The inspiration for this wickedly cute teddy bear costume came from wanting to do something outside of the normal, but somewhat similar for my age. So, mixing something wicked and scary on one side with something seductive and pretty on the other seemed like a plan! I searched youtube for different makeup tutorials for Halloween … Read more
My friends and I really enjoy the TV show “Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo”. So much so that we decided this year to dress up at Mama June, Sugar Bear and of course Honey Boo-Boo. To make Junes and Sugar Bears costumes we went to local thrift shops and found the perfect outfits. To make the … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween, but the one thing I always wanted to be was MEDUSA! But I could never figure out how on earth to do it. The most challenging part was her snake hair. Rubber snakes were too heavy to use, plus costly. Store bought Medusa snake hair looked cheap and fake. … Read more
My son is the product of a quick-witted father and a fairly creative mom, and unlike his Halloween costume, he typically lives in the realm outside the box. His Halloween costumes evolve from spontaneous spurts of ingenuity, blasting out, it seems, with the Halloween haul of one year until the nick-of-time-October of the next. From … Read more
Ok, being an 80s kid I obviously picked this Beatlejuice costume for my 3 yr old but I did make sure he was prepared, the week before we watched movie and cartoons over and over. This costume cost me a total of $3.99! I purchased a toddler tux at a local thrift shop (had been … Read more
Let me just preface this by saying I’m an avid thrift store shopper. I also love, love, love the wicked, dry humor of the Maxine comics. So who wants to be a cute fairy or a sexy witch? Apparently not me… Yep I am comfortable in my skin and I went all out to try … Read more
I had a bunch of old CDs that I didn’t listen to anymore and as I was going through them to toss them out I thought that they looked a bit like fish scales, and that’s where my idea for a plus-size mermaid costume was born. I found a green dress at Good Will and my … Read more
We were all working in the Meat Dept and trying to come up with a clever “Meat Themed” costume we could still work in. All of the stuff I saw online hotdogs and steaks were too bulky for us to work in. So I brainstormed and looked in the closet and was able to get … Read more
Baby Groot is getting down to an Awesome Mix of tunes. For awhile, I have wanted to try making a paper costume. I bought a large roll of brown paper from the home improvement store and a large bottle of white glue. I wanted to make a simplified version of Groot that the average crafter could afford to … Read more
My son is never a conventional figure. He always chooses something different. For Halloween 2013, my son wanted to be Toad – one of the character’s from Mario Bros. Since that costume only consisted of a hat, vest and shirt, we decided to make it a little more exciting. :-) We made the mario Toad … Read more
I came up with this dead Hannah Montana costume right after Miley’s display with Robin Thick on the AMA awards with the twerking and finger and all of her announcements that Hannah Montana was dead. For the costume I spent a grand total of $0.99 for a Hannah Montana patch for the vest. I borrowed … Read more
Here’s how to make a Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum costume – the right way! Every year my best friend and I dress up in matching Halloween costumes. This was our last Halloween together in college, so it had to be the best. Because we were on a student budget we decided to make our … Read more