I am wearing my costume. I got the idea from the movie Tron. I wanted a full body suit and lights that actually light up like the ones in the movie Tron for my costume. I used four 30 foot battery operated neon blue LED lights, a Nerf gun, a bodysuit, a corset, white spray … Read more
My husband Floyd is wearing this awesome Electro costume we made together. Halloween is our favorite holiday, so we thought for months how we were going to make this costume work and make it glow. We got the inspiration from the new Spiderman movie where Electro is introduced in the series. We used a motocross … Read more
I always loved Halloween, but was never someone who put countless hours into a costume. One year I decided I wanted to go full out since some good friends of mine were having a party. After a few days of research, I decided I wanted to be Mystique, from the X-Men series. My friends thought … Read more
I have been making my own costumes since high school. About a year and a half ago, I discovered Pepakura (papercraft files). At that time, I was trying to make The Dark Knight suit. I didn’t think that I could do it, but I just dove in. I shocked myself by making the suit. I … Read more
This year, my boyfriend and I embarked on a couple costume adventure. The most entertaining one was the bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein. Using the cut off bottom of a soda bottle, I was able to bring my blonde hair up to a ridiculous height. A lot of Bobby pins, spray color and patience went … Read more
First of all it took 3 weeks to convince my friend to do this creative paint work on me, I had to go through her mom to convince her to do it and finally 5 days before Halloween my friend called me and told me we would do it or at least try. She is … Read more
This is by far the biggest Halloween project I’ve ever undertaken. I gave myself over six weeks to finish it, and didn’t put the final touches on until the day of Halloween. I always try to make my own costume, but it’s usually pretty simple. This year, my son wanted to go as Rocket Raccoon … Read more
Most of the work I put into this costume went into the design and fabrication of my Monster puppet with moving eyes and mouth. The hardest part i would say was by far getting they eyes to move the right way. I probably went through 4 different set ups before I finally settled for one. … Read more
Happy Halloween! This whole process of making the Mystique costume took about two month of prep work and eight hours the day off. I started with a few picture of Mystique’s character and with clay molded the small scales and spikes on as best as I could to copy the images. This was super tedious. … Read more
I started making my own costumes a few years ago, when I realized that to stand-out I couldn’t just go buy something off the rack. I never thought of myself as a creative person, but I started experimenting with different materials and kind of got addicted. Each year I’ve tried to find a topic or … Read more
After seeing Gauardians of the Galaxy, I knew I HAD to make a Rocket costume! He’s just so furry, sarcastic, and amazing! Just like me! Well, minus the fuzzy part, ha ha ha ha! There was a convention happening in my city in just over a month and I set a goal to make it … Read more
The trick for this easy Wolverine costume is in the details without getting too literal. Grow your hair out to around an inch and a half( this one obviously takes advance planning) and brush the sides up with moose leaving a price to hang in the front. Make sure it’s a mat Finish product so … Read more