Our 4- year old daughter loves princesses so we decided to give her a new spin on that idea and introduced her to Star Wars. She wanted to be Darth Vader for Halloween but decided that idea wasn’t “pretty” enough and asked to be Pink Darth Vader. In her mind, it was 1/2 bride (another … Read more
After spending hours looking for the perfect costume on this site and youtube, I ran across levitating street performers on Youtube, pretty much by accident. Once I showed it to my husband and he looked closely on how it was constructed he was on a mission to figure it out. First came buying a welder (it … Read more
Ran into the trench coat at a second hand store and got the idea instantly. The hat was made out of 1″ PVC tubing, bolt, nuts and washers, cardboard painted red for the propellors, and duct tape and electrical tape for strength and design. The propellors were glued onto a washer so they could spin on … Read more
People could not stop laughing at us, they loved our costumes this year! We had a few who were skeptical about my idea and said it wasn’t a good one, but not many people get our sense of humor so I decided to follow through with it. I’m so glad I did! People were so … Read more
So this halloween my kids decided I should go as the joker and nothing else. So thinking about it made it seem like a too simple easy costume,few splashes of face paint and your done…personally im not that type of guy to take the easy way about it. So I decided I needed to be … Read more
With the new Peanuts movie coming out, I wanted to introduce my kids to the wonderful world of Charlie Brown. So we watched a few clips on You Tube and they were convinced that this would be a cool family costume. Kevin and Eileen as Charlie Brown and Lucy, Abby (8) as Sally, Ryan (7) … Read more
My girlfriend and I wanted to try and do a couples costume that we were sure we weren’t going to see all over the place this Halloween, but would still be somewhat matching and have a good time with, so we picked to be famous internet cat meme’s Grumpy Cat and Nyan Cat. For Grumpy … Read more
I have always been fascinated by human oddities. After watching season 4 of American Horror Story’s circus season, I was set on being a 1920’s freak! I wanted to be sexy with a hint of strange so I opted for a Bearded Lady. The key component was a great beard made from human hair. I … Read more
Started with spray painting cardboard boxes and taping them together to form a VW bus. Added some of my own touches and painted it up to look as original as possible. Found a grey beard wig and trimmed it to look like Jerry. Also spray painted my hair grey and found matching hippie glasses. Found … Read more
I came up with this idea because I love doctor who and I thought a Dalek would look awesome on halloween. For this costume I used a lot of ply wood for the interior and card board for the exterior. First I used a scooter for the base and built around it with wood. Then … Read more
My girlfriend Kristine Choy and I share a love for the 1986 film Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly in the main roles. This film helped cement our relationship, so we felt it appropriate to dress as the characters on our first Halloween together. They go through many costume changes in the film, but … Read more
The 2 year old wants to be a mighty machine, so what do you do mom? Obviously you make it happen mom! I would have hated to disappoint the two year old on my favorite holiday. Box costumes it is for the first timer. About six boxes later and about 100 paper cuts and lots … Read more