These costumes were so fun to make, but a lot more work than I anticipated at the same time! The kids’s wigs were made by pom poms that were individually wrapped around my hand 80 times of piece, tied off, then cut. Each pom pom was hot-glued onto a cheap stocking cap from Walmart. The … Read more
While I was pregnant, my husband and I struggled to agree upon a name for our son. Knowing my family is from Iceland, my husband thought it would be funny to come up with a Viking name as a joke for our unborn child. Ragnar became his term of endearment for his unborn son. This … Read more
My son’s name is Sebastian, so for his first Halloween, I decided he should be none other, than himself! Lol. I made his costume out of a snow suit, it was 2 size two big so I had to cut it up quite a bit. I even had enough fabric for little claw mittens. And … Read more
This year we got the family involved in the costume making fun. Creating Russell’s costume was a bit more painstakingly tiresome than rummaging through my grandfather’s closet to find brown slacks, but hand painting each badge was worth it in the end. The sash was cut and sewn out of brown fabric found at a … Read more
My husband and I have always coordinated our costumes and when we had our daughter we knew we had to keep the tradition going. This is our 10th Halloween together so we wanted to do something special: I hand made our costumes! I’m not much of A seamstress so I had no idea what I … Read more
Mad Max, these are some of my favorites. The kids were old enough this year to pull it off. The two year old was supposed to sit on dad’s shoulders but she was combative and defiant and so, for safety reasons, was not put up there. The Aunty Entity costume was made by taking apart … Read more
The hardest part of this Addams Family costume was enduring my husband (Gomez) growing a mustache for a month. I was happy on November 1 to say goodbye to that! The rest was pretty simple- his suit was a “fancy gentleman” costume I bought on eBay for under $20. For Morticia I took a long … Read more
I just turned 30 this year and I’ve always loved the Mario games. Mario is muh jam! Yoshi is my absolute favorite. I wanted to dress my dog up as Yoshi so naturally I’d go as Mario (none of this wimpy Princess Peach stuff for me) and my son would don a Luigi costume. The … Read more
Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies and I love to flex my creative muscle at Halloween. I had been dreaming of these costumes for years but was having trouble sourcing the boxwood for the topiary. Once I found what I needed, it was just a matter of finding green coveralls for my gigantic boyfriend. … Read more
This year our kids decided they wanted to be Koopa characters from Super Mario Bros. Yay, another family theme was born! We decided on Bowser, Bowser Jr., Iggy, Larry, Wendy and Ludwig von Koopa. Our dog was forced to participate by wearing the costume, aka Roy Koopa, for a few minutes for pics. The dog … Read more
We always enjoy coming up with a family theme for Halloween and all of our family and friends anticipate each year what it will be. This year, it being the 50th anniversary for Disney’s “Mary Poppins” we thought what a wonderful, colorful, and memorable way to celebrate! My mother always makes my son’s and daughter’s … Read more
We Booked our tickets to Mickeys Halloween Party in California. I knew our costumes had to be awesome! So finally we all agreed on the Wizard of Oz. I Searched Pinterest like crazy and finally figured that Tin Man would have his chest piece made of foam. I Started with 4 pieces of foam and … Read more