passing someone mentioned I vaguely resembled Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of Wolverine and a Homemade Wolverine Costume idea was born! My first preparation again was to not shave for several months. While fake mutton chops are workable, they … Read more
Well I love Wolverine (who doesn’t), I don’t really have the body to be him so I thought to my self if he was old and retired I could play him. Well this homemade retired Wolverine costume is what I came up with. I grew my hair and beard out so I wouldn’t have to … Read more
I created a Bride of Frankenstein DIY Halloween costume. It took a long time finding just the right vintage nightgown at my local thrift store. For a more intense effect, I used my chapel length train from my first marriage wedding dress (great way to reuse a wedding dress after the divorce ladies) as a … Read more
I’ve been working on this Homemade Ironman Halloween Costume Idea for about a month. It is made entirely out of cardboard and poster board. I rewired a few LED Lights and was able to activated them at will. I took the costume around Chicago and got a lot of positive feedback from it, even won … Read more