RU-FI-OOOOoo! This year I went as the iconic leader of the Lost Boys from the movie Hook. Who DIDN’T want to be Rufio as a kid? The majority of the costume was a large leather trench-coat from the thrift store that I cut up to make the jacket, leather strips, belt, and wristbands. Red leggings … Read more
My five year old son decided that he wanted to be a red lobster for Halloween. I wanted him to be Olaf from the Frozen movie to go along with my friend’s daughter who was Elsa. What can you do? I found a costume online for $40.00, but I knew that we could do it … Read more
My handsome 2 year old son and I decided to go costume shopping at Toys R Us. As soon as we got there you would have sworn the gates of heaven opened up b/c he was in his glory. I asked him to pick out a costume but he was so distracted by all of … Read more
This super fun Barbie in a Box costume was fairly easy and very inexpensive to make, and was an absolute HIT this Halloween! I wore it first to a party, where I won first place in a costume contest, and then it was worn by a friend for a second time where she won a … Read more
Well Well Well, bwahahahaha. Hello children! I see that I was invited to attend a costume contest and I’ve decided to share my design for the maleficent look you see. Most of my costume was made with a few bought pieces torn apart and redone to fit my look I was going for. I’ll do … Read more
After being away from my boyfriend for three years due to a long distance relationship, I was finally able to celebrate Halloween with him this year. And what better way than doing a couples costume! We didn’t want to do any common couples costume like Popeye and Olive, or Mickey and Minnie Mouse; we wanted … Read more
Our 8 year old son decided he wanted to go as a Lego man for Halloween this year and thankfully with enough time for us to make it. This is the first and hopefully (not likely) last costume we’ve ever made. It took us from the beginning of October right up until the day before … Read more
Our radio station crew dresses up every year and volunteers to give out candy at our annual Trunk or Treat on Mainstreet Event in Levelland, TX. We bring our sound system, dress up with a theme and hand out candy and do photo ops with the community kids (and adults)! :-) This year our theme … Read more
I stopped at a golf store to get a box. I sprayed paint the 2 sides and back with red. Hand painted the front white. Then I figured out where her face will go and then I use a bowl to cut out face. Did the same to the sides for her arms, but only … Read more
I found a few pictures online of the headless costume and wanted to do it. I had to figure out how cause I couldn’t find any clear instructions. I found a cheap trench coat at a thrift store and stuffed the top of the coat and the arms with plastic bags. I then used a … Read more
I had seen several pictures of people dressed up as the Wicked Witch of the East but a lot of them just were not big enough for my imagination. I found a huge box and used that at the base of the house. I used the flaps from one side of the box to build … Read more
Being a family of 6 who has always loved Halloween we have had to become pretty creative in our ability to pull off the right look. The Gargoyle costume you see here starting with the feet was made with an old pair of boots and an old pair of werewolf gloves. I cut the rubber … Read more