Every Halloween since we’ve been married, my husband and I have dressed up together. From things as simple as white T-shirts that said “Sick” and “Tired” before we had kids, to Mary Poppins, Bert and the dancing penguins. This year’s “Super Mario extraordinaire” involved both of us and our 3 children (4 yr old boy/girl … Read more
I have been making Halloween costumes for 45 years, since I started sewing at age 10. My costumes have always been very involved, but have been of the softer, gentler or superhero type. After my kids came along, they were Madison from Splash, Batman, the Joker, a Mutant Ninja Turtle, Roger and Jessic Rabbit, even … Read more
I got the idea for this Lego Minifigure costume from the other Lego Men costume pioneers out there. Didn’t want to do a Zombie costume and give nightmares to all the kiddies in the neighborhood. Thought it’d be fun to make my own. Read somewhere that the estimated total time to build was at least 40 … Read more
I was unsure what to be for Halloween at first. I’ve always liked Alice and Wonderland, so I started thinking it would be really neat if I could create my own Alice in Wonderland house. I knew right away it had to be light weight, of course cardboard would be the best choice. I wanted … Read more
My family loves Halloween and our ultimate goal is to be the standout family. This year we decided to be the Mario Kart family and have carts for the two boys. For the women’s outfits I sewed jumpsuits that were out of blue material and sewed on 2 yellow buttons made out of felt and … Read more
Optical illusion “Traditional Bavarian woman sitting in a wooden toilet” costume. My toilet costume is homemade built for an carnival theme part in south Germany in January this year. The design is pretty simple: the skeleton of the costume is screwed of thin wooden poles, the sheathing is done by cardboard which is covered in … Read more
For this homemade Palim Palim fantasy head costume I used a large balloon for the mold – and several little balloons. I fixed them with adhesive tape together. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut the paper into strips that are about 8 inches long. To make the … Read more
On this year, I wanted to be the acklay, the crab-like arena beast from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. It was going to be life-sized, standing nearly 10 feet tall when the neck was raised. This costume took more than 4 months, and much of the space in my garage, to complete. … Read more
The Bearded Lady, Circus Sideshow Performer. I had a dream in July that women could grew beards too, they just chose not too, and that it was becoming popular for women to grow beards. In my dream I grew an awesome beard, one that most men would be jealous of. When I woke up, I … Read more
Family of Lego Costumes for Legoland’s Costume Contest. My kids Love Lego’s and wanted Lego costumes for Halloween this year so they could enter in the Costume Contest at Legoland. (My son ended up winning 1st place and my daughter ended up winning 3rd place at Legoland and all 3 of my kids won for … Read more
This year I went as the 7-Up Cool Spot. It was one of my favorite costumes to make and one of the easiest. I have been hand making my costumes for the past 10 years. After the last Halloween party of the year, ideas for the following year are already flowing through my head. When … Read more
For this Draculaura Monster High Doll costume and makeup we purchased a pink long sleeve shirt, a black lace shirt and a white skirt from our local thrift store. I cut the sleeves off the pink shirt. We added white tulle trimmed with hot pink and black tulle accents to the skirt. I finished the skirt … Read more