Every year I wrack my brain, books, and the internet for unique costume ideas. I have two requirements: I should not be recognizable, and I can’t be something or someone that others might choose. So this year, I took one of those lovely little on-line quizzes- 10 simple questions to answer and then it would … Read more
My boyfriend (Ethan) and I (Amber) are HUGE Halloween fans! We love to go all out for our costumes and knew that we had to come up with something over-the-top this year! I was inspired by a Matt Valentine character on an episode of Face Off, and we created an Ice Cream Man and Candy … Read more
This year, I didn’t have the time to start weeks ahead to attempt an elaborate and detailed costume. With only three days until Halloween, I had to think of something that would be easy to pull off, but would still stand out. Something simple yet better than putting a bed sheet over my head and … Read more
As a family, we have been dressing up for four years now. We were the Flintstones last year and right after Halloween ended, my husband suggested to the kids that we dress as the Addams Family next year. Our eleven year old that has been saying for the last few years that he was getting … Read more
This Is How We Made This Coolest SpongeBob Costume: To make this SpongeBob costume, we used a square box (cut horizontally), then made it thinner and taped it with duct tape. We used about 10 car sponges, cut horizontally into fifths. Used any extra pieces for filler. Glued on sponges with glue gun and cut … Read more
I love shopping at our local second hand stores for items I need! I can usually find everything I’m looking for. This is were I found all the clothing for our costumes including yellow shirt/purple pants for Ferb (just had to hot-glue on finishing touches on the shirt), striped shirt for Phineas and skirt/shirt for … Read more
To make this Lord Business costume, I mainly used cardboard to craft the helmet and shoulder pads (as we call them). I looked at the actual Lego pieces and came up with some dimensions that would fit my son’s head. Then, I crafted shapes out of cardboard and glued them together. I used painters tape … Read more
We did this look for the Toronto Zombie Walk this year. It’s a masquerade look with half zombie, half skeleton makeup. :) Male: I used dollar store vampire teeth (cut the fangs off) to build a prosthetic mouth piece using toilet paper and liquid latex. Once dried, I added some smokers tooth makeup, plus brown … Read more
Now that the best holiday of the year is over, and I have a whole year to think of a new costume project for next year, here is my submission. My son is 10 and for the last several years, I have been making his costumes for him. Store-bought costumes are often way too expensive … Read more
This is a costume I helped my aunt pull together. All she needed to buy was a nighty, slippers, a wig, contact lenses and food colouring. She mixed green food colouring with porridge and put it on the nighty, like Reagan’s vomit from the movie. That took 2 days to dry. On Halloween day, she … Read more
Natalie (Nancy) and I (Tonya) were previous co-workers turned best friends. Last Halloween we decided we needed a costume that would give a good laugh and maybe some nostalgia. After debating and throwing out some overdone costumes we came up with a blast from the past this Halloween. Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding ladies and … Read more
This was a very last minute costume. I normally go all out, have a huge Halloween party, and make my costume, usually thinking of it for the entire year. I also have always made my kids costumes, and generally make a few for family members and friends. I’m known as the one who goes all … Read more