I came up with my costume because my sons’ father has wanted him to be chucky since he was born and I figured this year we better do it before he gets too big. We started by looking for a Chucky costume at the Halloween store and the only one they had was a horrible … Read more
I have a shaved head. I thought it would be funny to do a smiley face on the back of it. This made me question what to do with the front of my face. I decided on the classic Good vs Evil theme and it evolved from there. When I spotted Sponge-Bob knee high socks … Read more
When you have 3 little kids, and are chronically underemployed, everything you do has to be low cost and high concept; halloween costumes are no exception. My wife participated in The Color Run 5K a few years back, and it looked fun (except for all that pesky exercise). How could I be a Color Runner … Read more
Bradley is dressed as Van Gogh from one of his famous painted self portraits. (We added his bandaged ear to make the reference extra noticeable.) Grace is dressed as Starry Night, one of Van Gogh’s most esteemed paintings. We knew we wanted to do a creative couple costume, and didn’t want to do something that … Read more
Halloween has always been a favorite holiday in our household. Every year I make our family’s costumes. Our family has grown to six of us now, and many friends and family look forward to see what we come up with each year. This year, we held a family meeting and chose Alice in Wonderland as the 2015 … Read more
H, I’m Bunnie! I’m a fashion and costume designer from New York. This year I got together with two friends (Chantal the makeup artist and Taahira the hairstylist) to recreate the TLC costumes from the No Scrubs video. We chose this look because it was the least common TLC look done on previous halloweens. It … Read more
I am wearing the costume. I got the inspiration from all the ladies that love Starbucks. I made the costume by buying a 32 gallon trash can, white spray paint, pool noodle, and some poster board. I already had the helmet, cardboard, and zip ties. I cut out the bottom of the trash can then … Read more
The idea for this costume was inspired by both Pixar and the original Potato Head toys. Inspiration also came from coming up with themed Halloween house parties we would host in the past with our friends where we would always have a specific theme for everyone to be a part of. This year several of … Read more
Of course I had to be Harley Quinn for Halloween this year! I love her as a character because she is crazy and fun. With the suicide squad movie coming out next year, I dressed as her to show my excitement! However I chose a look more similar to the comics than to the movie. … Read more
In my country (Israel), we don’t have Halloween (Even though me and my friends love throwing our own Halloween parties :), but we have “Purim” which is a Jewish ritual where everyone is welcome to go outside in costumes. Our school holds a costume competition every year. Unfortunately, every competition had been a failure for … Read more
Here’s my husband in his Mad Hatter costume from Alice and wonderland. I originally started with the theme when I decided I wanted to be the Alice character, so I thought it would be neat to add the Mad Hatter which was homemade. Both of my daughters wanted to get in on it so one wore a rabbit … Read more
1) How did you come up with this costume idea? WaterHERO! To save California from drought. WaterHero insists everyone not to waste water, and save water. A much needed thinking for the Bay Area. 2) What items did you use to make this costume? And how? Felt – Red, Brown, Dark Blue & Light Blue … Read more