My friends and I really enjoy the TV show “Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo”. So much so that we decided this year to dress up at Mama June, Sugar Bear and of course Honey Boo-Boo. To make Junes and Sugar Bears costumes we went to local thrift shops and found the perfect outfits. To make the … Read more
I had been wanting to dress up as Mother Nature for quite some time but was thinking of doing it in the style of the old “if you think it’s butter… it’s Chiffon” commercial. I couldn’t find the right white flowy gown so this is what I ended up with instead. T he wreath was … Read more
Considering my name is Marigold, I decided to be a gold digger. I got the inspiration from seeing a gold digger costume in stores, but thought it was too skimpy. The gold digger costume I saw showed too much skin, and since I am a rather large girl, I thought that wouldn’t look right on … Read more
For the last 15+ years I have made most of my own costumes. Halloween is my favorit holiday After Halloween 2011, I started to think of a costume for the next year. Right away the old lady costume came to my head so I started on it. I used knee highs for boobs and then … Read more
We were trying to come up with ideas for a group costume since we are all plus size we wanted to look cute and a little sexy but still be covered up. We chose the Troop 69 theme. The boys borrowed real Boy Scout troop outfits and then added shorts. For the girls we got … Read more
This was a funny one…I was working in the Pharmacy so it was really cool going to work as the Mucinex Lady. I was first inspired by a Used Goldilocks costume I found at the local thrift shop. It just came to me. I watched some commercials and chose to base my lady off of … Read more
So this song blew up that summer and me being not afraid of anything took on the challenge of making this costume and wearing it as a big girl with pride. I first bought a skin suit in nude, I will tell you that when I walked out of the dressing room the store staff … Read more
For my Plus-Size Max from 2 Broke Girls costume, I first dyed an old shirt dress I had yellow. I then sewed an apron using interfacing to make it stiffer. I used iron on heat transfer tape to attach red stripes to dresss then sewed them in place. I used fake hair extensions to make … Read more
I had a bunch of old CDs that I didn’t listen to anymore and as I was going through them to toss them out I thought that they looked a bit like fish scales, and that’s where my idea for a plus-size mermaid costume was born. I found a green dress at Good Will and my … Read more
I am first of all like the palest of pale skin tone. I had to get 3 spray tans and by Revlon and the dollar store’s darkest foundation makeup to achieve Snooki’s tan/orange skin color. I hiked my boobs up by wearing to bras with air inserts. The sunglasses I had from years ago. I … Read more
First Flo is an icon so I knew I had to do the costume right. I did dye my hair darker to look more the part. The Progressive insurance web site was really helpful in creating this look. It offered print outs and instructions down to what color lipstick Flo wears. I bought my apron … Read more
For my Plus-Size Geisha costume, I found this “wig” at Goodwill. It was like $2.99 and I was dying because it was So cool. Originally it had just a little red bow and like 1 broken chopstick thing coming out but I could see the potential. I searched my closet and found a dress that … Read more