My brother has a very competitive Halloween Party every year. Each year there is a theme. Last year, I won Best Costume as an Infamous Person. This year, it was Commercial Characters and/or products. For the first time I was entering as a couple. I was so nervous to bring my new boyfriend to the … Read more
My children are 5 and 3 years old, and I love making coordinating costumes for them to wear for Halloween. I can’t remember exactly how the idea came to me, but I thought it would be cute to dress them up as a gumball machine and a quarter this year. These costumes were a good … Read more
The costume took 2 hours in total to apply, it was completely mad using liquid latex, cotton buds, metallic spray paint, a bald cap, face paint and a cape. First I had to apply 5 layers of liquid latex to my face and bald cap which I left to dry and then I covered it … Read more
When my 7 year old decided she wanted to be her favorite iPhone app character, I wondered how I was going to transform her into a pixelated bird creature. Then the Creativity Nymph whispered in my ear, make her the whole game. Her tubes (Flappy Bird’s obstacles) are made of felt and wreath bases, held … Read more
This Hot Air Balloon was the best costume ever!!! I got to wear this costume to a block party where there were a ton of people in costumes and I defiantly stuck out in the crowd. I got stopped so many times for pictures and saying how great the costume was. It also helped that … Read more
My friends and I are all huge fans of the Netflix show Orange is the New Black. Every year at the college we go to, Ohio University in Athens, OH, there’s a huge block party called HallOUween, it’s the third biggest block party in the country, and everybody dresses up and there are bands and … Read more
Yes, we’ve all done it. A silly slip of the tongue. A brief baring of subconscious sentiment spilling out whatever we were fixated on at the time. Freudian Slips happen to the best of us! As a frequent contributor to this site and yearly winner of the local costume contests ’round these parts, I felt … Read more
My 1 1/2 year old boy is an old man. We took clothes that he already had then got some suspenders cut them down to fit his size then resewed them back together. Then we took some PVC pipes and attached them together put some wheels on the bottom and spray painted it grey. For … Read more
When you are dating a “boy” who is not only obsessed with the Big Bang Theory, but who frequently reminds you of its lead character, a costume like ours was a no brainer, and easy too! Several times I have thought to myself, “He is acting like Sheldon Cooper.” When I proposed the idea to … Read more
For my husband, it was pretty easy. He has been growing his beard out since July of last year. It was actually his idea to be Duck Dynasty for Halloween. So we just bought him some camo and that was that. My doe costume was a bit more tedious and time consuming to make. I … Read more
This is my 3 year old braelyn and her crazy wiry hair inspired my husband and I to have her be beetle juice for Halloween. I bought a white toddler tuxedo on eBay and then used painters tape and fabric paint to create the stripes. Followed by painting her face white and black and using … Read more
I was looking for something different and fun to go as for my Halloween party this year, and Shooting Star just sounded like fun! I always like to have a fun prop, whether its nerf guns, a funny hat or whatever, just something to have fun with! This was pretty easy to put together as … Read more