We watch Gene Simmons Family Jewels reruns with our nine year old daughter. In the past, she has been princesses and Draculaura for Halloween. When we asked her this year, she told she wanted to be “The Demon” from Kiss. Um, okay. So I went online to see how we might go about making a … Read more
This is Cooper. He’s a funny guy. He has a great laugh, and has frequently been described by others as ‘silly’. He’s too little to understand it, just yet, but as it turns out… his parents are insane. They are the type of folks that would set out on a mission to “out-do” the surprisingly … Read more
I made this Optimus Prime costume in 20 hrs over 25 days out of cardboard, foam board, duct tape, hot glue, rubber and plastic – and lots and lots of spray paint! I put blood (literally), sweat, and a little tears into this project. Everyone thought I was crazy when I started but when it … Read more
Before we decided on this Nerds couple costume, my boyfriend and I sat for the longest time trying to think of a costume that we thought would stand out. Finally, he said it. “Why don’t we be Nerds boxes?” I thought he was joking at first, but after a while, I could see the idea in … Read more
As a HUGE Kansas City Royals fan, I instantly fell in love with the idea of creating a tribute to our head coach Ned Yost by recreating his 1983 Topps Milwaukee Brewers card of him bunting after reaching the World Series this year. As soon as I tweeted a picture of it, it became an … Read more
I saw an invisible man costume online and thought, “I have to do this!” I win a costume contest at work every year and thought that would work perfect. I didn’t have any instructions, so every thing was trial and error. I had the coat first and thought I would just pull it over my … Read more
This year, I really wanted to go all out and come up with a super original costume that no one else would have. The only way to do that was to make something myself. I was struggling all month and could not think of any ideas worthy for me to attempt. I turned to my … Read more
I wanted to create a costume that was an optical illusion. I searched many ideas on Google when I came up with the idea to be a Contortionist. Creating the costume was a lot of trial and error. I started on a Monday and created a set of legs in one night! I was very … Read more
My son wanted to be a garbage truck. So we set off to create it. I browsed the web and came across a great costume that gave me inspiration, that was the start and there was some great info. After lots of cardboard and hot glue it started to take shape. We added different thickness … Read more
This year my seven year old son wanted to be Emmet from the Lego Movie! Finding that costume was going to be totally impossible. I went on total research mode and started getting my materials together. I decided to use as many materials around the house that I could find. I started with the head. … Read more
My family decided to be cupcakes with my husband, Andy, being the baker. I was set on dressing up our daughter, Lady, in a cupcake costume this year. I started looking on Pinterest early so we could get a head start. I went through the different costume ideas and pick and chose what I liked … Read more
My kids chose the next year costume as soon as they took off that year costume so I had time to plan, get supplies, etc. My six year old Oliver didn’t went to the movie premiere of The Boxtrolls because he wasn’t having good reports from school, he did got to see it, so he … Read more