Inspiration: My husband and I grew up in the 80’s, and as kids, our favorite cartoon characters were He-man and She-ra. Every year, I like to do a group family costume, so when discussing what we wanted to be this year, Masters of the Universe won! Deciding who everyone was going to be took a … Read more
We ended up moving this year around Halloween. So, needless to say it was kind of hectic. When packing to move, you use what you have on hand. So, my costume came to life with duct tape, packing paper and bubble wrap. I ended up making a set of horns by putting a plastic bag … Read more
A dear friend gave me his Mom’s 1950 era prom dress because he knew I loved such things. It was so darling and pink and I could just imagine her wearing this dream come true dress to her 1st Prom. I also noticed that it was the same size as my 10 year old! Darling … Read more
I originally planned on dressing up as a zombie clown for Halloween when American Horror Story started. I saw the Twisty character and thought it was the scariest clown I had seen and thought it would be a great costume. The problem was I only had a little over two weeks to accomplish it and … Read more
We love Halloween and dress up as a group every year. We knew from the moment we had two girls and a boy that Simpsons was on our short list for Halloween ideas. We couldn’t pass up this perfect opportunity! After much brainstorming on how to go about “becoming the Simpsons”, I decided several things: … Read more
So it’s a struggle to get my Samoan to dress up in costume. I’ll usually come up with something and then guilt him into participating. I’m not proud of myself but it works. Well, we got invited to an incredible Halloween Party, I mean the kind that would make Walt Disney want to be there. … Read more
After brainstorming for hours and being drawn to my favorite 90s characters, it finally hit me what would be the perfect costume; Lola Bunny! I was absolutely obsessed with both Michael Jordan and Space Jam. I felt a special connection with the sassy Lola and decided to get to work. I used a boys’ football … Read more
Every year I wrack my brain, books, and the internet for unique costume ideas. I have two requirements: I should not be recognizable, and I can’t be something or someone that others might choose. So this year, I took one of those lovely little on-line quizzes- 10 simple questions to answer and then it would … Read more
Here’s the creepy headless girl costume I made for my nine year old daughter who wanted to be something different for Halloween. We searched around online to come up with ideas and started to notice that we liked the idea of a headless costume. There are a number of headless brides costumes online, but we … Read more
This year, I didn’t have the time to start weeks ahead to attempt an elaborate and detailed costume. With only three days until Halloween, I had to think of something that would be easy to pull off, but would still stand out. Something simple yet better than putting a bed sheet over my head and … Read more
I love shopping at our local second hand stores for items I need! I can usually find everything I’m looking for. This is were I found all the clothing for our costumes including yellow shirt/purple pants for Ferb (just had to hot-glue on finishing touches on the shirt), striped shirt for Phineas and skirt/shirt for … Read more
This zombie cheerleader costume was super easy to make. Most of the look was achieved with makeup. Putting the Look Together We found the cheerleader outfit at a local second hand store. We purchased the hair clips and pom poms at a Dollar Store. For the makeup I watched a youtube video on creating zombie … Read more