Items needed for this simple day of the dead skeleton costume: (1) Black long sleeve shirt (1) Pair of Black Leggings (1) Bottle of White Acrylic Paint (1) Bottle of Glow-in-the-Dark Paint (1) Makeup (I only used white Halloween make-up, the rest of the make-up was cosmetic make-up) First, locate some black leggings and a … Read more
This is a custom cardboard Optimus Prime Transformer costume. I started my search for this years costume last year by googling through costume ideas and took pieces of ones that I liked and made my own version. I started off with the helmet because I knew it would be the hardest and most important piece … Read more
So I needed a box, the absolute right size box. I drove my minivan around town on recycle day scouring the town for just the right size. I think I brought home about five boxes before I found “the one”. My husband thought I was crazy. I then cut out the arm holes, neck and … Read more
This Minecraft costume was last year’s success. My granddaughter Alana loves the game Mindcraft and asked if I could make her a Stampy costume for Halloween. Always up for a challenge we started saving cardboard boxes, construction paper, tape and glue in July. I started assembly in August! Since the character is pixelated in the … Read more
Here’s how I made these American Horror Story costumes. I have a strange addiction to American Horror Story. After re-watching season 3 (coven) about 1000 times I realized my theme would be centered from this. I didn’t want to do drag (as the majority of the cast is female) and I didn’t wanna walk around … Read more
Our one-year-old son Calvin is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair to get around (and get into trouble). We decided to incorporate his wheelchair into his Halloween costume because he likes candy as much as any toddler, and needs a way to get to the front door! Using just a cardboard box, … Read more
The Red Queen of Hearts costume from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” film is what inspired me to create this 100% custom costume from nothing but recycled materials and thrift shop finds. As I tore through old lace curtains and red panels 400 times, it finally began to take shape. Then I tore it to … Read more
I could have gone out and bought a costume, but I always encourage my boys to be creative and use their imaginations. We had an extra cardboard box available, and decided to use it for this year’s Halloween costume. After searching the Web for ideas, we decided to create a vending machine. I started off … Read more
This is my Daughter Madison. She is our little princess, so I decided to turn her into a real princess for Halloween (carriage and all)! She is wearing a Cinderella dress. We have her illuminated by a blue light do that she can be seen, plus it makes her look more “sparkly”. I created the carriage … Read more
My son and I came up with this Sushi costume idea after a couple hours of brainstorming one night. It’s something that we have never seen done before and thought it would be fun to make! We used cardboard boxes to create the sushi bar. We wrapped the boxes in paper bags and used wrapping … Read more
I wanted to make something unique this year that I’d never seen before – when I first thought of a fry truck costume, I thought it was perhaps a bit odd, but ran with the idea! “Chips” and “Buds” are our kids nicknames, they call french fries “chachas” (from when our girl first started talking) … Read more
My son, niece, nephew, and myself came up with this idea together, they were looking to do a group costume together for Halloween. We constructed the Whac-A-Mole pinball like game out of a large cardboard box. We painted and glittered the outside and cut out holes in the top and side for head and arm. … Read more