When making this costume I wanted it to be funny because my little girl is so chubby. I looked online and found nothing I liked so I made this with a crochet top tulle and ribbon. Just how you would make any regular tutu. The reaction we have got from everyone is priceless. They love … Read more
For this Ninja Turtle girl costume I made a tutu with a crocheted top and added ribbon. There wasn’t any fabric that I could find here in my home town. For her shell, I used casting strips that I had for a belly cast and put it around a basketball. When it dried I painted … Read more
This is my tribute to the game series Fallout. New Vegas is my favorite game ever and I have a feeling it will stay that way forever. I started making this costume last November and I had no idea what I was in for. I began with the T-51 Power Helmet. I used Pepakura as … Read more
As a college senior swearing into the world’s greatest Air Force this May, I decided to get a headstart on training by building myself an airplane! I was inspired to build an F-16 because it’s what my dad flew, and he’s the reason I decided to fly! It all started with a big TV box. … Read more
The base was a re-purposed plain witch dress and some tight fitting black pants. We already had blue shoes to match. Making the rest is where it got tricky! I started with some bee wings and smaller bat wings, plus a wire flower for the tail. I covered both sets of wings with black felt … Read more
We wanted to create a costume that was a ninja turtle costume, but also made a reference to the artist. We thought the best way to do that was to add photos of paintings to the shells. Shirts: We bought green shirts at a craft store and painted them with yellow fabric paint and a … Read more
My dad is a certified scuba diver, so I thought he’d love seeing his grand daughter dressed up as a tiny scuba diver. I just finished the costume yesterday and am still working on the tutorial, but when it’s done I’ll post it on my blog. I used a ton of duct tape, electrical tubing, … Read more
My sister came up with the idea of the Flintstone while flipping through costume ideas because she had two kids to think of. This is a photo of my daughter and my son as Fred and Wilma Flintstone. There is no sewing done with these costumes, just glue safety pin and the fabric. My daughters … Read more
Well, this Halloween, I wasn’t thinking of wearing a costume at all. You see, in my country, we don’t really celebrate Halloween the way other countries do. We just simply have small horror booths and that’s all– a bit of Halloween costume fun for the kids at the mall but nothing much for the teens … Read more
Initially I told myself my baby was only 4 1/2 months old, so I wasn’t going to dress him up in some over the top hot costume, especially because we live in Florida, and it is always hot on Halloween! But I kept thinking about him possibly being a pirate, then I could put him … 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
My friend and I took two big boxes and first spray painted them white, then painted each box accordingly to a nerd box. her half was the pink side and my half was the purple side. we painted them so when we stood together they matched as one. on the side we wrote ingredients and … Read more