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
This was our first Halloween together as a couple, and I thought hard about what would resonate with both of us. We watch old Simpsons reruns together practically every night, which is where the idea was born. Since the Homer/Marge duo has already been done many times over, we decided to go with bit characters … Read more
As a teacher, the fall is always a busy time of the year. Since it is my first year teaching, I was stressing about Halloween approaching and how I would manage to get a costumer together in time for Halloween, all while keeping up with day to day stresses. The favorite song this year in … Read more
My kids decided that they both wanted to have quad costumes, that is, to walk on all fours. I am always up for the challenge, but I worried that I had over-extended myself by committing to two such huge projects, but they jumped in and helped and we pulled it off. The kids wanted to … Read more
This Tooth Fairy costume idea took me a whole year of planning. It really wasn’t difficult to bring to life after I got the idea in my head. It took about 4 hours to apply the special effects make up on my face. I made the teeth part beforehand out of Kleenex and Latex. The … Read more
I really didn’t want to follow the popular trend and be a sexy superhero or villain, so Edward Scissorhands it was. The Costume I bought a black corset that had buckles, and a black wig and liquid skin (for the scars). I made my own Scissorhands out of foam cardboard and a pair of black … Read more
For 20 some odd years, both Kyle and I dreaded Halloween. As kids, we grew up with the standard drugstore costumes: a plastic face mask with a thin elastic strap that was sure to break 10 minutes after putting it on, eye-holes that restricted 70% of your vision, and a plastic suit with your favorite character … Read more
Once upon a time, there was this seemingly innocent website called Pinterest. Now, if you were to casually peruse aforementioned website, you would find some of the most amazing ideas you have ever seen. These amazing ideas will be followed my seemingly overly simple instructions to make the amazing creation that has piqued your interest. … Read more
This year I was really excited to try my hands at creating a costume that was both interesting and fairly easy (and cheap!). The awesome thing about a skeleton face is that it is transformative. I put it with a cape and some pieces I had around the house (a corset, skirt, and leggings) to … Read more
I have always loved making things with cardboard and duct tape. I made my own slippers and my own flip flops. I made a suit of armor complete with sword and shield. So making a crane game costume out of boxes and duct tape was a natural! I used two boxes, covered them with duct … Read more
So for Halloween at work this year, my team was looking for a great idea to do as a large group. We needed ideas and we needed a lot of them. So I suggested this site. Thanks to the different category links on the left side, we searched through the group costumes. Since we had … Read more
My 3 year old son started watching Hocus Pocus early in October and it quickly became a favorite. He would request to watch it by saying “Poca.” By the end of October he was tired of watching Poca though! Anyway I have always really liked the movie and kinda wanted to dress up like one … Read more