Let me start by telling that my girlfriend is amazing. Before I met Sarah, every year she made awe inspiring costumes. I loved seeing her masterpieces. You could see how much energy she puts in to the costumes. For our first Halloween together, we knew we wanted to do couple costumes but we had trouble … Read more
This costume has been recreated because of it going viral and also by request. So here we go again! This was just as fun to make the second time around, and I may be partial, but I think Journey looks even cuter this four years later. ;) Originally, I was with my daughters at the … Read more
For weeks my three year old (going on 15) daughter, Adalyn, told me she wasn’t going to be anything else but Princess Elsa for Halloween, that was until we spent a morning at the zoo. I took her and Emmett, her 1½yr old little brother, to the zoo, an outing we do at least once … Read more
We decided to make our 10 month old son Maverick from Top Gun for Halloween 2014, and since he isn’t walking yet, we transformed a little plastic push buggy into a huge F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. All in all, probably $60 spent on this costume. Our son LOVED riding around in it and it was … Read more
This year, I fulfilled a long time dream of becoming Teen Wolf (Michael J Fox style) for Halloween. It was an intense project but worth it in the end. I will detail how I made each part but as an overview, everything you see was custom made or altered. This is with the exception of … Read more
I am a Jersey Girl, born and raised. I love my home state so why not use it for inspiration. NJ is a state which receives a lot of mocking. Despite all the mocking, I truly do love NJ ( including the smell near Newark Airport). So I figured why not be the whole State … Read more
My homemade Mystique costume inspiration began when I decided to dye my hair bright red at the end of September. I’m a natural brunette and had not dyed my hair for years, so I wanted to do something different for a while. I absolutely LOVE Halloween and making my own costumes, so at the beginning … Read more
To make this Power Rangers costume you’ll need the following: polyester/Lycra spandex long sleeve, high neck leotard thigh high socks ( courtesy sock dreams) fingerless satin gloves black and white fabric fabric adhesive paper tracing paper iron Halloween is about the only holiday, besides Mardi Gras in Louisiana, that you can wear extra skimpy clothes … Read more
This toy soldier army of three costume was a huge hit this Halloween. We perused the internet for the green army men ideas and set out on our own adventure to make this way too costume! We first had to decide which army dude each wanted to be. I chose the bazooka guy, my youngest, … Read more
As a huge Star Wars/Lego fan, my son decided that he wanted to be Lego Boba Fett. His mini figure costume was modeled after Lego set 9496 – Desert Skiff. This costume received a lot of attention online, appearing on many sites and blogs. It was also a published article in The Daily Mail UK. … Read more
I made the chicken by removing the filling from a bean bag and cutting a hole in the center, leaving it much in the shape of a tire. I filled the walls with shopping bags full of the bean bag filling. Upholstery shops usually have lots of foam remnants and I was able to get … Read more
Ok guys, (or should I say Gal’s) ;) here are the amazing yet quite simple ingredients for this FIERCE, FUN, RIDICULOUSLY COLORFUL costume: white long sleeved dress $13 from Forever 21, kids wing pack $19.99 @ Party City, white toe-in ladies tights $6 from Target, and bright green Tutu $6 from the amazing Amazon.com (be … Read more